I left this field long ago, when I realized it's scam to clear inventories. For those of interested in getting into it, just select vendor who will release/support OS for their board. During my time, there were 3 vendors: - Odroid - BeagleBone [Black] - Raspberry Pi There are more now, it seems. On 2025-08-18 17:32, Evan Leibovitch via Talk wrote:
On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM Samuel Kaharabata <skaharabata@gmail.com <mailto:skaharabata@gmail.com>> wrote:
I see different use cases for Raspberry Pi.
In this context, "Raspberry Pi" refers to a category, not a specific product. Over the years a healthy category of small, Linux-running, ARM- based SBCs has emerged. Now there are numerous entries <https:// itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-alternatives/> in this category, from a $33 mini SBC <https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Onion/OM-O2P/? qs=j%252B1pi9TdxUZwq9NawX9MnA%3D%3D> to the $300 Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano <https://www.amazon.ca/NVIDIA-Jetson-Orin-Nano-Developer/dp/B0BZJTQ5YP>, including entries from Asus and a variety of fruit-based names. Even the tiny Zero has more than a dozen alternatives <https://itsfoss.com/ raspberry-pi-zero-alternatives/>.
Full credit is due to the Raspberry Pi Foundation for creating the category. But if the desire is for a base for IoT devices there are entries that are far better value and more likely sized to your needs.
- Evan
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