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Total newb question -- don't these CPUs support multiple clock speeds? You could set it high on install in preparation for compiling a bunch of software, then once you're done, knock it down to 50% or less of the maximum to add longevity?

Adafruit was rolling through runs of ~70 per day for a while. First come first served. Dunno if they still are. I'd suggest setting up a stock alert with them.

I snagged one for my Beepy. They were so strict about scalpers they made me set up 2fa so they could verify my account.

That’s what I was thinking. I don’t think I’ve seen them available in the last 3 months.

I’m heading to England in September. I’ll pick up a few for you guys

If you're near a microcenter they usually keep them hidden and you have to ask for them. But even when they're hidden they sell out the day the shipment gets there.

Online will probably be a shit show forever thanks to scalpers.

Incidentally, you’ll want to avoid draining the Beepy’s battery too deeply if you can help it — according to the schematics (and confirmed on my actual hardware) SQFMI have used a 10K resistor on the “programming” pin of the TP4054 charging IC. That sets the chip’s charge rate to a measly 100 mA, which means a full recharge of the battery would take somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 hours. It’s hard to believe this was intentional, and may be addressed on a later hardware revision.

Yeah, this is a really cool idea, but they need to flush it out a little more. analogue audio and faster charging would make it a lot more appealing

In order to keep costs down the Pi is based on some pretty ancient hardware. DDR2 uses so much power no matter what, it's not like modern stuff that uses nothing idle.