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Is it time to end our love affair with R-PI?

KennyMillar over 2 years ago

It has been almost impossible to buy R-PI for so long now.

The foundation say they are still manufacturing 400,000 a month - but where are they going?
Certainly not to many retailers.

Is it time to find alternatives, and walk away from R-PI?

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baldengineer over 2 years ago

There are already a number of alternatives out there: Libre Computer, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, BeagleBone Black, and more.

Some are more powerful. Some offer additional features (and form factors). All run some form of Linux. And most of them are available today.

If your focus is the GPIO then boards like the BeagleBone are already a better option. And if your focus is a low-cost computing platform, then you can add in the NUC and a ton of other items.

Will the mass market move to one of these? Probably not. With so many options there will just be fragmentation moving forward.

The apparent shift of focus for Raspberry Pi Trading, LTD to industrial/commercial customers does imply it is time for the non-commercial market to consider alternatives.

However, I doubt any will become as ubiquitous as the Pi had been.
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BigG over 2 years ago in reply to baldengineer

Just adding in yet another veggie reference: https://onion.io/
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BigG over 2 years ago in reply to baldengineer

Just adding in yet another veggie reference: https://onion.io/
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KennyMillar over 1 year ago in reply to BigG

Yeah the Onion series are great - and available. I use the Omega 2S+ quite a lot in designs.
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