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It looks like the M2 socket will be connected with a flexible ribbon, so it is possible that it could be mounted below.
I'd welcome an M.2 shoe rather than a hat.
Then the ribbon cable would be braces
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Then surely there must be competition or a record for “tallest ever,” hopefully requiring each layer to be functional.
Someone needs to make a Sega 32X hat to complete the Tower of Piwer?
Unfortunately the internet wasn't available to get codes for the game genie, I'm not sure it would work anyway
Edit: yes the super game boy. Can't find any codes for the super game boy. So I assume that's prevented from the way they both work.
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I can only speak from my own experience, but there are a number of low to mid grade SSDs that use truly awful flash and/or controllers. I've bought many of them over the years for unimportant workloads, and have been unpleasantly surprised by how quickly I can burn them out. It's really worth it to shell out for higher end models just for the increase in durability.
Out of curiosity which brands?
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The bottleneck has been component availability ("supply chain"), not manufacturing.
Upton talked about this in an interview. It's partly the interplay of manufacturing at this point, too. When they have parts, they'd like to catch up with the backlog faster. Because the 5 doesn't rely on the robots that place through-hole components, its production can to a degree "overlap" with the Pi 4, basically increasing the total number of boards created per hour. Having two SoCs that don't require the same ma…
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One is the "smart" part of my smart TV. One powers my hifi. One connects my non-networked printer to the network. One is an NTP server which gets the time from GPS, although that one will probably be retired soon, internet time works fine. I used to have one inside a MAME cabinet but I upgraded it to a "real" PC because the Pi isn't really powerful enough for modern versions of MAME.
What do you use for the smartTV (distro)? And do the big streaming players work happily?
I am curious to know how people here use their RPIs today, and how the RPI5 might help. I have had a model 3 for many years, which I enjoy tinkering with from time to time. I still haven't gotten over the novelty of having such small, cheap computer that runs Linux and does a pretty good job of it. That said, all I do is tinker with it. I turn it on, write a bit of code, marvel that the code runs, and turn it off. I'…
I also use another one for retro pi, which I imagine will benefit from the increased performance..
lastly, I have a small handheld Bluetooth keyboard with a track pad I use with a pi4 with a 3.5in screen hat and battery pack. the overall size and weight is much less than any laptop I have ever come across, and I use this when I go to cons. (although I'm looking at plantecom to replace this)
I am curious to know how people here use their RPIs today, and how the RPI5 might help. I have had a model 3 for many years, which I enjoy tinkering with from time to time. I still haven't gotten over the novelty of having such small, cheap computer that runs Linux and does a pretty good job of it. That said, all I do is tinker with it. I turn it on, write a bit of code, marvel that the code runs, and turn it off. I'…
I use it professionally all the time. I work with arm a lot, and during the testing of customer software that is compiled for arm, I need an arm based Linux os to run and test on. rpi is the obvious choice. I'm very happy with the 4s performance, so I don't require the 5, but I'll still get one. I also use another one for retro pi, which I imagine will benefit from the increased performance.. lastly, I have a small h…
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The standard charger is 2.5W, not 5W, and RPi3 will happily run from that, for RPi4 2.5W is somewhat marginal, but it will still work. I suspect that RPi5 is going to be somewhere around 3W (non-PD USB3). The official RPi specs intentionally overblow the power consumption in order to provide an buffer for powering whatever ridiculous stuff people may hang off the USB ports. Then the other issue is that all RPis need…
The old standard Pi PSUs output up to 2.5 amps (not watts), which at 5V gives you up to 12.5W. Older boards with simpler workloads could usually manage at 1A (5W) but it was always preferred to have at least 2A (10W) to work with.
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Is there any high end 5/7nm SBC? Phone chips don't seem to escape the phone market.
Alder Lake N (N95, N100, etc) is built on a 7nm class process. Many of those systems could be considered SBCs (SoC/RAM/Storage is often all on a single board). Those CPUs are low end for x86, but much higher end than a typical ARM based SBC.
I'm tired of information being vague, under-specified, or only available under NDA (if you're lucky). I'm not stupid enough to hop on this ride again. Are there any fully open (in terms of schematics, firmware) RISCV rpi-"compatibles" out there? I'd be happy to pay triple the price of this thing for a power-efficient linux-capable sbc that is open.