@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Post #1121297
2026-04-01 18:05 UTC
Basically the only benefit the Pi has is GPIO pins for embedded projects.
Replies (4)
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@CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-01 18:21
Which a $3 ESP32 can handle instead.
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@partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 18:20
Pi is also a fraction of the power consumption (meaning also heat dissipation requirements) and physical size.
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@73ms@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-01 21:21
I think the ecosystem has some more benefits besides that. Ready to use case, cooler, camera, display options and lots of resources for putting these things together compared to NUCs/minipcs. I do like how the compute modules are even more flexible with the ability to choose from various carrier boards. Really depends on your use case which makes the most sense.
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@fonix232@fedia.io 2026-04-01 18:17
and you can replicate that nowadays with an RP2040. Hell, the newer Pi models already kinda do that with the RP1 handling GPIO (among other things)