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Extreme Pi Boot Optimization
🚀 3.5 sec to Linux userspace code
Each second the Pi Zero is powered up uses valuable electricity, which is a scarce resource in a solar-powered device (at least in West European winters…).The user space application (server connection, picture upload, etc.) For example: Disabling CPU turbo just to save some current consumption is a bad choice, because the resulting extra time will use more energy than just getting the job done quickly and shutting off. Operating the SD peripheral at such high speeds also risks data corruption (on write accesses), which is very undesirable in remote IoT devices.
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