News Raspberry Pi Still Hard to Get as Foundation Can't Meet Demand

[Admin]

Almost six months since an official up from Raspberry Pi and YouTuber Jeff Geerling provides an unofficial up on the hard to find single board computer

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[Giroro]

For what it's worth, digikey will let you backorder a Pi 4 (4GB).
The site's stock checking tool said expected delivery was next summer, but I received the one I ordered within 3 weeks and they didn't charge my card until it shipped.

 

[alex_john_m]

I gave up on the raspberry pi and switched to x86 thin clients and usb-to-gpio adapters. A single second-hand Atom thin client combined with four usb-to-gpio adapters is cheaper, has more computing power, uses less electricity than four pi's put together.

Back in the day I would have used a separate PI for each project due to the limited computing power, but now I'm running the the equivalent of 4 PIs with a lot of computing power to spare in one box using about the same space. I haven't had any issues with any of the existing PI hats I tried so far and I might even expand to using arduino shields or extensions from other manufacturers since I'm no longer limited by the PI.

I don't think I'll bother with PIs again, this setup is a lot more flexible.

 

[RolyanTrauts]

For what it's worth, digikey will let you backorder a Pi 4 (4GB).
The site's stock checking tool said expected delivery was next summer, but I received the one I ordered within 3 weeks and they didn't charge my card until it shipped.

Lols Farnel also let you back order but they also publish eta and its late Autumn 2023!
I have had an order in for 6 months now.

 

[RolyanTrauts]

I gave up on the raspberry pi and switched to x86 thin clients and usb-to-gpio adapters. A single second-hand Atom thin client combined with four usb-to-gpio adapters is cheaper, has more computing power, uses less electricity than four pi's put together.

Back in the day I would have used a separate PI for each project due to the limited computing power, but now I'm running the the equivalent of 4 PIs with a lot of computing power to spare in one box using about the same space. I haven't had any issues with any of the existing PI hats I tried so far and I might even expand to using arduino shields or extensions from other manufacturers since I'm no longer limited by the PI.

I don't think I'll bother with PIs again, this setup is a lot more flexible.

There are some great deals to be had with x86 thin clients often built with older Intel Atom chips.
$20-40 can get you a great deal and clean out the fan/heatsink some new thermal paste and you have also helped stop unnescary e-waste.