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nimish ◴[] No.41194268[source]
Gross, the dev board uses micro-USB. It's 2024! Otherwise amazing work. Exactly what's needed to compete with the existing giants.
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nine_k ◴[] No.41196293[source]
USB-C is way more complicated, even if you're not trying to push 4K video or 100W power through it. The interface chip ought to be more complex, and thus likely more expensive.

You can still find a number of cheap gadgets with micro-USB on Aliexpress. Likely there's some demand, so yes, you can build a consumer product directly on the dev board, depending on your customer base.

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1. nimish ◴[] No.41196359[source]
Chinese boards are both cheaper and have usb type c implemented correctly and in spec, so that's no real excuse for raspberry pi