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I was lucky enough to get early access to the Pi5[1]. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have. [1] Youtube Video on the RPi 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_QPM9xV_sw
Could you please run the Geekbench 6 [1] benchmark and report the results? [1]: https://cdn.geekbench.com/Geekbench-6.2.0-LinuxARMPreview.ta...
748 single / 1507 multi
Rasbperry Pis are losing their competitive edge for non-embedded applications to sub $150 mini PCs, which support Linux/Windows and will come with enclosure, NVMe slot, power button etc. The mini PCs are also generally much faster.
That's true as long as you don't mind using modified vendor supplied operating systems. Most of these advanced boards will lock you into some patched Ubuntu version. So far from the ones I've worked only the Pi and a patched Rockpro64 allows you to boot some generic USB installer from UEFI and have the system your way with mainline kernel support.
Hi, I've been testing the RPi5 for a few weeks and have written up my results and benchmarks on Twitter. https://x.com/alexellisuk/status/1707296079849365650?s=20 This is so much quicker for clusters, servers and headless use, that I don't think I'd consider buying any more RPi4s myself.
Are those results available anywhere else?
This would let you run things that need real time GPIO access and real time interrupt handlings on the Arduino, and would also give you DAC and ADC.
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Jeff Geerling measured 1.8W idle power draw. Based on my experience with previous Pis, I bet you’ll be able to drop that even further by turning off unused board components at boot time.
True, I've gotten Pi 4s pretty low (< 1W), disabling the LEDs, Ethernet, HDMI, and USB controller, but it's never gonna equal a proper suspend.
Rasbperry Pis are losing their competitive edge for non-embedded applications to sub $150 mini PCs, which support Linux/Windows and will come with enclosure, NVMe slot, power button etc. The mini PCs are also generally much faster.
Interesting. Do you have any links for mini PCs like that?
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That's true as long as you don't mind using modified vendor supplied operating systems. Most of these advanced boards will lock you into some patched Ubuntu version. So far from the ones I've worked only the Pi and a patched Rockpro64 allows you to boot some generic USB installer from UEFI and have the system your way with mainline kernel support.
I didn't see any mention of UEFI in my first read through about the Pi 5. Did I just miss it? I would like to have a quiet and reasonably performant ARM aarch64 box at this price point, but only if it supports UEFI without needing to resort to silly EFI system partition tricks (which the Pi 4 required, last I knew).
Rasbperry Pis are losing their competitive edge for non-embedded applications to sub $150 mini PCs, which support Linux/Windows and will come with enclosure, NVMe slot, power button etc. The mini PCs are also generally much faster.
Interesting. Do you have any links for mini PCs like that?
I used several while rpi supplies slowed and scalping had prices where it was the better option. Around $200-250 USD or so. But comes with memory, storage, case and power supply.
Interesting to see the emergence of a southbridge chip in SBC land. RPI4 using a Via USB3 controller and a dedicated Broadcom ethernet chip is somewhat against the grain of most embedded chips, which tend to have all this io on package. Here Broadcom now has a single chip that bundles a bunch of the io needs together, and takes back the business from Via, which is a tailored step forward to combine functions. But it's still a secondary chip, which is fairly unusual.
On the upside, it means less pins on the main core. And it physically helps fan out the io, can be placed closer to io connectors. I went looking for a chip identification for RPI4, but didn't find it; I'm curious whether old chips had discrete PHY or whether they were builtin, and what the situation is with the new southbridge.