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Utilite2 is a fanless ARM desktop computer built around the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 600 processor with high-performance Adreno™ 320 GPU, products of Qualcomm Technologies Inc. Delivering high performance and rich I/O in a tiny form-factor, Utilite2 supports fully featured, desktop-grade Ubuntu Linux or Android operating systems. As of June 2015 prices are 170-230 US$
https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTAC68U
Dual-band Wireless-AC1900 Gigabit Router. 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi; Dual core 800MHz CPU, 256MB DDR3 RAM; 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0; WPA/WPA2 and WPS security; 4x Gigabit Ethernet. Price 185 US$
Miniature x86 computers typically run slower CPUs and draw less power. As of October 2022, prices for a system with 2GB of memory and 250GB of storage start around $300.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. As of October 2013, cost is 25 US$. Expect to add a powered USB hub for reliable operation with most USB weather stations.
The Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless ($10, one inch x 3 inches) works great too!
Several users are successfully running weewx on Synology NAS'es including the DS207 and DS209+II, and probably others. As of October 2013, prices start at 120 US$.
Now in their fourth generation, these are small, low-powered, fanless PCs that are extremely rugged. The weewx "home" station in Hood River has been running their original "Fit-PC Slim" continuously since 2008, without a failure. Unfortunately, they are pretty expensive (around $500 USD including a hard disk).
I'm using an Odroid C1, a quad core ARMv7. Board cost is $35. Running Umbutu 14.4.
https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt300n-v2/
The GL-MT300N-V1 is a travel router which runs OpenWrt. It has two FastEthernet ports, USB and WLAN. I have atatched an USB-Hub where I have inserted a 16GM USB thumb drive to enlarge the small filesystem following the ExtRoot configuration https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/extroot_configuration and I have pluged-in in anouther USB port the WH1080 from Fine Offset.
Everything runs fine so far and my station reports to wetter.com, Wunderground, WeatherObservationsWebsite and to my personal website at http://lieberlinge.ddnss.de/weather/
The GL-MT300N-V2 is currently available at amazon Germany for less than EUR 25. https://www.amazon.de/GL-iNet-GL-MT300N-V2-Repeater-Performance-Compatible!
The Orange Pi Pc is a mini computer like a Raspberry Pi, but it has a powerful H3 SOC, three USB 2.0, a 100M Ethernet port and 1GB RAM.
It works well with Armbian, Pi-Hole, and Weewx 3.9.2 with several skins simultaneously.
https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO/open-source-hardware
Linux-enabled Allwinner A20 development board with Ethernet, HDMI output, 1GB DDR3 RAM memory, two SD card connectors, plenty of free GPIOs and much more.
Also includes a SATA port and optional steel case with internal battery backup option. The case has provision for mounting a 2 inch form factor internal hard drive or SSD.
It has good OS support from Armbian (community) and Debian. ALARM (Arch Linux ARM) was tried but it would never direct output through the HDMI port.