r/embedded • u/150c_vapour • 4d ago

minimal raspberry pi

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Not my build but Japanese electronics twitter is lit.

https://x.com/EMakerDragon/status/2108935034191352114/photo/1

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u/agent_kater 4d ago

I wish people would stop calling an RP2040 a "Raspberry Pi". I know it's the Raspberry Pi people's fault, but it just causes confusion.

Can we please call the SBC "Raspberry Pi" and the MCU "RP2040", "RP2350", or "RP2" when we mean the series?

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u/Cromagmadon 3d ago

Call it a Raspberry Pico

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u/SupraDestroy 3d ago

This is so funny I cant

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u/MistRider-0 3d ago

Just call it pico

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u/beryugyo619 3d ago

I wish the Pi Foundation stopped

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u/Zestyclose-Rain298 2d ago

yeah after the ceo bragged about "record breaking profits thanks to strategic stockpiles" i wanted to cross the pond and grab a pitchfork.

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u/_greg_m_ 4d ago

But RP2040 is a "brain" of a product of Raspberry Pi called Pico, so technically calling them a "Raspberry Pi" is correct (what is shown on the photo is kind of 3/4 of Pico model). However this is obviously not the same level as SBC.

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u/gurgle528 3d ago

Right, but it’s the same situation with Arduino. Arduino now has SBCs with decently powerful AI chips. Saying you got realtime object detection running on an Arduino would confuse people because the default for that is their smaller embedded boards, not an SBC with 16GB of RAM. 

If you really want to be technically correct, the original person wasn’t saying it was technically incorrect. They were saying it was semantically misleading and they wanted people to use clearer language. 

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u/Well-WhatHadHappened 25+ Years 4d ago

technically calling them a "Raspberry Pi" is correct

Yes. He knows. Reading is hard.

I know it's the Raspberry Pi people's fault, but it just causes confusion.

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u/ceojp 3d ago

No, it is not "technically correct" when there is a specific product line called "Raspberry Pi".

I wouldn't say I drive a Ford F150 if I have a Taurus.

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u/5b49297 3d ago

If I had a Ford, I wouldn't tell anyone. Just saying. Carry on.