Before the Raspberry Pi came out, one cheap and easy way to get GPIO on a computer with a real operating system was to manipulate the pins on an old parallel port, then most commonly used for print…
  • kungen@feddit.nuEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I thought one of the selling points of Raspberry Pi was its small form factor…?

    • phaedrus@piefed.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago
      1. This isn’t actually a Pi, it’s an accessory for a Pi 5
      2. Potentially this enables non-electrically-savvy folks to use external GPUs with the Pi following some build guide

      Whether or not it’s worth it remains to be seen, but that’s the main use-case I can see that this board adds that appeals to more than just tinkerers.