4 ms·
Smartphones lack nearly all of the kinds of IO interfaces supported by a Raspberry Pi.
by compressedgas 2y ago
Smartphones lack nearly all of the kinds of IO interfaces supported by a Raspberry Pi.
- beardyw 2y agoExactly. The big thing that seems to have been forgotten about the Pi is all those exposed pins. It was designed that way, not just as a small computer.
- talldayo 2y agoFWIW, supporting 5W GPIO can be done entirely over USB power. The iPhone can do this, Apple just would really rather you not use their phone that way.
- GianFabien 2y agoBut you already have cameras, screen, GPS, magnetometer, WiFi, IMU. To equip a RPi with only a subset of those would add considerably to the cost. You can even easily interface any Arduino for additional GPIOs via OTG and USB.
- _akhe 2y agoYeah, I love the Pi for this reason, most upgrades are a matter of ordering the parts, like building a PC back in the day. Sometimes I look at my web server though (rpi 4), with its small size and touch screen already looking like a smartphone, and wondering if I could have just used an iPhone to host these sites & APIs on. iPhone 12 Apple A14 Bionic @ 2.99 GHz 1 Processor, 6 Cores 5.60 GB Raspberry Pi 4 ARM BCM2711 @ 1.50 GHz 1 Processor, 4 Cores 1.77 GB I think iPhone always outperforms Raspberry Pi: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/4581331?baseline=4572205 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/4581331?baselin... Which makes sense since it was $1000 and the Pi was $35.
- GianFabien 2y agoOld smartphones are often free, especially Android ones. I get mine from friends, family and of course my superseded units.