Comment on Introducing Raspberry Pi 5

Jajcus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The project goal has never been a ‘cheap small computer you can run your hobby electronics project on’. The whole point of the project is to build a small cheap PC to give away to school children to increase computer literacy, while making it attractive enough for normal people to buy to fund the charity side

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  • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    So the current benefit is: it’s small? At which point run tablets. :)

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    • amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tablets don’t have gpios tho

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m not sure I’d call 5 watts “power hungry.”

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• hydroel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Isn’t the Pi 3B still available for that kind of job?

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  • Xaphanos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If you can find a new one. They are $45+ on ebay used. None of the usual US sellers has any.

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    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I just noticed on rpilocator that there are a couple US sellers who have RPi4-1GB boards in stock for $35. I might have to try and snag one since my Kodi device has been acting up lately.

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    • hydroel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But there already is a device that answer that specific need, so it wouldn’t make sense for the Raspberry 5 to replace it.

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  • Jajcus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not that easily and cheaply as they used to be.

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  • TrejoPhD@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And the 4B

    Right now getting compute modules is the hard part. When the inevitable CM5 comes out…

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• fleton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Zero and zero 2 have decent stock anymore.

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  • peregus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They don’t have Ethernet port :( Do they support full OS?

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    • Teppic@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pi zero W has WiFi, alternatively there are hats available.

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• phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You can buy beelink small form factor pcs from Amazon for around $150 with cases and power supplies included.

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  • peregus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But…he said that it’s not as cheap as it used to be and too power hungry and you propose an 150$ PC?

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    • phillaholic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m agreeing with them. By the time you buy the Pi 5, and all the add-ons you need, it’s going to rival these SFF systems with full x86 Intel chips with efficiency cores.

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      • peregus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well, yes if you need “all the add-ons”.

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  • DjMeas@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is what I ended up doing last year and it’s been great.

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• hackeryarn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve used pine64 boards for this. They have a few more options and are always available.

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• avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think they still make the older ones if you want something middle-of-the-road.

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  • Corgana@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes, the numbers on a Pi aren’t referring to a “version” like with the iPhone, but to it’s power. A Pi Zero isn’t the oldest, it’s the simplest.

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