BeepRaspberry Pi gets eye-watering price rises, new 3GB RAM model
FrederikNJSI realised a while ago that it’s way cheaper to hunt for second-hand intel NUCs, and the resulting machine is way more powerful… And the RAM and storage is upgradeable, if the NUC didn’t come with plenty of storage or RAM already…
empireOfLove2Basically the only benefit the Pi has is GPIO pins for embedded projects.
Pi is also a fraction of the power consumption (meaning also heat dissipation requirements) and physical size.
Low power draw but ridiculous power supply requirements of 5V5A (depending on the model) with a USB-C connector which isnt a thing outside of this specific application meaning they’re going to be expensive and hard to source. They should have just done a barrel plug or put an effing voltage regulator on board like Arduinos.
JohnEdwaThe 5V5A supply is optional, the Pi 5 alone works perfectly fine using a standard 5V3A USB-PD supply, it just limits the maximum combined USB port current to 600mA.
But technically they are still in USB-PD spec: it’s apparently okay for a charger to support 5V5A, and a device to “prefer” to use that if it’s available. It can’t be required, but as said, the Pi 5 works with 5V3A, so it isn’t.
It’s still dumb, and they should have just used 9V3A instead and paid the dollar for the stepdown circuitry like everyone else.