That is nice, though don't get the impression I am some kind of Mac Fanboy; I have never even used a Mac or anything Apple except their PSU's.
That should just zing along with a Pi 5 replacing the Pi 4B.
The big advantages of using a Pi over the Pico are speed and the huge amount of RAM for display and having the emulator handle each possible instruction with highly optimised code.
I note the maker used the same trick as me for bodging a Pi SBC with connectors on multiple sides into a box when they are wanted on the back. I have always embraced "it doesn't matter what it looks like on the inside if it works". I tend to put supporting buttresses, flanges and guides, up against cable outlets so the cables leave tangential to the case, am liberal with the hot glue and tie-wraps. There are usually more 'Lego bricks' in my cases than people might suspect.
I would prefer to add short extension leads to actual connectors on the back but that's extra faff and cost and I haven't seen any recommendations for using a Pi 5 USB-C extension lead internally - unless it carries PD signalling the official Raspberry Pi PD PSU can't be coerced into delivering 5A.
For my own 'Pi in a Mini Tower' desktop PC I was considering using CM4 + CM4IO or the motherboard of a Pi 400. That's on hold again as I wait to see what emerges by way of a CM5 and Pi 500.
Statistics: Posted by hippy — Thu Jun 20, 2024 1:18 pm