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They've just ensured they're never going to see a dollar from me. I strongly considered purchasing my Raspberry pis from them, but I was put off by high shippi

They've just ensured they're never going to see a dollar from me. I strongly considered purchasing my Raspberry pis from them, but I was put off by high shipping cost.

OnionBlender 5y ago
What's a good alternative in the US? I've been wanting to get into electronics and microcontrollers as a hobby. I have a old Arduino Uno that I got for free from some conference but I have none of the other stuff I would need to actually make something. I thought about getting a Raspberry since I found the Arduino to have very little RAM.
- 999900000999 5y ago
  I like Sparkfun, fast shipping and all.
- iudqnolq 5y ago
  I'm in a pretty similar place a few months along (programmer getting into hobby electronics). I mostly buy from DigiKey. They have a very wide selection of professional stuff, and they also resell adadruit and other similar hobby stuff (I think adadruit is a great company that makes great products personally). You're not going to find a raspberry pi anywhere except from a scalper (~2x MSRP) for at least a few months, though. See https://rpilocator.com/?country=US https://rpilocator.com/?country=US . I started off with rpi, but quickly realized I preferred not having a whole OS to manage. All my projects are now using adadruit boards, mostly feather nrf52840 ($20, Bluetooth low energy, great rust or circuitpython support).
iudqnolq 5y ago
High shipping cost? They pass along the cost of your choice of USPS, FedEx, UPS. You're not going to find anything better unless you buy on Amazon, which has a much bigger counterfeit problem.
- Handytinge 5y ago
  Not everybody are in (in fact the overwhelming majority of people are not) in the US. Shipping costs and option vary around the world.
  - iudqnolq 5y ago
    That's a good point. I didn't imagine anyone would buy from adadruit internationally because that'd be crazy. They have distributors around the world: https://www.adafruit.com/distributors https://www.adafruit.com/distributors

They've just ensured they're never going to see a dollar from me. I strongly considered purchasing my Raspberry pis from them, but I was put off by high shipping cost.

OnionBlender 5y ago

What's a good alternative in the US? I've been wanting to get into electronics and microcontrollers as a hobby. I have a old Arduino Uno that I got for free from some conference but I have none of the other stuff I would need to actually make something. I thought about getting a Raspberry since I found the Arduino to have very little RAM.

999900000999 5y ago
I like Sparkfun, fast shipping and all.
iudqnolq 5y ago
I'm in a pretty similar place a few months along (programmer getting into hobby electronics). I mostly buy from DigiKey. They have a very wide selection of professional stuff, and they also resell adadruit and other similar hobby stuff (I think adadruit is a great company that makes great products personally). You're not going to find a raspberry pi anywhere except from a scalper (~2x MSRP) for at least a few months, though. See https://rpilocator.com/?country=US https://rpilocator.com/?country=US . I started off with rpi, but quickly realized I preferred not having a whole OS to manage. All my projects are now using adadruit boards, mostly feather nrf52840 ($20, Bluetooth low energy, great rust or circuitpython support).

iudqnolq 5y ago

High shipping cost? They pass along the cost of your choice of USPS, FedEx, UPS. You're not going to find anything better unless you buy on Amazon, which has a much bigger counterfeit problem.

Handytinge 5y ago
Not everybody are in (in fact the overwhelming majority of people are not) in the US. Shipping costs and option vary around the world.
- iudqnolq 5y ago
  That's a good point. I didn't imagine anyone would buy from adadruit internationally because that'd be crazy. They have distributors around the world: https://www.adafruit.com/distributors https://www.adafruit.com/distributors