I like the RP2040

Re:I like the RP2040 by metadat on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:19AM (#40647245)

If this RPi main chip costs $0.70, why does the finished product currently cost $93.00 (RPi 5)? They're quite expensive nowadays, I miss when you could purchase them for ~$30.00.

Meanwhile, Expressif chips are literally everywhere and becoming ever more ubiquitous.

Edit: Thanks friends for the correction. It is cool you can still buy an RPi Pico for $13.00 :)

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Re:I like the RP2040 by wheybags on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:21AM (#40647270)

Because it's not the same chip? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP2040 read the the specs and it's clear that is not the main chip in an rpi 5

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Re:I like the RP2040 by oakesm9 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:24AM (#40647322)

The main chip in a Raspberry Pi 5 is a Broadcom BCM2712.

The main chip in the Raspberry Pi Pico is the RP2040, which costs $4.

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Re:I like the RP2040 by seveibar on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:24AM (#40647314)

A raspberry pi 5 doesn’t use this chip (at least as the main chip). The RP2040 is for microcontrollers/embedded applications.

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Re:I like the RP2040 by j_leboulanger on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:21AM (#40647271)

Because the RP2040 is not the main controller of the RPi.

It's a micro controller, on which the Raspberry Pi Pico is based, at $4

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Re:I like the RP2040 by smcameron on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:20AM (#40647263)

The RP2040 is not what the RPi 5 uses.

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Re:I like the RP2040 by 15155 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @06:10AM (#40667801)

If you're paying $13 for a Pico, you're getting fleeced.

These are $4 or less at most vendors, and JLC will assemble 5 for you for <$3/ea.

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