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Re:Designing Raspberry Pi 400 by throwaway894345 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @11:08AM (#24990249)
Bummer. I would pay good money for a single board that let me mount 4-8 of these guys. I'm aware that the Turing Pi 2 will supposedly do this, but it's still in development.
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Re:Designing Raspberry Pi 400 by geerlingguy on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:16PM (#24990935)
The CM4 is still a very new product, I know of at least a few other projects that are still on the drawing board. Give it time, I think we'll see some creative adaptations.

For now I'm just using the IO board, and I have a couple more on the way, and I'll rack them up using M2.5 spacers.

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Re:Designing Raspberry Pi 400 by throwaway894345 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:22PM (#24991010)
Can you list the other projects? What are the advantages of racking CM4s + IO boards vs racking RPI4s? Is it just the extra bit of compute power? In my mind, the biggest draw to the CMs is the prospect of putting them all on one board without having to run cables to each, especially since there aren't multiport USB-C power supplies available that can power multiple RPI4s. Another advantage is the prospect of faster SSD communication.
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