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Reviews

Argon ONE M.2 PCB version 2,2 with WiFi symbol overlay
Argon Forty Case Reviews Troubleshooting 

Argon ONE M.2 SSD Case – WiFi Issues Resolved

20th June 202120th June 2021 Martin 21 Comments Case Review, Testing, WiFi

My initial review of the Argon ONE M.2 Case for Raspberry Pi 4 was fairly positive, with the exception of

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Reviews Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT: Responding to Pi Foundation

17th June 202117th June 2021 Martin 0 Comments PoE, PoE-HAT, Raspberry Pi

On 17th June 2021, Jeff Geerling released a video showing his experiences with the new PoE+ HAT. His experiences are

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Reviews Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT Review – Part 2: Problems

8th June 20214th May 2022 Martin 17 Comments PoE, PoE-HAT, Raspberry Pi

In Part 1 of this review series, I looked at some high-level changes of the new Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT.

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Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT
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Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT Review – Part 1

5th June 20218th October 2021 Martin 4 Comments Networks, PoE, PoE-HAT, Raspberry Pi

On 24th May 2021, Eben Upton announced the Raspberry Pi PoE+HAT on the Raspberrypi.org Blog. Given the challenges experienced and

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Cooler Master Pi Case 40
Case Reviews Comparisons Cooler Master 

Cooler Master Pi CASE 40 for Raspberry Pi 4 (GPIO WARNING!)

7th March 202121st October 2021 Martin 6 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

Update 21 October 2021: Cooler Master have released a revised version of this case without, the Pi-Case-40-v2. This addresses the

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Raspberry Pi 4 with Blue WiFi symbol overlay
Comparisons Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi WiFi Performance Revisited

21st February 202121st February 2021 Martin 0 Comments Raspberry Pi, Testing, WiFi

Back in 2019, I attempted to characterise the impact on WiFi performance of various different Raspberry Pi 4 cases. The

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Argon One M.2 SSD Case for Raspberry Pi
Argon Forty Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

Argon ONE M.2 SSD Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Review

23rd January 202120th June 2021 Martin 16 Comments Case Review, HTPC, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

Latest Status – 20 June 2021: I’ve completed a review of an updated M.2 board. See the review here. Following

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Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

The Raspberry Pi Product That Shouldn’t Exist

31st December 202031st December 2020 Martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

When the Raspberry Pi 4 originally launched I wrote about how when enclosed in the official case sitting idle on

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219 Design Case - Developer Mode
219 Design Case Reviews Reviews 

219 Design Raspberry Pi 4 3D Printed Case

30th March 202031st March 2020 Martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

I was contacted by Abe McKay, Mechanical Engineer at 219 Design to see if I was interested in testing their

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Argon ONE for Raspberry Pi 4
Argon Forty Comparisons Reviews 

Argon ONE Pi 4

3rd December 20193rd March 2022 Martin 35 Comments Case Review, HTPC, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing, Thin Client

The Argon ONE was first released for the Raspberry Pi 3 following a successful Kickstarter. The designers Argon Forty have

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