schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comexternal-linkmessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up1690arrow-down19
arrow-up1681arrow-down1external-linkOuch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385www.pcworld.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square226fedilink
minus-squareShutUpWesley@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoI think moving away from the standard board size would kinda defeat the purpose. All the projects designed to fit the Pi formfactor would be useless. They’d have to design a whole new line, and have none of the ecosystem they’ve built to support it.
minus-squareUiUiUiUiUi@piefed.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoThen why did they have a model A and B? Couldn’t they have a C or BE (extended)
minus-squareShutUpWesley@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoThe board sizes remained pretty much the same though, a pi 5 can fit in lots of 3b project without huge changes.
I think moving away from the standard board size would kinda defeat the purpose. All the projects designed to fit the Pi formfactor would be useless. They’d have to design a whole new line, and have none of the ecosystem they’ve built to support it.
Then why did they have a model A and B? Couldn’t they have a C or BE (extended)
The board sizes remained pretty much the same though, a pi 5 can fit in lots of 3b project without huge changes.