Anyone out there have experience running a headless always-on raspberry pi zero w?
I'm trying to set one up to do sunset time-lapses (https://lab.burn.capital/chaz/daily-sunsets) but frustratingly the pi frequently ceases to function — drops off the wifi, cronjobs don't run, etc. Every other day-ish.
I thought it might be power issues, but it's hooked up to a correctly-rated usb adapter plugged into a battery ups. I've tried a different power adapter and even a different pi.
This can't be normal... can it?
The reptile timer is even worse. It dies almost every day when plugged into it, usually halfway through a sunset. I suspect the contact brushes are causing power fluctuations as the thing physically rotates around its timer switches.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've been playing around with some new raspberry pi zero 2s and so far they seem to be a bit more stable than the original w model. I managed to capture this beaut (no clue why transcoding failed when I uploaded it to diode.zone):
https://diode.zone/w/vYWCJxVxm5tZopg9zCcEX7
Time will tell, I suppose—it crashed once, but has since stayed up a few days. I still need a better mounting method so I can keep up with the sun moving around on the horizon throughout the year. Stay tuned.