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This article was May 2022. Apparently things are already beginning to change.

by chrisbrandow 4y ago

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Maybe. But getting a raspberry pi is still next to imposible.
- pjc50 4y ago
  This prompted me to look on Ebay, where Pi 4 prices are mad (>£100!) but the previous generations seem to be more normal. Wonder if it's worth me digging up any 3s I have and selling them.
  - dspillett 4y ago
    I wanted one for a thing some months ago, and the 4s were out of stock most places and silly prices where they were available. 3s were in a similar state. I had a 3 spare but wanted the extra spec (USB3 and a bit more CPU umpf). I ended up getting a 400 instead as they were readily available at the time. When the 4s become sensibly available I'll swap it out for one and the 400 will become a toy for other purposes. EDIT: sweet Jesus. Just checked the current state on Amazon and the 400s are listed at £117 for just the base unit, more than the £91 I paid for the full kit (the only in-stock option at the time) six months ago, the 4Gb 4 is £173 (next day prime) or £155 (up to two week delivery), and the 8Gb is down for a whopping £290! (next day, no cheaper slower options). The only Pi3 showing as in-stock ATM is £100. Maybe I should hunt out my spare 3 and make some drinking money from it! I've not checked other sources.
  - throwaway742 4y ago
    I sold my 3B for a price that honestly makes me feel a little guilty at the height of the shortage, but to be fair it was an auction and I only set the reserve to MSRP. At least it went to someone who presumably really needed it and it was just sitting on my shelf gathering dust after being used for a project.
- ChumpTheMasses 4y ago
  in rwanda? read the schematic diagram then hack left and right
- wlesieutre 4y ago
  What worked for me was installing Twitter to get notifications from @rpilocator. Adafruit restocks (IIRC) on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons and you have a couple minute window before they sell out. Be sure to have two-factor auth set up in your Adafruit account in advance, it's required for pi orders.
xani_ 4y ago
Well the pretty vanilla chip I waited year for last year is now only on 48 weeks lead time... The other a bit less common one is only few months tho, compared to year+ so I guess it slowly is. Inflation probably helped too
- itsoktocry 4y ago
  >only on 48 weeks lead time... Small end-users receiving chips is a lagging indicator of the state of the supply chain. Companies are already warning about surplus inventory, ie: https://moneyweek.com/economy/global-economy/605232/semiconductors-head-for-supersize-bust https://moneyweek.com/economy/global-economy/605232/semicond...
  - mindcrime 4y ago
    That's encouraging. But we're apparently not out of the woods yet. It wasn't very long ago (3 weeks maybe?) that I was on Mouser.com (or maybe it was Newark, whatever) looking for DSP's and there were basically none to be had. Hopefully we'll turn the corner soon and availability of most IC's will get back to normal. fingers crossed
  - hef19898 4y ago
    Beware the Bullwhip Effect!
  - Arcanum-XIII 4y ago
    Honestly, it depends on the kind of component. It's easier to get CPU that support android than more lambda one for example, and that's without speaking about sub component. This lead to strange situations to say the least (partial bom delivery for example, so no power, no ethernet, 2G instead of 3G/4G modem...).
throwaway742 4y ago
Unfortunately we might not be out of the woods yet. I have an acquaintance who works in the defense industry and they told me they are having semiconductor supply chain issues because of a shortage of noble gases needed for semiconductor production. Apparently Ukraine is a huge supplier and the war has really constrained supplies.

This article was May 2022. Apparently things are already beginning to change.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

Maybe. But getting a raspberry pi is still next to imposible.

pjc50 4y ago
This prompted me to look on Ebay, where Pi 4 prices are mad (>£100!) but the previous generations seem to be more normal. Wonder if it's worth me digging up any 3s I have and selling them.
- dspillett 4y ago
  I wanted one for a thing some months ago, and the 4s were out of stock most places and silly prices where they were available. 3s were in a similar state. I had a 3 spare but wanted the extra spec (USB3 and a bit more CPU umpf). I ended up getting a 400 instead as they were readily available at the time. When the 4s become sensibly available I'll swap it out for one and the 400 will become a toy for other purposes. EDIT: sweet Jesus. Just checked the current state on Amazon and the 400s are listed at £117 for just the base unit, more than the £91 I paid for the full kit (the only in-stock option at the time) six months ago, the 4Gb 4 is £173 (next day prime) or £155 (up to two week delivery), and the 8Gb is down for a whopping £290! (next day, no cheaper slower options). The only Pi3 showing as in-stock ATM is £100. Maybe I should hunt out my spare 3 and make some drinking money from it! I've not checked other sources.
- throwaway742 4y ago
  I sold my 3B for a price that honestly makes me feel a little guilty at the height of the shortage, but to be fair it was an auction and I only set the reserve to MSRP. At least it went to someone who presumably really needed it and it was just sitting on my shelf gathering dust after being used for a project.
ChumpTheMasses 4y ago
in rwanda? read the schematic diagram then hack left and right
wlesieutre 4y ago
What worked for me was installing Twitter to get notifications from @rpilocator. Adafruit restocks (IIRC) on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons and you have a couple minute window before they sell out. Be sure to have two-factor auth set up in your Adafruit account in advance, it's required for pi orders.

xani_ 4y ago

Well the pretty vanilla chip I waited year for last year is now only on 48 weeks lead time... The other a bit less common one is only few months tho, compared to year+ so I guess it slowly is. Inflation probably helped too

itsoktocry 4y ago
>only on 48 weeks lead time... Small end-users receiving chips is a lagging indicator of the state of the supply chain. Companies are already warning about surplus inventory, ie: https://moneyweek.com/economy/global-economy/605232/semiconductors-head-for-supersize-bust https://moneyweek.com/economy/global-economy/605232/semicond...
- mindcrime 4y ago
  That's encouraging. But we're apparently not out of the woods yet. It wasn't very long ago (3 weeks maybe?) that I was on Mouser.com (or maybe it was Newark, whatever) looking for DSP's and there were basically none to be had. Hopefully we'll turn the corner soon and availability of most IC's will get back to normal. fingers crossed
- hef19898 4y ago
  Beware the Bullwhip Effect!
- Arcanum-XIII 4y ago
  Honestly, it depends on the kind of component. It's easier to get CPU that support android than more lambda one for example, and that's without speaking about sub component. This lead to strange situations to say the least (partial bom delivery for example, so no power, no ethernet, 2G instead of 3G/4G modem...).

throwaway742 4y ago

Unfortunately we might not be out of the woods yet. I have an acquaintance who works in the defense industry and they told me they are having semiconductor supply chain issues because of a shortage of noble gases needed for semiconductor production. Apparently Ukraine is a huge supplier and the war has really constrained supplies.