1gb makes it an easier to program microcontroller.
Comment on 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 now available at $45, and memory-driven price rises
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
1GB Raspberry Pi 5
But why? It’s a shame to pair the actually pretty damn good hardware of the Pi 5 with that little (non upgradeable) ram. It’s future landfill fodder. The 1/2gb Pi 4 is better for that low price point.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Why not get an actual micro controller if you want a micro controller? That’s what the pico line is for.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Look up what Qualcomm is doing to Arduino and you’ll understand why RPi is motioning themselves this way
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Because Pi programming is extremely easy. My son programmed his Pi in Scratch for the elementary school Science Fair. There’s no way he could have learned C to do it with a real microcontroller.
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
What most pi’s get used for.
Ghoelian@piefed.social 1 month ago
How?
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You can use Scratch, the drag and drop flowchart programming language for young children to read and write to the gpio ports. My son did an elementary school science fair project with it.
A few years later I pulled out the same Pi and used it with Scratch to make a temporary cat litter box alarm when I needed a urine sample for the vet. I use esp32s for my projects but using the Pi took minutes instead of hours program.
Ghoelian@piefed.social 1 month ago
Can’t you do all that with a 4 or 8GB version?
mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 month ago
Yeah and it uses more wattage than the 4.