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Comment · 1 month ago
Cost per area is pretty much what drives all display pricing. :-)
Comment · 1 month ago
This project will work with a 7.3" display just as well - they are £79.50! https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression?variant=5...
Disclaimer: I am the CEO of Pimoroni :-)
Comment · 7 months ago
Pick and place machines can place components very precisely at any angle - they really don’t care!
Comment · 8 months ago
They did, it's the Raspberry Pi Pico (as opposed to the Raspberry Pi) as a dev board or the RP2350 (as opposed to the BCMXXXX) as a chip.
Comment · 8 months ago
Yes.
Comment · 8 months ago
This is about the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (based on the RP2350), not the original Raspberry Pi.
Comment · 8 months ago
Haha — this was a fun day! It's honestly surprising how robust the RP2350 was under such extreme experimentation. Mike's write-up walks through pushing the core voltages far beyond stock limits and dry-ice cooling to see what the silicon could handle.
Credit where it's due: Mike is a wizard. He's been involved in some of our more adventurous tinkering, and his input on the more complex areas of our product software has been invaluable. Check out his GitHub for some really interesting projects: https://github.com/MichaelBell
Blatant plug: We have a wide range of boards based on the RP2350 for all sorts of projects! https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pico :-)
Comment · 1 year ago
You might be thinking of Progress Quest!
Comment · 1 year ago
There's been much debate about Raspberry Pi straying from its mission to provide affordable computers. I disagree.
Raspberry Pi offers models ranging from $10 to $120, all readily available — more so than ever.
Adjusted for inflation, the original $35 Raspberry Pi Model B (launched 2012) would be $50 today. The Raspberry Pi 5 2GB is also $50 today and vastly outperforms the original, delivering far greater bang for buck.
Though I can’t speak to their internal decisions, it’s seems from the outside that they continue to try to maximise the value of the Raspberry Pi while maintaining the original price point.
Disclaimer: Co-founder of Pimoroni, one of the first Raspberry Pi resellers.
Comment · 1 year ago
It is still cheap and accessible. The cheapest Pi model is just over $10 [1], the most expensive is $120 [2].
And within that range there are a number of options with different CPU power, connectivity options, and RAM. Take your pick!
[1] Raspberry Pi Zero - https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero
[2] Raspberry Pi 5 16GB - https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-5
Comment · 1 year ago
Because now there is a large range of options.
Here's your $20 Pi (still supported and available to buy): https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w
Here's your $120 Pi (many times faster and with 32 x the RAM): https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-5
The choice is right there for you with many other options in between...
Comment · 2 years ago
We have a pre-order up for these while stock is limited during launch in case you want to get in the queue! https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-ai-kit