▲ 218 ▼ A Raspberry Pi Just Got 26% Pricier. You Should Be Worried (gizmodo.com) submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (8 children) Just get an esp32 or mini PC at this point. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (4 children) NUCs and other mini PCs are better (for the most part) anyway. Many have msata or nvme support, replaceable and expandable memory, better cooling, more powerful CPUs, and some have the ability to add in PCIe cards. Some even allow for CPU replacement/upgrades. For lower power stuff, esp32s are where it's at. I'm not sure what the usefulness of using a raspberry pi is, anymore. If you have something that you don't want to suck power, ESP32s have you covered and will always use less power than a rpi. If you need a bit more performance, a mini PC will almost always outperform a rpi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago With memory prices I think a lattepanda is a better choice than a pi if you want a cheap PC permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) There are plenty of other chipsets that are lower in power consumption than ESP32. Raspberry Pi does provide the Pico 1 and Pico 2 for embedded stuff which is mostly great. Don't know if they fixed the errata 9 on the Pico 2 yet with the leaking GPIO thingy. STM32, AVR based stuff, PIC, ESP32, Pico's. We got a lot of fun stuff to tinker with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) This is true, yeah. I'm referring to the "normal" rpis, though. The ones that are the most affected by the price increase. I struggle to understand the usecase for those. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago It is that many are familiar with them, they have good support, fairly extendible and great community. Also used in commercial solutions for those exact reasons. There is cheaper and better hardware but the RPi has a bit of a goldilocks position. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) Which have also gone up in price. That said, the Pi was only really worth it at toy prices. By the time you added a reliable power supply and case, even they were pushing £100. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago Yeah, the whole point was that it was like $35 and small. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago They have but the other components don't cost much in comparison. You are pretty much buying memory and it happens to have a completed system attached. Pi zero is still pretty cheap though. 512MB of memory should help keep that affordable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (4 children) NUCs and other mini PCs are better (for the most part) anyway. Many have msata or nvme support, replaceable and expandable memory, better cooling, more powerful CPUs, and some have the ability to add in PCIe cards. Some even allow for CPU replacement/upgrades. For lower power stuff, esp32s are where it's at. I'm not sure what the usefulness of using a raspberry pi is, anymore. If you have something that you don't want to suck power, ESP32s have you covered and will always use less power than a rpi. If you need a bit more performance, a mini PC will almost always outperform a rpi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago With memory prices I think a lattepanda is a better choice than a pi if you want a cheap PC permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) There are plenty of other chipsets that are lower in power consumption than ESP32. Raspberry Pi does provide the Pico 1 and Pico 2 for embedded stuff which is mostly great. Don't know if they fixed the errata 9 on the Pico 2 yet with the leaking GPIO thingy. STM32, AVR based stuff, PIC, ESP32, Pico's. We got a lot of fun stuff to tinker with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) This is true, yeah. I'm referring to the "normal" rpis, though. The ones that are the most affected by the price increase. I struggle to understand the usecase for those. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago It is that many are familiar with them, they have good support, fairly extendible and great community. Also used in commercial solutions for those exact reasons. There is cheaper and better hardware but the RPi has a bit of a goldilocks position. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago With memory prices I think a lattepanda is a better choice than a pi if you want a cheap PC permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago (2 children) There are plenty of other chipsets that are lower in power consumption than ESP32. Raspberry Pi does provide the Pico 1 and Pico 2 for embedded stuff which is mostly great. Don't know if they fixed the errata 9 on the Pico 2 yet with the leaking GPIO thingy. STM32, AVR based stuff, PIC, ESP32, Pico's. We got a lot of fun stuff to tinker with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) This is true, yeah. I'm referring to the "normal" rpis, though. The ones that are the most affected by the price increase. I struggle to understand the usecase for those. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago It is that many are familiar with them, they have good support, fairly extendible and great community. Also used in commercial solutions for those exact reasons. There is cheaper and better hardware but the RPi has a bit of a goldilocks position. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) This is true, yeah. I'm referring to the "normal" rpis, though. The ones that are the most affected by the price increase. I struggle to understand the usecase for those. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago It is that many are familiar with them, they have good support, fairly extendible and great community. Also used in commercial solutions for those exact reasons. There is cheaper and better hardware but the RPi has a bit of a goldilocks position. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago It is that many are familiar with them, they have good support, fairly extendible and great community. Also used in commercial solutions for those exact reasons. There is cheaper and better hardware but the RPi has a bit of a goldilocks position. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (2 children) Which have also gone up in price. That said, the Pi was only really worth it at toy prices. By the time you added a reliable power supply and case, even they were pushing £100. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago Yeah, the whole point was that it was like $35 and small. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago They have but the other components don't cost much in comparison. You are pretty much buying memory and it happens to have a completed system attached. Pi zero is still pretty cheap though. 512MB of memory should help keep that affordable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago Yeah, the whole point was that it was like $35 and small. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaghettiMaster@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago They have but the other components don't cost much in comparison. You are pretty much buying memory and it happens to have a completed system attached. Pi zero is still pretty cheap though. 512MB of memory should help keep that affordable. permalink fedilink source parent