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Raspberry Pi 5: available now! We’ve been excited to see the response of early users to Raspberry Pi 5, and can’t wait to see what you do once you get your hands on it.
  • Izzy@lemmy.ml
    12·
    9 months ago

    Wow, $80. I haven’t looked into these devices since the first one, but I thought the point of them was to be very cheap. I do wonder what these new more powerful ones are capable of. Perhaps the performance justifies the price.

    • NaN@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      That’s a point, and that is still very cheap. There are many other models still available that are probably a better option for small hobby projects or people learning programming or physical computing.

    • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
      4·
      9 months ago

      Hopefully they do release 1 and 2GB memory varoants which should be $35 and $45 respectively if they follow the pricing of previous models. The performance does look like a big upgrade over the Pi 4 at least.

  • TheYang@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 months ago

    Those have gotten rather expensive.

    But maybe the 4 will become available and cheap now?

  • ijeff@lemdro.idEnglish
    61·
    9 months ago

    The lack of full size HDMI is still pretty disappointing.

    • EmbeddedEntropy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I’d rather have an M.2 connector without requiring a HAT.

      I’ll stick with my Orange Pi 5 for now which comes with one, tyvm.

      • azimir@lemmy.ml
        2·
        9 months ago

        I gave the Orange Pi 5 a try and I love it for hosting/data intensive applications. The real M.2 for a SSD is a game changer.

        I still use RPi boards for all kinds of embedded solutions, especially once it’s GPIO based work, but for server/network kinds of work I put it on the Orange Pi 5 board.

        • EmbeddedEntropy@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          M.2 is a serious win. That’s why I couldn’t believe the RPi5 didn’t include one natively.

          I have a mix of Orange and Raspberry Pis. It all depends on their features, specs, and price point for the job. But if I don’t need a HAT, Orange usually wins out.

  • krolden@lemmy.ml
    4·
    9 months ago

    Theres so many better options at this point that these are basically pointless unless you need a newer broadcom chip

    • zinge@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      Could you suggest a couple SBC alternatives that I can look at? Currently using some Pi3s and Pi4s for some projects and interested in what I could switch to. I’m not using the GPIO or Pi camera, I am using USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and like the size, price, low power draw, and debian support on the Pi.