Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell...
by joezydeco on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:08PM
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Unless you designed a product around the RPI as your compute module, and now you're stuck. I was recently at the contract manufacturer that's building my company's product - they have a number of clients in this situation.
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Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell...
by to11mtm on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:10PM
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Welp there's been about a decade of warning between the Acquisition of Broadcom by Avago, and almost a half decade since they settled an anti-competitive claim around, surprise surprise, restrictive contract terms.
IDK why anyone would build a full product around one, versus the more sensible option of maybe prototyping with one while planning a shift, whether it's the 'Version 2' or something. Anything other than dependence in a full platform when half the point of ARM was how easy it is to get your own semi-custom spin.
Re:When will this stop? The Raspberry Pi 5 16GB SBC now sell...
by vablings on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:24PM
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Sounds like a gap in the market you could exploit. I am almost certain there are pin-compatible models out there
https://www.compulab.com/products/system-on-modules/?gad_sou...
I haven't cross refence but this looks like the Linux SBC that is inside the Eightsleep
https://www.compulab.com/products/computer-on-modules/cl-som...