On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 09:27 AM, Ken N2VIP wrote:
The N100 vs RPi 5 debate seems to ignore those 40 pins on the RPi that the N100 solutions lack.
Are we trying to solve a software problem or a hardware problem?
I think you'd be hard-pressed to just "drop in" an N100 system in a device like the uBitx, there would be a significant effort to interface the N100 system to a uBitx board I imagine.
True.
N100 systems are great values and solve a number of problems, but they are not suitable in some applications the RPi excels at, namely embedded applications.
If your application doesn't require the 40 pin GPIO header, why are you using an RPi?
NOTE: if $100-150 N100 systems were available at the time, Mr Upton would never have developed the RPi - his goal was a $100ish desktop that required a TV for output that could be used in education for third-world students using phone chargers, cheap keyboards/mice, etc.
Exactly.
The point I was trying to make wasn't that you can drop a N100 into a sbitx/ubitx and rock and roll.
The point I was trying to make is that Upton's tiny desktop concept risks getting buried by N100 or similar systems.
There really is little price difference between Pi 5 and N100, and (IMO) benchmarks show the N100 is a bit faster and definitely more expandable.
Overall IMO this, and the newly-announced IPO, will put pressure on Upton and team to crank up the innovation.
Hopefully the sbitx community is prepared for things to keep moving rapidly.
And, BTW, you can get Arduino and/or Pi-compatible GPIOs on an Intel platform if that's what you want:?
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It's a bit pricier now, but overall it seems quite possible that an Intel variant could take away a lot of Pi's lunch money sooner or later.
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Regards,
Dave, N1AI
Dave, N1AI