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News about Raspberry Pi 6 and Microcontroller Development (www.jeffgeerling.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 5 months ago

The comment about the USB-C port was Interesting. I don't know about others, but personally I'd happily pay a few bucks more to get a USB-C port instead of a micro. I can't stand USB micro. I'd almost rather have a USB-A port rather than a micro.

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    [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    "And we're building it for our most important clients...

    Our corporate customers."

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I'm finally at a spot where I can start to dabble in hobbyist maker electronics... and then the price of everything from Raspberry Pi's to mini-ITX computers to everything in between has skyrocketed.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You might actually look into embedded space like the ESP32. Plenty to learn there and the hardware is dirt cheap to get into.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    Yeah. I just bought 6 ESP32-S3 with external antenna for €48... So yeah, the ESPs are still very affordable.

    But it's true that Raspberries and similar boards have become very expensive. It might be worth looking at the second hand market. Personally I have started replacing most of my old Raspberry Pi 3b projects with used Intel NUCs, where each NUC can replace several Raspberry Pis in performance.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Buy used.

    I picked up a Dell Small Form Factor desktop for $50.

    Or pickup an old business Mini for a similar price.

    From a power perspective, they're in the same wattage range as a Pi (under 20w), but have much more performance if needed.

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    [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Bought a Pi 5 with 16 GB RAM back in september for 140€. That exact same device now cost 340€... They really need to focus on affordability for the next gen, rather than performance improvements.

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