The big 'ole Raspberry Pi topic

[Dan Graves]

So now the case costs more than the computer!

I don't understand how they can make that thing for $5 much less sell it for that.

It doesn't even show as being a stock item over here from two big national resellers.

Only selling through RS and Adafruit in the U.S. as of now.
More retailers to follow ASAP, from what i read.

[Fox Cunning]

This:

As in LPK25 as controller.. .so that would make the Pi the host for the soft synth.

You're right: technically the LPK25 is a MIDI controller (and nothing else); the Pi would provide the synth, sound fonts, effects, and so on. No (other) computers needed.

[bradt]

Adafruit has Pi Zeros in stock, but act fast. In the time it took me to order they sold 35 of the 70 listed.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/2885

[bradt]

Aaaaand they're all gone again. Took 20 minutes to sell them from the time they were listed. wow!

They are still showing the budget packs in stock though: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2817

[TB-AV]

R-Pi V3 $35

50-60% over R-Pi 2, 10X R-Pi 1

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-on-sale/

[Dan Graves]

Yeah, the increase in performance (partially due to the 64 bit architecture) is rather interesting.
The amount of RAM staid the same though, which i don't quite get, since manufacturers usually double the RAM when switching to a 64 bit chipset and architecture.
The onboard Wi-Fi and Bluetooth do make this an excellent platform for IoT applications though, like my daughter's automated blogging birdfeeder project.
Once mine comes in i'll benchmark it against my RPi2 webserver.

[TB-AV]

It wouldn't surprise me to see one with some more memory. As it sits, the wi-fi and BT really make the cost like what? $20.. even $15 for the PC. With shipping you will pay $10-$20 for external wifi and BT

[bradt]

Pi Zero got an update recently. Now for the same low price of $5, the board comes with a camera connection.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/zero-grows-camera-connector/

[Dan Graves]

Pi Zero got an update recently. Now for the same low price of $5, the board comes with a camera connection.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/zero-grows-camera-connector/

Finally, now i can replace my daughter's birdfeeder project RPi A with an RPi 0, which means we can use the larger birdhouse that she's  been wanting to use for ages 

[Cue Zephyr]

I want to try RetroPi for a bit. Can anybody recommend it - or not?