Building a NAS and Media Server with Sentinel Core, SATA cards, and Jellyfin
Last week, I shared how I made an experimental GPU voice assistant setup in Home Assistant. But, to be completely honest, that's not how I'm currently using my Sentinel Core. As cool as it is to talk to your house, for my particular setup, I found I preferred dedicated dashboards and Zigbee buttons over voice prompts in most cases. Read the full update.
How to Run a GPU-Accelerated, Local AI Voice Assistant in Home Assistant with Sentinel Core
Last week I told you about the GPU driver landscape, now I want to take a moment to explore one possible use case for our board: running a local voice assistant on your Sentinel Core using Home Assistant. Read the full update.
The Current State of GPU Drivers on ARM Linux (and What it Means for Sentinel Core)
Today, I wanted to take some time to bring you up to speed on the driver landscape. Because, while Raspberry Pi's are neat little machines for building a lightweight home server that packs a punch, its Achilles heel seems to be GPU drivers. Read the full update.
A Guide to Picking the Right Case, PSU, and GPU for Your Sentinel Core Build
Are you getting excited to assemble your dream home server yet? We go through some ideas and considerations for your case, PSU, etc. Read the full update.
Sentinel Core is Open Hardware. Here's What That Means to Me
I used to be very idealistic about open source, but there are many kinds of open source, and not all of them are created equal... Read the full update.
How Two Jeff Geerling Videos Nerd-Sniped Me Into Building a Mini-ITX Raspberry Pi Board
Thank you all for the support so far! I'm really excited to finally be underway with the campaign. This update dives into how we got here... Read the full update.
Our Campaign Is Live!
It's time to take back control with Sentinel Core, a versatile Mini-ITX Raspberry Pi motherboard and your sanctuary for hosting local LLMs, media, home automation, and more. So you don't have to rely on cloud services that value their shareholders over their users... Read the full update.