Which affordable single board computers (SBC) are available in Switzerland for smart buyers? The situation is terribe

Last Updated on May 3, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

• There are expensive options available, but are these worth the money?

1 Raspberry Pi´s are currently not available, as we can see in this comparison table:

• the table is already outdated, but we will for the time being not update it anymore
• Sellers increased prices for product which we review and we where harmed and punished for reviewing for instance single board computers
• That is why we currently will not update the following table anymore:

Updated table of the availablity & prices of selected singe board computers in Switzerland

• We can find Raspberry Pi´s on Ricardo Switzerland,
• the Raspbberry Pi top model Raspberry Pi 4 with 8 GB Ram has a hardware which is already topped out by for instance by the Orange Pi 5.
• We can find an Orange Pi 5 with 8 GB Ram wich is much faster on Aliexpress for around 100 USD or a bit more

1. The LattePanda V1 is available in Switzerland

• There is an installation instruction from Ed Humble for Ubuntu on the LattePanda:

HDMI out works with the LattePanda V1 & Ubuntu Unity with a 4.12 Patched Kernel as well as the update to Ubuntu 21.04

• This instruction together with the LattePanda V1 is a single board computer which is available in Switzerland, and Ed Humbles instruction offers us the option to buy a LattePanda V1 without a Windows and run Ubuntu on it.