Cool Pi 4B on Desk-Pi Pro Case
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I'm planning to buy an Cool Pi 4B because of the powerfull chipset RK35688S and it have the same size of Raspberry Pi 4. Of course, I want an case that can support FAN, SSD and more. I found this beautifull case but this one is designed for Raspberry Pi 4, so I want to know if the Cool Pi 4 can used in this case with most of feature, SSD, Micro SD Reader, Power button?
I am a begginner, and I dont know if different cpu architecture or firmware can make change if this case is compatible or not.
Thank you for all your reply !
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@spartan50416 As shown in the figure below, the CP4 can have a separate fan heat sink, with EMMC, TF-card, and USB interfaces stored. The USB 3.0 interface can expand SSDs or mechanical hard disks. The machine has independent on-off buttons, which can be customized by modifying software, or external keyboards can be extended through the ADC interface. Firmware upgrades are the same as raspberry pi. You can use the balena Etcher tool to create a startup disk, and the startup media can be a TF card, a USB flash drive, or an EMMC.
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@spartan50416 I think there is no problem implementing the functionality in the link. If you have any questions during the modification, you can post them in the community and we will respond in a timely manner. We believe that using our machine modifications can achieve better performance.
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@george It's great to know that the firmware is the same as Raspberry Pi. I don't think I'll have problem for the configuration . I plan to make myself a custom script to manage the speed of the FAN. To be honest I thought the firmware would be very different from the RasPi 4.
Thank you for your detailed response.
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@george Since your board is very similar to the RasPi4. The project has a lot of potential especially with the performance and specification of your product.
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@spartan50416 Sorry, to clarify, the method of making our startup disk is the same as the raspberry pie, not the firmware. Of course, the main difference is in the kernel part. If you are interested in porting the raspberry pie file system to CP4, there is no problem. You can use the PWM interface to adjust the fan speed. Our DTS configuration already supports this. The 2X20 expansion port has multiple PWM interfaces.
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@spartan50416 Thank you very much for your support.