what raspberry pi should I buy? (my first one)
April 9, 2024, 14:55
I need a raspberry pi that i can connect a microphone and speaker to that runs some code when it hears a specific word. Which rasberry pi should i get? (i don't need the best one just one that can do it's job)
i also want to be able to use it for more projects later on so maybe one that is good all around, i know nothing about them lol
in that post it says a pi pico is good if you only want to program, would that include what i want to do?
You want it for more projects in the future and "good all around" so I wouldn't suggest the pico
would the raspberry pi 4 be a good choice then
Yes it would
That's around the area I was thinking but I need you to choose yourself
So it's not biased and so you can grow and know more about raspberry pis
the 5 looks really similar and i assume is just better in processing power
The pi 4 is second to the best and an excellent choice for a begining pi since you won't regret it later
Yes it's 2-3x faster. But also has a number of other upgrades like RTC and PCIE
Should I explain those?
rtc is clock i think
pcie is the graphics card thing on pcs
right?
Close
RTC stands for real time clock. So you can plug in a battery and it will always keep time correct without WiFi. You are correct
Pcie gives the ability to add other devices onto your pi, like a GPU if your really stretching it. But you can also add a SSD or similar
Adding a GPU is a bit difficult though and not really too worth it on a pi 5
can the raspberry pi 4 connect to wifi without a wifi adaptor?
Yes
Both wlan and Lan