Been looking for RPI4 CMs for ages now and they’ve been sold out for as long as I can remember. Same with full size RPI4s and some Odroids. Is this just the new normal or are SBCs and CMs going to show up on the market again at some point?

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Look at the Libre Computer boards. I got a Le Potato for 35usd last year and it’s been rock solid. Seems to be about the same performance as a RBP 3B.

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Thanks! I’ll check it out.

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I had no idea about Le Potato. I’m an electronics experimenter and this looks solid. Thanks!

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Finally someone mentions a product name. I am so sick of these “uh duuuh, there are better alternatives out there, hurhur” commenters who name not a single one.

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Go check out ExplainingComputers on youtube.

https://www.explainingcomputers.com/sbc.html

He basically goes over every SBC possible. The good ones now are the Rock Pis and the Potato series

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I’d recommend one if I had tried any of them. The only one I’ve bought is the orange pi 5 which runs significantly higher than the basic RPi $35 and figured was outside the power envelope OP really needed.

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