Orange Pi delivery is only available via Ali Express or Amazon though.
Stock does seems low on Raspberrys, but I picked up a pi 4 last week without issue.
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Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
There are many small DIY computers on the market now, not just Raspberry Pi.
Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Asus Tinkerboard, …
Those usually don’t have delivery issues.
bob@feddit.uk 1 year ago
bemenaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The only problem is the shitty support they have. Just bought an orange pi zero 3 and can’t find any documentation for using the gpios
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You can’t find a schematic for the pins?
bemenaker@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, maybe if I was an experience coder capable of writing my own libraries that would help. Even still, this must be a new board, the documentation for it is abysmal. On the opi forums people are asking what gpio libraries work on this board, and the answer seems to be, well you will have to write you’re own for now, ok, but not all of us are at that level. I didn’t realize this was such a new board when I bought it, and support on the off brands is known to be much more sparse. I have just finished my second animatronic halloween decoration for my yard, and bought this because I can’t get any more rpi’s at the moment. With rpi, there is a great libraries to work with, and tons of good documentation on how to use them. It’s great to pump out cheap alternatives, but without software and documentation support, they aren’t really that useful.
Indicah@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago