thehatfox@lemmy.world to raspberrypi@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day ago16GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $120www.raspberrypi.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
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minus-squareGrapho@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoBut even with GPIO, there’s other cheaper boards out there with better specs to boot
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·47 minutes agoYeah but non with better support. They all tend to have OSes with limited updates and/or community support. That is a huge plus for pi. And likely the only reason they survive.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI tried the orange pi, and that was a hassle, I had to fix and compile some obscure library in C to make python control I/O work.
But even with GPIO, there’s other cheaper boards out there with better specs to boot
Yeah but non with better support. They all tend to have OSes with limited updates and/or community support.
That is a huge plus for pi. And likely the only reason they survive.
I tried the orange pi, and that was a hassle, I had to fix and compile some obscure library in C to make python control I/O work.