Raspberry Pi5 8GB

I’ve used a few s.b.c’s (single board computers) in my time. And I’ve never had issue with the PI’s. This Raspberry pie was no exception. It’s being used as a kiosk mode display to display job status’ and works great. One thing that really comes through when getting into s.b.c’s is community support. There are less expensive competitors but the wealth of pre-written libraries, projects, documentation, and code/pinout examples really matter. The hardware is great, but it’s the aftermarket products and community that make it a no-brainer. Lots of cases, hats, and libraries to play with.

Loving this thing! I bought it, along with 2 rtl-sdr (Software Defined Radios) to replace a police scanner. This so greatly exceeds my expectations! I was able to attach to a 4K screen with a simple HDMI adapter, and this works just great. I'm barely scratching the surface of what it can do, but I am very impressed!

I have several of these things now. Two of them I use as computers and I have three of them mounted in my Waveshare UGV robots. I really like the Pi a lot, especially learning more and more about what they can really do. I plan on recommending that these be used at my job in place of regular desktops.

Es la primera vez utilizando un Raspberry pi 5, con sus componentes adecuados tengo una fluidez espetacular para la utilización de sistemas automáticos por medio de Home assitant. Cuando sientes que compraste lo indicado sabes que lo volverías hacer para otros proyectos.

Listen. I bought this Raspberry Pi to run a retro game emulator, and now it’s running my home security system, controlling my smart lights, tracking the ISS, and occasionally telling me the weather like it’s my butler. It’s like having a roommate who’s small, silent, and actually contributes something to the household.Setup was suspiciously easy—like, am I in a simulation easy. I kept waiting for something to go wrong, but it just… worked. Who does that? Definitely not my printer.Also, I now have an excuse to say things like “I SSH’ed into it this morning” which makes me sound competent and mysterious at the same time. Is it a computer? Is it a lifestyle? Is it slowly taking over my life in a deeply satisfying way? Yes.Highly recommend—just don’t let it unionize with your smart toaster

I put one of these in an embedded application, and what can I say - it works great. It does however almost certainly need a heat sink... even just connecting it and using it on a desk to set it up it would random shut off or lock up. With a heat sink, no problem. There are multiple chips that get hot, so I used a passive that covers the entire board, but it's quite likely that just small stick-ons might be fine. Mine's emulation a pdp-10 (PiDP-10 kit) so is running continuously at about 160% CPU (load avg 1.6). The heat sink wasn't even a perfect fit, and won't cleanly contact all packages, but is still sufficient. It's been running continuously for about 5 days now. Pretty neat. The 8GB RAM lets Linux keep much of the storage (the parts actually used) resident, opportunistically cached even when not in active use (or open).Plan for a heat sink, or two small sticky ones, and a 5V 5A USB-C supply. The HDMI is micro-HDMI, so if you plan to use a display make sure to get a cable for that as well (micro-HDMI to regular HDMI if that's what your display input is).

It's the latest iteration of the pi we love. The pro's 2 hdmi ports. The cons, they are the mini ports, so you need adapters, or get a case that has a board to convert to full size.Oh, and its expensive. I know that everything has gone up in price, and it's more advance. It just seems they've gone a long way from the cheap in expensive rpi that you could get for $25 and moved into a new world of forget the price, we can charge what we want for the product.

This thing is so tiny and son is happy.