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Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Re: Best Raspberry Pi Projects

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Post by sparker72678 »

Many cool ones in this list! Other great ones:

  - https://birdnetpi.com — Bird call logging
  - https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/ — ADS-B Tracking
  - https://pi-hole.net — Network wide ad blocking
  - https://homebridge.io — HomeKit bridge for many devices/services

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Post by phkahler »

Where can I get a Pi these days. I have a work project (low volume need about 5 Pi) where I replaced a Matrix Orbital LED display and custom membrane keypad with a Pi and touchscreen. I used my own personal Pi model B but I need a few for the company and they are out of stock everywhere. (displays are not a problem, just the Pi itself)

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Post by ajsnigrutin »

phkahler wrote: post #4

Where can I get a Pi these days. I have a work project (low volume need about 5 Pi) where I replaced a Matrix Orbital LED display and custom membrane keypad with a Pi and touchscreen. I used my own personal Pi model B but I need a few for the company and they are out of stock everywhere. (displays are not a problem, just the Pi itself)

I need a couple for a project, and yeah... good luck.

RPI400 is available pretty much everywhere, but rpi3, 4 or zeroW like they never existed.

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Post by baby-yoda »

with the explosion in popularity of the pi in both home and commercial use I wonder if it makes sense for the pi foundation to shift more towards the compute module style and let the market handle the io/specialization aspect? id assume the CM4 would be less constrained by shortages since theres a simpler BOM?

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Post by dividuum »

phkahler wrote: post #4

Where can I get a Pi these days. I have a work project (low volume need about 5 Pi) where I replaced a Matrix Orbital LED display and custom membrane keypad with a Pi and touchscreen. I used my own personal Pi model B but I need a few for the company and they are out of stock everywhere. (displays are not a problem, just the Pi itself)

It's difficult. You can try your luck with https://rpilocator.com/

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Post by misnome »

dividuum wrote: post #7
phkahler wrote: post #4

Where can I get a Pi these days. I have a work project (low volume need about 5 Pi) where I replaced a Matrix Orbital LED display and custom membrane keypad with a Pi and touchscreen. I used my own personal Pi model B but I need a few for the company and they are out of stock everywhere. (displays are not a problem, just the Pi itself)

It's difficult. You can try your luck with https://rpilocator.com/

FWIW I found better luck looking for "Starter kits" that are the board + power supply + case etc. There were a couple of sites that rpilocator checked that didn't have stock listed, but did have 8gb 4bs as part of a "Starter kit" for ~£15 more.

I assume it's some agreement not to list all the variants to try to allow hobbyists to still get some.

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Post by gspr »

I'll hijack this thread to ask: What are some good Pi alternatives that don't need blobs to boot and run, and that use mainline (or more-or-less mainline) kernels?

I don't need any video output, and I'm happy to pay double. What are my options?

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Post by antongribok »

phkahler wrote: post #4

Where can I get a Pi these days. I have a work project (low volume need about 5 Pi) where I replaced a Matrix Orbital LED display and custom membrane keypad with a Pi and touchscreen. I used my own personal Pi model B but I need a few for the company and they are out of stock everywhere. (displays are not a problem, just the Pi itself)

I actually bought an PRi 4 8GB 2 weeks ago at my local MicroCenter, so they're definitely making (and selling) them.

I decided to check on my phone on a whim. They showed 8 in stock. By the time I got there, 30 minutes later, they had 3 left.

That PiLocator site does show the last time they've been in stock, and from my non-scientific assessment, it looks like availability is slightly getting better.

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