I just realized why I enjoy this channel so much. Apart from his knowledge and intelligence, I find his channel soothing. It's nice to relax and enjoy learning. I'm trying to obsurb as much knowledge from Jeff as I can. Maybe one day if I'm blessed to win the lottery, I can hire him to setup my home network. One thing about it, I know my network would be setup the right way. God bless you sir. Go Navy.
I had a Turing Pi 2, partly inspired by your early videos. I managed to get through the older Phoenixsuite updates and get connected to BMC. Got it upgraded to the later and improved software. But there were so many hardware caveats, things to solder or boards to add for basic functionality. I had two Orin Nanos and was never able to get those recognized. Finally realized that the point for me was to learn cluster software, not trouble-shoot hardware so I sold everything off. But I don't have anywhere near a millionth of your level of expertise. Took the case and power supply and built an AMD PC running Ubuntu. That sort of hardware I was able to build and get running in no time.
Yeah it's definitely not as beginner-friendly as I'd hoped, especially the earliest revisions of the board. It seems like the new 2.5 version has some of the hardware bugs ironed out, and hopefully they can make another Turing Pi (3?) that fixes some of my last concerns, most especially networking.
yeah for 99.99% of people that want a cluster it's better to just make a Proxmox server on a PC and run muliple VMs as a cluster, since the software is going to be the same anyway. These things are more for embedded enthusiasts to do weird and wondrous things
@@JeffGeerling Exactly! I've seen a lot of people struggle and then sell it off like I did. I had a RK1 on order but cancelled that. The Discord group is very knowledgeable and generally helpful but it was apparent that I was out of my league. The PC build helped restore some of my confidence that I can make something work! I still have one of my Orin Nanos so I'll keep an eye out for future updates. It was good to see this stream and get an idea of the general workflow. I find your channel and general enthusiasm super helpful!
Heh yeah, sometimes you need a simpler project to keep your sanity. I am working on some old Macs right now, and it's nice to have hardware I can hold in my hands instead of tiny single board computers that either work or are trash :D@@dollhausenx
Most people didn't get used to the "voice auto cut-off" for saving bandwith, it's OK for me, if the threshold can be higher, that means allow some background noise go through may help not total silent when not speaking.
The RK1 looks like an interesting processor option. The 16 cpus you saw says the 8 core processor has 2 threads per core. Linux shows a thread as a single cpu. The single 1Gb ether to me would be the greatest negative for this Turin board. Thanks for this video. For being a live event, you did great. Best made plans sometimes just don't work out in execution. You were really resilient. No need for apologies!
If you had scrolled down the instructions a few more pictures, you would certainly have noticed that the installation was correct and that all you had to do was run the cable "under" the cooler.
Jeff, don't worry, you can always adopt a nerd if your own kids "disappoint" in the computing interest department 😎 I bought a n100 mini pc with 16gb ram and a 512gb nvme for €200. That includes 21% tax. Great deals are still available 😁
Sorry that I missed your live cast, Jeff. Great job on your new studio. Looks great and I didn't hear any background noises, while listening on a 5.2 AV system. Perhaps your viewers are picking them up on headphones. Amazed at how well you're able to multitask between video production, the build, chatting with viewers, and while dealing with being hacked into (which would have seriously pissed me off in the moment), yet you brushed it off as if it were no big deal. Looks like you're gaining a little weight after your health issues, which must be a good thing. Great one man show. 👏👏👏 😎
Yeah on headphones the little bumps are more audible. I've ordered a better shockmount so hopefully next time it will be cleared up a little better! Thanks!
It would be nice if someone, (hint!) would show how to setup for live stream. What plugs into what, and software used. --- I'm 76, and I've never used a grounding strap in my life. And have NEVER blown anything! It's over rated!!
Yeah, grounding straps are mostly bogus except in more specialized environments these days. But it is good to take at least basic precautions like touching a grounded object while working on something!
I'm so glad to see this as a recording. I have my Turning Pi 2 and four RK1s waiting to be set up. I've successfully flashed the BCM to V2 but can seem to get a RK1 to work. Can't wait to be able to watch this so I might be able to follow along.
Get an antistatic, heat-resistant silicone soldering/magnetic work mat so you don't lose all your screws. Amazon has all kinds. I went with the Kaisi S-180, but you do you! And stop touching the contacts with your fingers! The oil on our skin is corrosive. 😧
Once I have a proper electronics bench I plan on doing that; I don't have a great spot for it on my desk though, at least not with my current setup. Maybe I'll get a smaller pad.
Nice idea they had , I followed this years ago during the crypto mining craze when it could of had a good use network staking ETH or trade, BOT farming ECT, now days its just an expensive Toy as when you cost it up you can just buy a powerful ATX , ITX or embedded board that can do more for less hassle and that has all the software prepackaged, they missed the bus but by all means have fun if you have the cash to spend and want the challenge.
Good question! Easy to pop stuff in comments. Probably should have a GitHub Pages site for it too, though. Discussion in comments, but main pages on the site, something like that.
What's clustering good for if you don't get redundancy? 🤔 When you're on the same mainboard a hardware/power -fail will probably take all 4 CPU's out. 😕 This setup can of cause be used for training/experimenting, but I would not use something with a possible ( single point of failure ) in an production environment. 😉
Yeah, what I would like to see is a better/faster network connection, so you could run multiple boards-alternatively, the Compute Blade will *hopefully* start shipping soon, and that has a little more built-in redundancy!
