The makers of the Banana Pi line of single-board computers have launched their latest Raspberry Pi lookalike. But this time instead of copying one of Raspberry Pi’s full-fledged mini PCs, the company is taking aim at the Raspberry Pi Pico W IoT board that launched earlier this year for $6. The new Banana Pi BPI-PicoW-S3 is […]
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Now you can buy a Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller for $1
When the Raspberry Pi Foundation launched the RP2040 microcontroller earlier this year, the cheapest way to get your hands on one was to buy a $4 Raspberry Pi Pico board or a similar module powered by the MCU. Now you can buy the microcontroller itself as a standalone product for just $1. You can find […]
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Raspberry Pi launches custom RP2040 microcontroller and $4 Raspberry Pi Pico board (plus 3rd-party hardware)
6 Comments on Raspberry Pi launches custom RP2040 microcontroller and $4 Raspberry Pi Pico board (plus 3rd-party hardware)Nearly a decade after debuting its first $35 single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is launching a new Raspberry Pi Pico that sells for just $4. It’s so small and so cheap that you get one free when you buy a copy of the February 2021 edition of HackSpace magazine. But the Raspberry Pi Pico isn’t […]
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8-bit PC can run Ubuntu… takes about 6 hours to boot
One of the key selling points for Linux is that it can breathe new life into old computers since the hardware requirements for a modern Linux distribution are typically much lower than those for the latest versions of Windows or OS X. But have you ever wondered just how low you can go? Dmitry Grinberg […]