Raspberry Pi alternatives

Two popular alternatives are BeagleBone and ODROID.

Hopefully that helps narrow down your Google searches!

Note that people often confuse the Arduino to be in this category; it is not -- it may perform some similar functionality, but the Raspberry Pi and it's ilk can act as a whole, self-contained PC; the Arduino can't.

 

The Pi is super fun, lots of options for add-ons, plus you can do some neat stuff on it (I'm running NodeJS ... no reason, just for fun as a potential something-something ).

 

Doesn't Arduino make a Pi-alike? It might be a good one to consider, since you know it'll fit in well with all the other cool stuff they make.

 

No, only with the Pi and the ODROID. I preferred the Pi myself, with its community and wealth of tutorials and modules that you can get for it.

 

Any reason you're looking for alternatives? The Pi is by far the most popular, so there's s lot more out there for it.

 

Yeah, a buddy and I were using it to trigger a controller on a DIY home automation project.

I think an RP is already off the rails enough where it's geeky fun, outside of typical consumer computing products, but at the same time not so esoteric that it lacks support or a decently sized online community!