I now have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ up and running with WordPress, Apache2, MySQL,
Python, and PHP installed and apparently working just fine. And this site is proof as it’s running on that itty bitty $40 Raspberry Pi…
This little computer is only 3.4 inches by 2.2 inches; pretty amazing when you think of all the things it can do! And it runs off of a 5 volt power source, same as your cell phone charger…just plug in a micro usb cable and away you go (if you know Linux and can code a little).
Anyway, this system will eventually help automate our well pumping needs so we can get water from the well head location up to the house site 1,300 feet away and 300 feet uphill. I’ll be hooking an Arduino micro controller to it to monitor solar power, tank levels, temperatures, etc. Lots of fun coding and tinkering for the old MFR…