When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sells for $385

Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by PorciiVorbesc on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:22PM (#50429401)

Most likely he doesn't use GPIO, if it's just a tailscale/pihole client.

If you really need GPIO then add a USB-C OTG MCU board like a ESP32, or even the ancient Arduino works via USB and serial TTY on Android.

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by thenthenthen on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:02PM (#50430014)

How to control the gpio?

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by vablings on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:20PM (#50430328)

Several methods. You can run a MQTT server, Lightweight HTTP Server or even just serial over USB. Literally the world is your oyster. Extra special points if you do HTTP over ethernet

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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell... by ahepp on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:23PM (#50430378)

Flash the MCU with a program that takes a text protocol over the UART from the host and uses it to control its GPIOs

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