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Such step would increase price, I know, but AFAIK, most people are almost always buying either wifi or bluetooth dongles anyway.
All in all, RPi ables to deliver exciting, rather (for me) unexpected and most importantly great and user-friendly products.
The title should say "the computer that might be available to some people at $5 at some time in the future".
A Broadcom BCM2835 application processor
1GHz ARM11 core (40% faster than Raspberry Pi 1)
512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM
1 x micro-SD card slot
1 x mini-HDMI socket for 1080p60 video output
Micro-USB sockets for data and power
Unpopulated 40-pin GPIO header
Identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B
Size: 65mm x 30mm x 5mmI learned to take these pricing claims with a large grain of salt. $5 sounds great and makes for great news. But then I head over to Farnell/element14 and learn that a) this is unobtainium, because the first shipment is expected on Dec 21, and b) it will cost me $17 + VAT + shipping. The title should say "the computer that might be available to some people at $5 at some time in the future ".
But all in all it's an impressive little machine that can do wonders for small home/school projects.
I don't see anything about Ethernet/Wi-Fi. Am I missing something? I understand they had to cut some features to reduce the prize. But networking is such a fundamental requirement for these types of systems, you'd think that it would be the last feature to be excluded.
Plug a wipi into it via the USB OTG cable. Done.
Like gp I wish some sort of network connectivity can be included to make it more complete as a standalone computer.
I don't see anything about Ethernet/Wi-Fi. Am I missing something? I understand they had to cut some features to reduce the prize. But networking is such a fundamental requirement for these types of systems, you'd think that it would be the last feature to be excluded.
I learned to take these pricing claims with a large grain of salt. $5 sounds great and makes for great news. But then I head over to Farnell/element14 and learn that a) this is unobtainium, because the first shipment is expected on Dec 21, and b) it will cost me $17 + VAT + shipping. The title should say "the computer that might be available to some people at $5 at some time in the future ".
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I just use eBay for Arduino stuff. It's a bit more expensive than AliExpress but I suppose I get a bit more buyer protection. This screen* is pretty cheap, right? I'm currently using one (on an Arduino, different seller) and it works great. * http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-204-20x4-Character-LCD-Displa...
That's really cheap compared to where I got mine along time ago. Very Cool!
I learned to take these pricing claims with a large grain of salt. $5 sounds great and makes for great news. But then I head over to Farnell/element14 and learn that a) this is unobtainium, because the first shipment is expected on Dec 21, and b) it will cost me $17 + VAT + shipping. The title should say "the computer that might be available to some people at $5 at some time in the future ".
The TCO for something that can operate similarly to a computer, should be around 50 USD (micro-USB cable, HDMI cable, eth/wlan adapter, case). But all in all it's an impressive little machine that can do wonders for small home/school projects.