Recommended CM5 Module for uConsole

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Good Morning,

I know this has already been rehashed in other forums, but I wanted to reach out and consolidate current opinions on what CM5 module to buy. I originally had the A06, but I’m finding it’s difficult to update. The CM5 makes so much more sense.

What variants of the CM5 do people recommend? I’m looking at the CM5 list from pishop and they have a large list of variants. I tend to go for the “biggest and best”, but I also want to avoid a mistake as the CM5 module means I can just use it “as another pi” since it would need a carrier card.

Questions:

  1. Do you recommend SD card or EMMC? I assume EMMC is faster, but requires flashing the OS.
  2. Do you recommend built-in wifi or using the uConsole’s carrier card’s wifi?
  3. Do you recommend going past 8GB of RAM? I love the 16GB option, but I’m unsure about heat.
  4. A previous post mentioned the Radxa CM5 module. If folks have experience with that, I’ll link in that chat.
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Hello.

Must have options for CM5 are no EMMC and with onboard Wifi.

And for Ram. I dont think there will be a huge temp Problem. Most heat comes from the CPU and GPU.

Greetings

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Thanks for this info! Is the problem with EMMC due to driver support or compatibility? Glad to hear with wifi and RAM.

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Search the forum for EMMC. I got the sd card version because its easier to switch between different OS.

If i remember correctly the CM5 cant use the clockwork wifi connection because of some missing connection?

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Get the CM5108000 or the CM5116000. That the CM5 8GB lite with WiFi and the CM5 16GB lite with WiFi respectfully.

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raspberry pi decided to use the same pins for the emmc and sd card, so you either have emmc or access to an SD card

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you know that you also need an adapter board to insert CM5 into mainboard, right?

you can’t use sd card slot if you have emmc so you are limited to the size of emmc and have to use usb stick if you need more storage.

emmc faster and more durable, not sure you need it.

in case of emmc you have to buy a carrier board anyway!

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I did purchase the carrier board. I have been stalling on the card as I wasn’t sure if I should do the CM5 or go with CM4. Thanks.

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CM5, much faster. And CM5 EMMC is EVEN faster, it’s so fast that it boots in like 5 seconds usually.

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Hello, I bought the uConsole with no core and planned to put in a CM5, so I need to buy the adapter board separately and it has to be from clockworkpi? I thought I get it with the uConsole even tho I select no core version.

Gonna message them to include that into my order if thats the case.

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You need that adapter board only if you want to run the CM5 outside the uConsole.

CM5 is a straight in progress. Everything provided from clockwork.

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Ah I see. Thank you so much.

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there are different versions of uconsole/devterm.

if you bought cm4 no core – you should have an adapter.

if you bought A04/A06 (nowadays if you buy an old used uconsole as A06 basically dead now) – you have to buy an adapter if you want to switch/upgrade to cm4/cm5

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clockwork adapter board and carrier board – are two different boards.

1st is to insert CM4/CM5 into clockwork’s motherboard (as it was developed for CM3 slot initially)

2nd is to flash eMMC, debug or run CM as full size raspberry.

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Now I see the full picture. Thanks!
I bought the one called uConsole Kit RPI-CM4 Lite, with the option of no core.

So all should be good.

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With no EMMC, you can just replace the SD card to run a totally different OS. If you have EMMC, you have to flash it with external software and it puts wear and tear on the chip. Also, the EMMC uses a lot of power and generates a lot of heat. I can’t power my 64GB EMMC unit with a standard RP5 power supply. I can power the 0MB EMMC unit with a standard supply and it runs much cooler. No EMMC is the way to go.

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Can confirm. CM5 emmc version boots super fast. I got the 64GB WiFi one because I’m using it with the SDR expansion board and won’t be changing OS very often (or at all)

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