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One often under-appreciated aspect is that they have a tiny set of SKUs, which means opensource contributions/docs/articles/hype are all concentrated on those f
by dgroshev 2y ago
One often under-appreciated aspect is that they have a tiny set of SKUs, which means opensource contributions/docs/articles/hype are all concentrated on those few SKUs. It's especially true for RP2040, their competitors have massive lineups that help to right-size the MCU, but this also means that any given SKU has less opensource support.
- johnwalkr 2y agoThis is definitely true, especially when rpi is probably more popular than all other SBCs combined. I always feel burned about 2 years after buying anything but beaglebone, rpi or Jetson nano and can't find support. With rpi you can always find an up to date OS image (for the boards that need an OS). If you use complex devices like cameras, you can probably find recent drivers and readme files for rpi. For other SBCs you will probably end up trying to adapt documentation for rpi and getting stuck because your OS is using a weird version of libc, or something like that.