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The DeskPi 2U Case: A Purpose-Built Home for the Cruiser
Saturday, March 07, 2026 in Blog
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The Cruiser is a Mini-ITX board, but it’s not a typical one. With 8 PoE+ ports, dual SATA, 2.5GbE WAN, HDMI, USB, and barrel jack power, there’s more IO on it than any standard ITX case was designed to accommodate. DeskPi saw that as a …
Why the Cruiser Has Qwiic Instead of RS-485
Wednesday, March 04, 2026 in Blog
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The Interceptor had RS-485. The Cruiser doesn’t. If that sounds like we removed a feature, keep reading. RS-485 is a serial bus. It connects one class of device: industrial controllers, sensors with serial output, Modbus equipment. It requires …
The Cruiser and the Mini Rack: One Board to Run It All
Friday, February 27, 2026 in Blog
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A typical home lab rack looks something like this: A Raspberry Pi running Home Assistant. A PoE switch next to it to power everything else. Two power supplies. A handful of cables. It works, but it’s two devices doing a job one device could do. …