Do the rpi's actually malfunction or is it maybe just the sd-card that breaks down? I know (from experience) that sd-cards are notoriously bad if you write to them often. I've had an rpi setup that lasted only about 9 months because i was capturing my (electricity) meter every 10 seconds and writing a small file (~100 bytes) to the card.
After i changed it to write that file to a memory disk it ran fine for about 6 years and all i did was occasionally install some OS updates.
However i think for your setup it might be wise to upgrade it anyway. The bare boards are relatively cheap but that is only if you don't count all the peripherals you have to additionally buy to make them actually work, like adapters, sd cards, maybe some kind of enclosure..
Jeroen Ubbink
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2024-04-03 05:18:04
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