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I’ve never had any problem getting one until this last year. Right now they’re just temporarily prioritising B2B customers - people whose livelihoods depend on

I’ve never had any problem getting one until this last year. Right now they’re just temporarily prioritising B2B customers - people whose livelihoods depend on it rather than those using it for hobby projects. Eben has said[1] that he expects supply to improve considerably in the new year, starting with the Zero. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/yswb2d/raspberry_pi_ceo_eben_upton_says_that_he_expects/iw6wdti/ https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/yswb2d/raspbe...

Steltek 4y ago
I've always viewed RaspberryPi as an educational focused product first, followed by hobbyists. Prioritizing commercial use runs contrary to my expectations.
- MarcScott 4y ago
  You're mixing up Raspberry Pi Foundation with Raspberry Pi Ltd. The former is an educational charity. The latter is a tech company that funds that charity. The more money that is generated by RPL, the more money RPF has to spend on education. They're both non profits.
  - Steltek 4y ago
    No, you're mixing up companies with products. Any business built around a RaspberryPi is probably in the business of RPi accessories or they're an ascended hobby project.
    - teamonkey 4y ago
      No, that’s not true. Many products use it as a basis. For example, the ASIAIR Pro is based around a 4GB Raspberry Pi 4a. https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/product/asiair-pro https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/product/asiair-pro
    - detaro 4y ago
      Really not true anymore. Pis get used in all kinds of stuff that's not made in massive numbers.
senko 4y ago
We've been able to source a few last month, brokered by RPi foundation directly (basically asking them to help out), after exhausting all other avenues. Previously we could order a box o' 150 with lead time of about a month without problems. The crunch is real.
gedy 4y ago
They need to watch out as a lot of mindshare has shifted to ESP32,etc due to not being available.
- skelpmargyar 4y ago
  ESP32 is a microcontroller while the Raspberry Pi are SBCs. They're completely different.
  - gedy 4y ago
    I realize that, I'm referring devboards and common use cases that use network/GPIO/etc
    - teamonkey 4y ago
      The Raspberry Pi Pico W has always been easy to source, if you wanted to stay within the R-Pi family.
Mistletoe 4y ago
What livelihoods depend on Raspberry Pis? Interested in hearing about commercial applications of these. I googled it and this was the first result haha. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/10-reasons-raspberry-pi-isnt-a-good-choice-for-commercial-products/ https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/10-reaso...
- themanmaran 4y ago
  They're used as IoT/embedded computers all over the world. Or as prototyping devices for lots of hardware engineering. You see /r/RaspberryPi posts all the time when people find them in the wild (ex: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/zasupv/pi_spotted_in_the_monaco_train_station/ https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/zasupv/pi_spo...)

Steltek 4y ago

I've always viewed RaspberryPi as an educational focused product first, followed by hobbyists. Prioritizing commercial use runs contrary to my expectations.

MarcScott 4y ago
You're mixing up Raspberry Pi Foundation with Raspberry Pi Ltd. The former is an educational charity. The latter is a tech company that funds that charity. The more money that is generated by RPL, the more money RPF has to spend on education. They're both non profits.
- Steltek 4y ago
  No, you're mixing up companies with products. Any business built around a RaspberryPi is probably in the business of RPi accessories or they're an ascended hobby project.
  - teamonkey 4y ago
    No, that’s not true. Many products use it as a basis. For example, the ASIAIR Pro is based around a 4GB Raspberry Pi 4a. https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/product/asiair-pro https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/product/asiair-pro
  - detaro 4y ago
    Really not true anymore. Pis get used in all kinds of stuff that's not made in massive numbers.

senko 4y ago

We've been able to source a few last month, brokered by RPi foundation directly (basically asking them to help out), after exhausting all other avenues. Previously we could order a box o' 150 with lead time of about a month without problems. The crunch is real.

gedy 4y ago

They need to watch out as a lot of mindshare has shifted to ESP32,etc due to not being available.

skelpmargyar 4y ago
ESP32 is a microcontroller while the Raspberry Pi are SBCs. They're completely different.
- gedy 4y ago
  I realize that, I'm referring devboards and common use cases that use network/GPIO/etc
  - teamonkey 4y ago
    The Raspberry Pi Pico W has always been easy to source, if you wanted to stay within the R-Pi family.

Mistletoe 4y ago

What livelihoods depend on Raspberry Pis? Interested in hearing about commercial applications of these. I googled it and this was the first result haha. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/10-reasons-raspberry-pi-isnt-a-good-choice-for-commercial-products/ https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/10-reaso...

themanmaran 4y ago
They're used as IoT/embedded computers all over the world. Or as prototyping devices for lots of hardware engineering. You see /r/RaspberryPi posts all the time when people find them in the wild (ex: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/zasupv/pi_spotted_in_the_monaco_train_station/ https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/zasupv/pi_spo...)