The new Raspberry Pi 4 is available!

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Hello everyone!

Today is the release of the Raspberry Pi 4, the new version of our favorite Linux machine!

Here’s what’s in store:

  • A powerful CPU
  • Up to 4GB of RAM!
  • 2 4K screens supported
  • A Gigabit Ethernet port
  • USB 3.0
  • Wi-Fi ac & Bluetooth 5.0

In short, a little monster that will run Gladys even better :slight_smile:

As if we weren’t the only ones releasing a version 4 this week :stuck_out_tongue:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/

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The performance of the Gibabits port looks impressive!

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https://twitter.com/ben_nuttall/status/1143037993957187584

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For the most meticulous among you, a nice article where the raspi has been scrutinized! :ok_hand:

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Good news, but… I thought the Pi4 wouldn’t come out until 2020?!

EDIT: I’m not losing my mind; I’m reassured now. The answer is in the article:

Wait, is it 2020 yet?

In the past, we’ve indicated 2020 as a likely introduction date for Raspberry Pi 4. We budgeted time for four silicon revisions of BCM2711 (A0, B0, C0, and C1); in comparison, we ship BCM2835C2 (the fifth revision of that design) on Raspberry Pi 1 and Zero.

Fortunately, 2711B0 has turned out to be production-ready, which has taken roughly 9–12 months out of the schedule.

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Hello,

New to this but wanting to focus on the Gladys solution, can you confirm if with the release of the RPI4 the purchase of an Arduino plus RF433 chip will still be necessary or if the power of the Raspberry will be sufficient?

And the next beginner question, in this case, do you need to connect an RF433 transmitter/receiver to the RPI4?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Huu

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I was going to say the same thing, you beat me to it. I was checking before saying something silly.

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Thank you for your quick response.

I will therefore simply keep my RPI3 and order an Arduino Uno with an RF433 transmitter/receiver.

For the connection between the Arduino and the controller, do we plug via the good old tin technique with a soldering iron or are there wired connections to order?

I will place my order to join the adventure as soon as I get your response. :slightly_smiling_face:

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There are plenty of posts on this topic

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Hello @Huu,

If you want to be able to control 433MHz devices, yes, you need an Arduino, connected to the RPI via USB, with 433MHz transmitters and receivers (and to my knowledge, the RPI4 does not handle 433MHz).
And as @jeremy37 says, you can indeed (by searching a bit) find a lot of information on the forum :wink:

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Hello,

I’m reviving this topic, but as I’m about to start my first installation, I have a few questions about acquiring a Raspberry Pi:

  • Is it worth getting the 4B version? Would a 3B+ be satisfactory to run V4? I imagine this depends on the number of objects and queries? What if we use Wi-Fi, USB ports, or the Gigabit port?
  • What are the recommended specifications for a home with about twenty components? Is 2GB too limiting?
  • Do you share your Raspberry Pis for other services? I’d like to reinstall Kodi (media center) on a Raspberry Pi, but I imagine it would be too demanding to run both on the same hardware…

Thanks!

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Version 3 works very well, but given the price of version 4, you did better to go with v4 so it lasts longer for you :slight_smile:

Gladys is a very lightweight program, it runs on everything. Just get something that will be more comfortable for the long term and for you when you install things on it.

If you want to install Kodi + Gladys, it can run (on a Pi 4), but you need to check how much RAM Kodi uses. Gladys uses around a hundred megabytes of RAM, it’s very lightweight ^^

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Personally, I run Kodi and Gladys on the pi4 4GB. It works very well, but I had to tinker to mount my external hard drives as they were not mounted automatically. Similarly, Bluetooth does not work, but I have not yet understood why.
I started with the ready-made image of Gladys and installed Kodi on it, then set it to autostart.