Performance of pi zero wh

[Goldhelmeth]

Hello,

What would you advise me to do ? Can a pi zero wh run a programm on startup involving a sim900a module and a 16 channel relay ? Or should I use a 3B+ because the pi zero wh isn't powerful enough ?

Thanks

[DarkElvenAngel]

Hello,

What would you advise me to do ? Can a pi zero wh run a programm on startup involving a sim900a module and a 16 channel relay ? Or should I use a 3B+ because the pi zero wh isn't powerful enough ?

Thanks

Depends on what else your zero has to do?
I would say that a zero is more than capable of reading to/from your sim900a and switching some relays. The things that will hold you back are how you write your code and what OS you use.

[jamesh]

Hello,

What would you advise me to do ? Can a pi zero wh run a programm on startup involving a sim900a module and a 16 channel relay ? Or should I use a 3B+ because the pi zero wh isn't powerful enough ?

Thanks

The Zero can handle that, but what are you doing with the data once you have it? That could be the bottleneck.

[Goldhelmeth]

Thanks for your answers,

The programm wil await a received message from the sim900a module or a message from another pi zero that is connected via ethernet. Upon receiving this message and in function of the content it will for example switch on a specific channel of a relay or ask the second pi to send him data in order to send it via the sim900a module.
Also it will await for a specific wifi network to be inbound and it will connect to it...

[boyoh]

Thanks for your answers,

The programm wil await a received message from the sim900a module or a message from another pi zero that is connected via ethernet. Upon receiving this message and in function of the content it will for example switch on a specific channel of a relay or ask the second pi to send him data in order to send it via the sim900a module.
Also it will await for a specific wifi network to be inbound and it will connect to it...
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[Goldhelmeth]

But does a small computer like the raspberry pi zero could be capable of running the relay and ssim900a ? All of this without a monitor

[neilgl]

Yes it can