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Raspberry Pi 500 Launches Along With Raspberry Pi Monitor
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Originally posted by Grawp View PostPi<x>00 as a concept I've never fully understood. Why inseparably bind a horrible keyboard with a (mediocre - but that doesn't matter now) SBC. Why there even is a market for a device that let you choose your own display but not keyboard?
Anyway, regarding the monitor. I've immediately ordered one because the price is quite good for a 15" FHD IPS and being able to power it from 5V is very nice for with my use-case being a portable workbench monitor for SBC when working with osciloscopes (without its own display), logic analyzers, flashing and debugging tools etc.. and also for my SteamDeck when traveling which I use instead of a laptop. (I can't stand laptop keyboards like at all... )
There was only one downside to RPi400 as opposed to RPi4 - you couldn't get it with 8GiB RAM. With CM5 being promised to become available with 16GiB RAM, I am a bit disappointed RPi500 is fixed to 8GiB, and ever more so - lacks M.2 slot for SSD.
BTW, physically the RPi400 keyboard looks virtually identical to the keyboard used in PineBook Pro, and keyboard in PBP can be re-flashed with different firmware to remap some keys. I haven't tried doing that with RPi400 though.Last edited by moonwalker; 09 December 2024, 03:26 PM.
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I will probably get one ({edited} in fact just ordered one up from the pishop.us). Since you really need a keyboard and screen now to initially setup a new RPI SD/usb ssd, this will come in handy. Right now I have to have a keyboard/mouse handy (and an HDMI display) when I build a new disk image. With this I can eliminate a keyboard and a test RPI sitting around for those times I need them. An all-in-one. When done, just toss the RPI-500 back on the shelf and workbench is clear.
I've also thought about using the 'motherboard' of the RPI-400 for a project as all the connectors are on one side. Now we have the RPI-500 as well as an option. I just haven't come up with such a project where it is needed... yet! Seems like there should be!
Last edited by rclark; 09 December 2024, 03:33 PM.
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Originally posted by Grawp View PostRegarding voltage boost: Small (embedded) displays actually have step-down circuitry (or even just linear regulator) from 5V to above 3.something V (actually regulating current not voltage but the voltage is dropped nevertheless). Laptop displays very probably have multiple LEDs in series to more closely match input voltage which might be 16-20V. Unless somebody tear down the Pi display I'd say it is hard to be certain whether it has LEDs also in series or just in parallel.
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Originally posted by alexenv View Post
Unpopulated bits on the left are for Power over Ethernet.
This device really makes little sense over a Pi 5 with all the stuff that's currently missing. Just buy a (better) keyboard and connect it via USB...
I do hope we see a Plus model come to fruition with NVMe, PoE, whatever that side port is for, and perhaps 16GB of RAM. While the market for this version would certainly be smaller due to the increased cost, it's quite likely that there is a big enough market to make it worthwhile. After all, they already clearly did the board design work...
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Originally posted by thomasjkenney View PostCOUGH-COUGH-amiga500-COUGH-COUGH
This all-in-one form factor and using a simple TV instead of a computer monitor did help a lot to spread the usage of computers at home.
What the Pi500 shares specifically with the C64 is the direct access to programmable pins.
At least I don't remember the A500 (or A1200) and Atari ST having them.
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Originally posted by QwertyChouskie View Post
Looks like there is room for some sort of port as well, so I kinda doubt it's only for PoE.
I do hope we see a Plus model come to fruition with NVMe, PoE, whatever that side port is for, and perhaps 16GB of RAM. While the market for this version would certainly be smaller due to the increased cost, it's quite likely that there is a big enough market to make it worthwhile. After all, they already clearly did the board design work...
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Originally posted by ayumu View PostCute.
Too bad about only 8GB RAM.
It will be better to wait for the 16GB variant, even if it possibly will never come.
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Originally posted by stormcrow View Post
8GB is sufficient for the target audience of tinkerers and most desktop uses, including anyone building the vast majority of open source projects. No one in their right mind is going to be building Chromium on any Pi regardless of how much RAM it has.
Of course, if I wanted to use it primarily to build chromium I'd want at least 64GB.
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