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4 Raspberry Pi alternatives that actually make sense in 2026

Not every DIY project needs a Raspberry Pi ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Don't buy a Raspberry Pi—these alternatives are cheaper and better

I love the Pi, but it's not always the best tool for the job.

Summoning the spirit of the BBC Micro with a Pi 500+ and a can of spray paint

Rhapsody in beige An enterprising engineer has evoked the spirit of Acorn's BBC Micro with a custom paintjob for a Raspberry ...

Awesome DIY Offline Raspberry Pi Al Chatbot is Now Faster

Keep a Raspberry Pi AI chatbot responsive by preloading the LLM and offloading with Docker, reducing first reply lag for ...

Raspberry Pi 4 variant gains second DRAM chip as memory shortage persists

Raspberry Pi recently unveiled a new revision of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B board. The single-board computer now comes in a "Dual RAM" variant, PCN ...

You Can Build A Personal AI Chatbot Using Raspberry Pi - Here's How

Heck, if you are bold enough to build a Whisplay chatbot with a Raspberry Pi 5 for local AI, case options are available on the PiSugar GitHub alongside the slimmer Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W cases. So no ...

OneUp Modular Raspberry Pi Notebook Review: Brilliant Modular Design, Questionable Value

See real performance and software support on the Compute Module 5 OneUp, so you pick projects it suits best and avoid painful tasks.

This Arduino board is bigger than your head, and it works

A YouTube builder shows off how he created an Arduino board that's 7x larger than the real thing... powered by a hidden ...
Hackaday

Comparing A Clone Raspberry Pi Pico 2 With An Original One

Although [Thomas] really likes the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and the RP2350 MCU, he absolutely, totally, really doesn’t like the ...

I tested Raspberry Pi's new USB flash drive - and it has a critical advantage over competitors

It might not fully replace a traditional Raspberry Pi system, but this is as fast as these kinds of flash drives get.