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An M.2 PCIe HAT for Raspberry Pi 5 (picockpit.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (7 children)

When you add up prices of:

  • pi itself
  • this hat that is necessary if you want more reliable storage
  • heatsink and case with fan, which is now also necessary to cool it
  • their Fancy power adapter, which is necessary because they couldn't be bothered to add USB pd or USB qc

Total cost of entry becomes much less attractive for hobby use and is close enough to cheaper or used mini PCs which allows for much smoother experience in regards to os support

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

they couldn't be bothered to add USB pd

The Pi absolutely uses USB PD, it's just that the 5V/5A profile isn't a mandatory one and not supported by many power supplies. And 3A supplies work as well, you just can't pull massive amounts of power via USB.

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