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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by ars on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:30PM (#20266774)
How is that Hat $20 when the entire board itself is only $35?
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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by mbreese on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:52PM (#20267041)
I'd guess primarily the lower volume of the PoE HAT would play a role here. But, it's also a fully isolated power supply with a fan. To me, it looks like this couldn't be made on a fully automated line, so there would need to be manual assembly, which is also more expensive.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by gangstead on Monday June 24, 2019 @03:04PM (#20267199)
I also balked at the PoE Hat and ended up going with a $10 PoE splitter (with USB out). Works with any Pi (until this RPi4 with USB-C).
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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by TaylorAlexander on Monday June 24, 2019 @03:24PM (#20267440)
Oooh I need to try this. Thanks for the idea!
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Re:Raspberry Pi 4 by ethbro on Monday June 24, 2019 @05:05PM (#20268467)
Embedded economics. How many million hats are they going to sell?
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