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Too pricey, hard to work with for average Joe because of connectors, expensive "blocks". I can't find any single advantage over countless ARM boards with prices

by sp0ck 10y ago

Too pricey, hard to work with for average Joe because of connectors, expensive "blocks". I can't find any single advantage over countless ARM boards with prices starting as low as 5$..

penagwin 10y ago
Especially since the Raspberry Pi at 5$ (or 10$ with wifi) is so popular. A common complaint that I hear about most other ARM boards is lack of support/software, which is certainly not true of the Raspberry Pi/
vonmoltke 10y ago
Twice the cores, roughly twice the single-core performance, twice the RAM, 4GB of relatively fast on-board storage, two wireless protocol interfaces, and you "can't find any single advantage"? Maybe not for your use case, but this is a far beefier board than even the Pi 2, let alone the Pi Zero.
- Nexxxeh 10y ago
  The Pi 2 isn't current, the Pi 3 is available in standard and module (inc a Lite variant without on-board flash).
  - vonmoltke 10y ago
    List price on the Pi 3B is higher than the Edison, and it still lacks the on-board storage. I don't know where you are getting that the Pi 3 has "on-board flash", as all it has is an SD card reader. The post I was replying to was trying to claim the Pi family provides the same features for much less than the Edison. That isn't the case. The Pis that are cheaper than the Edison are also much less capable, and the Pis that can match the Edison in features and performance cost as much or more than it does. Edit: clarified that I was talking about the Pi 3B, not the base Pi 3 (which is somewhat cheaper than the Edison).
    - Nexxxeh 10y ago
      You completely misunderstand the Pi families and current line-up, and that's caused you to misinterpret my comment. There aren't "A" variants for the Pi 2 or Pi 3. There's the Pi Model A and Pi Model B, A+ and B+ (which are slightly upgraded versions of the original Pi), the original Compute Module ("CM1", based on the Pi but in an SO-DIMM format with 4GB eMMC Flash), the Pi 2, the Pi 3, the Pi Zero (upgraded to v1.3), the Compute Module 3 and 3 Lite ("CM3" and "CM3L" based on the Pi 3 but in an SO-DIMM format, with and without 4GB eMMC Flash respectively), and the latest addition, the Pi Zero W (Zero with built-in Wifi and Bluetooth). The Pi 3, CM3, CM3L, Zero, and Zero W are what I'd consider current. But you can still get Pi 2, or the A+, on RS for example. In the UK, the bare Edison module is £47.34 on RS. The bare CM3 (with the 4GB eMMC) is £26.99, the CM3L is £21.99. The Pi 3 is £32.99 (which is directly usable as it has ports already on it.) I'd bet you a Pi Zero that the Pi 3 would piss all over the Edison in sysbench CPU if you ran both the Edison's 2 main cores against the Pi 3's 4 cores.

by sp0ck 10y ago

Too pricey, hard to work with for average Joe because of connectors, expensive "blocks". I can't find any single advantage over countless ARM boards with prices starting as low as 5$..

penagwin 10y ago

Especially since the Raspberry Pi at 5$ (or 10$ with wifi) is so popular. A common complaint that I hear about most other ARM boards is lack of support/software, which is certainly not true of the Raspberry Pi/

vonmoltke 10y ago

Twice the cores, roughly twice the single-core performance, twice the RAM, 4GB of relatively fast on-board storage, two wireless protocol interfaces, and you "can't find any single advantage"? Maybe not for your use case, but this is a far beefier board than even the Pi 2, let alone the Pi Zero.

Nexxxeh 10y ago
The Pi 2 isn't current, the Pi 3 is available in standard and module (inc a Lite variant without on-board flash).
- vonmoltke 10y ago
  List price on the Pi 3B is higher than the Edison, and it still lacks the on-board storage. I don't know where you are getting that the Pi 3 has "on-board flash", as all it has is an SD card reader. The post I was replying to was trying to claim the Pi family provides the same features for much less than the Edison. That isn't the case. The Pis that are cheaper than the Edison are also much less capable, and the Pis that can match the Edison in features and performance cost as much or more than it does. Edit: clarified that I was talking about the Pi 3B, not the base Pi 3 (which is somewhat cheaper than the Edison).
  - Nexxxeh 10y ago
    You completely misunderstand the Pi families and current line-up, and that's caused you to misinterpret my comment. There aren't "A" variants for the Pi 2 or Pi 3. There's the Pi Model A and Pi Model B, A+ and B+ (which are slightly upgraded versions of the original Pi), the original Compute Module ("CM1", based on the Pi but in an SO-DIMM format with 4GB eMMC Flash), the Pi 2, the Pi 3, the Pi Zero (upgraded to v1.3), the Compute Module 3 and 3 Lite ("CM3" and "CM3L" based on the Pi 3 but in an SO-DIMM format, with and without 4GB eMMC Flash respectively), and the latest addition, the Pi Zero W (Zero with built-in Wifi and Bluetooth). The Pi 3, CM3, CM3L, Zero, and Zero W are what I'd consider current. But you can still get Pi 2, or the A+, on RS for example. In the UK, the bare Edison module is £47.34 on RS. The bare CM3 (with the 4GB eMMC) is £26.99, the CM3L is £21.99. The Pi 3 is £32.99 (which is directly usable as it has ports already on it.) I'd bet you a Pi Zero that the Pi 3 would piss all over the Edison in sysbench CPU if you ran both the Edison's 2 main cores against the Pi 3's 4 cores.