So the new Raspberry Pi (5) computer as been announced and will be available to order soon. I applied to the Raspberry Pi Foundation to host a community demo event and was accepted.

I have just received 2 Pi 5 8GB kits.

So I am hoping to have the event on Saturday the 21st from noon to 3 at Sudoroom. I don't see anything on the calendar that conflicts

Also I have been doing a low key "Pi meeting" on third Sundays of the month. This group is an offshoot of the Berkeley Linux Users Group. It's been just me and one or two others and more of "Hardware Hack - day edition" then Raspberry pi.

Next one is this Sunday and all are welcome. Check out the new Pi 5 or just stop by.

Below see the BerkeleyLUG announcement with details

Thomas

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: tom r lopes <tomrlopes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 2:06 AM
Subject: Pi.BerkeleyLUG: Meeting this Sunday 15.10.2023 Now with Pi 5!!
To: BerkeleyLUG <berkeleylug@googlegroups.com>

Yes now we have a couple sets of the new Raspberry Pi 5 courtesy of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AYSi99pVMXtsf42y7

Meeting this Sunday the 15th from 11 am to 2pm or so

In person at Sudoroom 4799 Shattuck, Oakland, CA 94609

Virtually at meet.jit.si/Pi.BerkeleyLUG

My agenda will be working up a demo or presentation of the Pi 5

I want to create a Pi 5 demo event for the next week. I'm thinking

Saturday the 21st from noon til 3pm (so as not to conflict with the Berkeley LUG

meeting on Oct 22)

My thoughts:

Run the 5 and the 4 side by side comparing (I have a pi 4 but I don't think 8GB)

Demo 2 cameras (the connector uses the small fpc like the one on the Zero)

Demo the USB3 -- maybe run a couple external ssds

Explore the pcie connector?! How? Connector is .5mm 16 pin FPC. I would have to

solder such a cable to a pcie riser. I may have an M.2 extender so that could get an

nvme drive on the Pi?

Anyways the Saturday event would be put out on the Sudoroom announce and probably Meetup

via Peter Mui.

Thomas