Disclaimer: I am the CEO of Pimoroni :-)

Credit where it's due: Mike is a wizard. He's been involved in some of our more adventurous tinkering, and his input on the more complex areas of our product software has been invaluable. Check out his GitHub for some really interesting projects: https://github.com/MichaelBell

Blatant plug: We have a wide range of boards based on the RP2350 for all sorts of projects! https://shop.pimoroni.com/collections/pico :-)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45208882

Points: 6

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Raspberry Pi offers models ranging from $10 to $120, all readily available — more so than ever.

Adjusted for inflation, the original $35 Raspberry Pi Model B (launched 2012) would be $50 today. The Raspberry Pi 5 2GB is also $50 today and vastly outperforms the original, delivering far greater bang for buck.

Though I can’t speak to their internal decisions, it’s seems from the outside that they continue to try to maximise the value of the Raspberry Pi while maintaining the original price point.

Disclaimer: Co-founder of Pimoroni, one of the first Raspberry Pi resellers.

And within that range there are a number of options with different CPU power, connectivity options, and RAM. Take your pick!

[1] Raspberry Pi Zero - https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero

[2] Raspberry Pi 5 16GB - https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-5

Here's your $20 Pi (still supported and available to buy): https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w

Here's your $120 Pi (many times faster and with 32 x the RAM): https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-5

The choice is right there for you with many other options in between...

It's not declaring the relative brightness of the two colours - I agree it could be documented a little less ambiguously with something like `light-theme-color`.

PicoVision sports two RP2040 chips (one on a PicoW with WiFi and Bluetooth) acting as GPU and CPU allowing you to drive a HDMI display with smooth fullscreen animation - it can even play DOOM!

There's a heap of interesting features built into the GPU firmware including support for "soft" (?!) hardware sprites, palette modes, scrolling, and more! The GPU and CPU share a pair of 8MB PSRAM chips that are swapped each frame using an analog multiplexer to allow them to pass the framebuffer and other information between them with no overhead during VSYNC.

It also has a HDMI connector, a microSD socket, GPIO pins, a Qw/ST connector, some buttons, and audio out meaning there are a lot of possibilities from gaming to digital signage and anything inbetween!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37929813

Points: 7

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We've just had our first substantial drop of 8GB units (in addition to our recent top ups of the 4GB amd 2GB models) and can offer up to 10 units per customer. If you have needs above 10 units then we may be able support your use case if you drop me a line.

I believe the shortage is now over and I don't expect any issues for us restocking going forward.

Disclaimer: I'm a co-founder of Pimoroni

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37224779

Points: 11

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We do ship worldwide but other resellers worldwide are also stocked right now - happy days! :-)

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I freeze it in an air tight bag, and I take it out of the freezer a day before we want to start using it and let it thaw at room temperature.

Everything I ate at that hotel tasted sweet from the pizza I ordered that night to the toast I had in the morning. What should have been delicious and savoury was instead sickening and unpleasant - it was so weird.