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minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agoSame reason as any other mini PC. GPIO. Honestly there is no other reason to use pi. Just the simple ability ti connect and build your own connection stuff. Pi is by far the easiest system with a well suppirted os and api for learning\experimentation. When to comes to using as a desktop etc. There are loads of better options if gpio is not wanted.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoFair. I always thought about the raspberries strength as small mobile devices. If I want IO on my PC I could buy an adapter/card. Or use my raspberry because I have one or two ofc. It sure is easy with them.
minus-squareGrapho@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoBut even with GPIO, there’s other cheaper boards out there with better specs to boot
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoI tried the orange pi, and that was a hassle, I had to fix and compile some obscure library in C to make python control I/O work.
Same reason as any other mini PC.
GPIO.
Honestly there is no other reason to use pi. Just the simple ability ti connect and build your own connection stuff.
Pi is by far the easiest system with a well suppirted os and api for learning\experimentation.
When to comes to using as a desktop etc. There are loads of better options if gpio is not wanted.
Fair.
I always thought about the raspberries strength as small mobile devices. If I want IO on my PC I could buy an adapter/card. Or use my raspberry because I have one or two ofc. It sure is easy with them.
But even with GPIO, there’s other cheaper boards out there with better specs to boot
I tried the orange pi, and that was a hassle, I had to fix and compile some obscure library in C to make python control I/O work.