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		mahyarm on Nov 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing the Photon So why would I choose this over a $20 Raspberry Pi?

georgemcbay on Nov 12, 2014 [–]

Smaller, lighter, wifi.

There are of course many reasons why you would choose a $20 Raspberry Pi over this as well (far more memory, more powerful CPU, runs a full user OS, etc). It all depends on what you need it to do.

Florin_Andrei on Nov 13, 2014 | [–]

Probably much less DC power needed, too. Way less.

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