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Banana Pi BPI-M7 - More Reasons to Avoid the Raspberry Pi (www.cnx-software.com)
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The Banana Pi BPI-M7 single board computer is equipped with up to 32GB RAM and 128GB eMMC flash, and features an M.2 2280 socket for one NVMe SSD, three display interfaces (HDMI, USB-C, MIPI DSI), two camera connectors, dual 2.5GbE, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2, a few USB ports, and a 40-pin GPIO header for expansion.

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[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Depends on your use-case. If you want to use GPIO and other low level features, yes the Pi is faster to get going, if you're just using ir for a NAS/storage then a board like that will work out of the box.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At which point you're better off with a mini pc.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I totally agree with you there. https://lemmy.world/comment/5500098:

For eg. for 100€ you can find an HP Mini with an i5 8th gen + 16GB of ram + 256GB NVME that obviously has a case, a LOT of I/O, PCIe (m2) comes with a power adapter and outperforms a RPi5 in all possible ways. Note that the RPi5 8GB of ram will cost you 80€ + case + power adapter + cable + bullshit adapter + SD card + whatever else money grab - the Pi isn’t just a good option.

I even went further on GPIOs and low level electronics here https://lemmy.world/comment/5500638:

RPi 2B+ for around 10$ nowadays (...) other brand new cheap SBCs such as the Radxa Zero 3W or the Zero 3E or even the Raspberry Pi Zero W. The point is that it doesn't make sense to buy a standard and expensive RPi for things that don't require much CPU. If you don't really need an OS and you code C or MicroPython a 3.5$ ESP32 board as well.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

This is the problem I see with these "high end pi" systems. The benefit of the RPI is low-cost and small form factor along with the GPIO.

When you start to get too expensive you compete with more capable systems in the same price range.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well, it always depends on the use case. And if you think over the use case, maybe other solutions might even be better.

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