Before the Raspberry Pi came out, one cheap and easy way to get GPIO on a computer with a real operating system was to manipulate the pins on an old parallel port, then most commonly used for print…
  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This…seems completely insane. Like buying a pickup truck to drive a motorcycle around because you don’t want to bother getting your M-class license.

    That PSU is insane for a board that can run off 5V.

  • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You’re better off with a Beaglebone if you want GPIO. The Raspberry Pi doesn’t have any analog pins, for one thing.