Considering my options with the TuringPi_2.4 and 4 RK1 16GB modules plus NVMe drives. I am thinking to setup Docker Swarm across all 4 RK1's vs Microk8s kubernetes with Ceph on the NVMe drives. I might split the NVMe partitions and only use part of it for Ceph persistent storage. Alternatively, I could NFS mount and use that for persistent storage for kubernetes.
Great video Jeff, and just in time 😊 What are your thoughts on turning this into a ultimate kubernetes & nas combo homelab? Either using node 3 as a storage server leveraging sata ports and pcie to generate a raid-z1 and the rest as bare metal kubernetes, Or try and flash proxmox on these nodes and cluster them together
is the presence sensor not like being near the metal rack bar, and/or is the bigger metal rack blocking or otherwise messing with the reflective pattern ?
2:26 Pro tip: Set the set-up up. Position the camera as well. Aim the camera. Make sure the camera is focused. *THEN turn off the autofocus and lock the focus* That way the subject area always stays, more or less, sharp.
Hey Jeff! I'm just starting to get into some clustering and 'portable computing' for a car project. I was curious if you've had a chance to look at the Radxa NX5 SoM? It looks like it might be compatible with the turing pi 2
No but it does look nice-the RK3588s could be even better for this form factor since it takes off a few interfaces in favor of a smaller package and a tiny bit less power consumption. But it would probably need some support from the Turing Pi board for hardware support.
hehe Windows progress bars are truly nonsensical! hehe you have microsoft minutes and Microsoft percentages and both are very unique to normal minutes or percentages!
Nice video , but this looks very bulky , would switch to min pc with 12 core cpu on it?, what the benefit for using something like this?, what implementation would it serve?
The first gen iPad Air I got no longer gets RU-vid updates so the app isn’t useable for me anymore. Maybe it could be possible to make it more useful with a jailbreak. It is annoying Apple doesn’t allow to root the device so I could try and install a different OS now that they aren’t supporting it anymore. I cannot watch live chat on the Safari browser, so if yours is also unsupported it probably cannot either.
Jeff can you do a proper shakedown on the "Super 6C" ive been thinking of doing a project with this calculating Pi with my eldest, dunno why but im Pi obsessed and autistic and thought it would be fun, though a fun dent in my wallet!
have you done any of hte nvidia jetson orins with this? i'm having a hell of a time finding a usb cable that works to flash the card. if anyone has had any luck and has a part number for a usb cable that worked i'd appreciate it, tired of getting another one form amazon and them not working (usb a- a data transfer)
Maybe I'm just old, but the idea of flashing something over Ethernet gives me the screaming willies. Also, as for mispronunciations of "Ubuntu": I watch a set of training videos (not naming names), where the instructor consistently pronounces it "oom-BOON-too". Drives me nuts to hear that non-existent "m" in there.
I am surprised how annoyed I am with your hand coming in and out of focus, I'd like to see through to the end, but I just can't watch. Static focus (set focal point) would be fine if set right in the middle of the motherboard, maybe increase the f-stop for better DOF, anyway, anyway just a thought.
I set it to f/8 but unfortunately that camera is full frame and even at like f/11 at closer ranges the DoF is very shallow :( I may consider a different setup for future streams, maybe my other camera with APS-C which would give a little more depth.
Your mic(s?) pick up the bass wait to much.Or the compressor add way too much boost on the deep deep lower end. I believed it was a neighbor doing some work, but no, it's the video.
They sent a couple early production units to me for testing-they just started shipping them this week I think! I was going to build the cluster with the 8 GB modules I had pre-ordered (they came a few weeks ago), but I decided to test with 32GB so I can see if tests like HPL get a nicer number :)
@@JeffGeerling fantastic. I've had the Tp2 for a few months now and it's great. I've got my 16G RK1 now and it hopefully prove to be a powerful workhorse to add to the cluster. thanks for responding and thanks for all your content and everything.
They are cool but still cost too much. Heck you've got 4 there so you're talking $600 just for the boards. For that price you could get a much more capable small form factor computer with better grafix.
Ok, good vid, good brick... however.... would you plugin a 750 Full ATX power supply then re-run the benchmark? In this design... I'd forget the fans, lay it in fiberglass pan with mineral oil, sat in a freezer with wiring harnesses cut out and filled insulated, build that, then run it again.
Such a nice computer... just try it with a Raspberry Pi 4B, good board, totally designed to be run supper cooled exactly like that, in mineral oil, run from in a freezer. You've never used it correctly until you build them like that.
Then... when you want it to go faster.... you turn the freezer up, and make it colder... until something cracks. Cold clocking. Cray cray over clocking. I mean super computer, and I mean crazy.
sound was terrible, use body microphone - sound much better noise cancelling awful when something works - but when no noises - noise cancelling not needed too...
47.01 You are flashing one node at a time. Why? Don't come with the UI only supports one. You can open it in 3 different tabs and could update 3 nodes at the same time.
@@JeffGeerlingyou need a high-pass filter, if not on your microphone or camera or audio interface in the analog domain, then in the digital domain via your interface’s DSP, or in OBS (assuming you’re using OBS for the stream)
You might want to apply some/more low-pass filtering on your audio, I'm hearing a lot of low-free thumps every time you touch the desk, and that's definitely a new phenomenon.
