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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

1GB Raspberry Pi 5

But why? It’s a shame to pair the actually pretty damn good hardware of the Pi 5 with that little (non upgradeable) ram. It’s future landfill fodder. The 1/2gb Pi 4 is better for that low price point.

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mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yeah and it uses more wattage than the 4.

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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
1gb makes it an easier to program microcontroller.

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- fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Why not get an actual micro controller if you want a micro controller? That’s what the pico line is for.
  
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  - 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Look up what Qualcomm is doing to Arduino and you’ll understand why RPi is motioning themselves this way
    
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- Ghoelian@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  How?
  
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- cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What most pi’s get used for.
  
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