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cicloid | 1 year ago

I've been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)

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ceinewydd|1 year ago

Eben Upton was refusing to be drawn on specifics when Jeff Geerling and others chatted to him [1] about roadmaps recently. Nevertheless, the rumor is that CM5 will be drop-in compatible with the CM4, the details of that have been available via their NDA portal [2] for a few months now, but I think even this leak on Twitter (just a box with a label) is a breach of an NDA / embargo, so we might not know officially for a little bit yet?

[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-compu...

[2] https://pip.raspberrypi.com/categories/945-forward-guidance

MuffinFlavored|1 year ago

What's something you do with these compute modules (CM)?

HankB99|1 year ago

I use one on a "CM4 ETHER BOARD" https://dphacks.com/cm4-ether-board-minimalist-compute-modul... which provides Ethernet, USB-C for power and micro USB for flashing an EEPROM. It doesn't have an SD card slot but it has a 2230 NVME slot on the reverse side. I program the SSD on another setup and run Home Assistant on it. Ethernet is really all the I/O needed for a small server like that.

I have another one on a Bicool Mini Base Board (A) which has a lot more I/O, albeit only one HDMI port and no USB3. It's suitable for desktop type applications with the caveat that the CM4 is barely suitable for that stuff.

RetroTechie|1 year ago

Digital signage, among others. Think big flashy LED screen in store window, train station & the like. Or kiosk-style uses.

Also I've read some e-scooter sharing company used CMs for the smarts in their vehicles. Edit: might have been RPi's not CMs (but the latter wouldn't be out of place).

In short: industrial & embedded uses.

cicloid|1 year ago

Currently it runs my home assistant installation at home, so, a bit more processing would help, but it is not a critical load that requires speed most of the time. The most annoying task is compiling ESPHome firmwares from the raspaberry, which could take several minutes.

rvense|1 year ago

Build products with them. I know of a few musical instruments with CM3s, for instance.

mfritsche|1 year ago

Something which would most likely to be too niche of a market but which I would spend almost unreasonable money on would be a framework like laptop which one could upgrade by popping in a new cm every other year.