Raspberry Pi 5: What Makes the Raspberry Pi 5 Special?

Hello, Electromakers! We're thrilled to bring you another exciting Product of the Week! This time, we're diving into the latest marvel of the maker world - the Raspberry Pi 5.

Continuing the legacy of its predecessors, each new release in this esteemed series has brought something special, and the Pi 5 is no exception. Whether you're a hobbyist, a developer, or just a tech lover, this little board packs enough punch to cater to all your creative or practical projects.

We're beyond excited to explore all the fantastic features and potential projects you can tackle with the Pi 5. So, let's get started and see what makes the Raspberry Pi 5 a must-have for any tech enthusiast!

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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - What is it?
1:17 - Why is it Awesome?
1:57 - Features and specs
3:55 - Projects
6:04 - And Finally

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[jyvben]

A very late video about rpi5, probably due to the hard to get factor which i presume is now over, like the dual camera option on the pi5.

[alwatt]

KiCad is apparently pronounced as 'key cad'. A quick online search points out that the Pi 5 seems to use significantly less power than the 4.

[robby.roboter]

I have it, with SSD, General computer use -> Hell no, so slow on opening websites, Visual studio code -> slow, I have model with 8Gb.
Youtube video at 4k? Nope, even option is not available on youtube.
Just regular 4k video works fine, but I have to manually mount/unmount USB drive, not very user friendly.

[terrydaktyllus]

Millennial and gen-xer laziness makes the Raspberry Pi special to them, nothing more than that.

To someone like me, a computer engineer, it's simply a platform that I can use equally as well as an Orange Pi, Banana Pi or even a used SFF PC on "our favourite auction" site to build something interesting with Linux or BSD (whilst completely avoiding that privacy-hating Windows rubbish).

Go back to the epidemic and lock downs when computer chips were in short supply and there were endless millennial whiners on YT complaining about not being able to get a Raspberry Pi when there were plenty of other SBCs available from China and cheap and used PCs online (because of countless lemmings rushing to upgrade to Windows 11 and dumping their old and perfectly usable hardware online for sale). That's because they lack the skills to use those alternative platforms.

The Raspberry Pi is "an exception to the rule" because it has an amazing support community and, as such, has turned into a "near consumer" device when it is really just a hobbyist board and a cheap computer to teach kids programming.

Because it's so popular, everyone makes videos about how to do just about anything with it, and that's perfect for lazy millennials and gen-xers who can't read manuals and web pages full of text, and weren't educated to think critically and do their own research and testing.

So for someone who needs step-by-step and visual instructions on how to do anything with a computer, the Raspberry Pi is special enough for them to be shown how to build whatever they want so they can then brag on social media to their peers how "cool" they are as Linux experts, especially if they own a Steam Deck also.

And that's why, to them, it's special.