EOI in getting SPI going on the RPi5
20 Oct 2024 14:12 #312677
by tommylight
Replied by tommylight on topic EOI in getting SPI going on the RPi5
RANT, skip freely:
Welcome to the club!
I was OK with wasting hours to have any use from RPI3B as it was 35$ (65 Euro here), cheap enough to warrant a bit of tinkering, it was slow sluggish, cr@ppy,slow USB, even slower LAN, but it worked
RPI4 came out and the price went sky high, so the price to fun ratio went out the door.
Then came RPI5 and it's seven hardware versions in the first months and a price tag worthy of a kingdom, so i am out.
I blame people who buy it to a certain point, i absolutely blame youtubers in 3D printing for insisting you need RPI to run Klipper, a 30$ used SFF PC is much, much better at Klipper and does not stop mid print when doing timelapses, ruining time and material and nerves.
By now, my list of banned stuff has gotten really, really long, RPI is there, together with Microshaft, Adobe, Intel, BMW, MSI, etc, etc...
Not only RPI, any SBC lately is over 150$, add a screen and it gets to 300$ easily, i can buy new laptops for 200-250 Euro on sale here with 1 year warranty, they are cr@ppy laptops but magnificent RPI alternative, with day long battery life when screen if off! :)
Welcome to the club!
I was OK with wasting hours to have any use from RPI3B as it was 35$ (65 Euro here), cheap enough to warrant a bit of tinkering, it was slow sluggish, cr@ppy,slow USB, even slower LAN, but it worked
RPI4 came out and the price went sky high, so the price to fun ratio went out the door.
Then came RPI5 and it's seven hardware versions in the first months and a price tag worthy of a kingdom, so i am out.
I blame people who buy it to a certain point, i absolutely blame youtubers in 3D printing for insisting you need RPI to run Klipper, a 30$ used SFF PC is much, much better at Klipper and does not stop mid print when doing timelapses, ruining time and material and nerves.
By now, my list of banned stuff has gotten really, really long, RPI is there, together with Microshaft, Adobe, Intel, BMW, MSI, etc, etc...
Not only RPI, any SBC lately is over 150$, add a screen and it gets to 300$ easily, i can buy new laptops for 200-250 Euro on sale here with 1 year warranty, they are cr@ppy laptops but magnificent RPI alternative, with day long battery life when screen if off! :)
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