Since it’s been a challenging time for industry, makers, hobbyists, and students who’d come to rely on the power that the Raspberry Pi series of single-board computers could pack, we’re glad to hear of some light at the end of the tunnel from founder Eben Upton himself.

According to Upton, and just in time for holiday tinkering, over a hundred thousand units of the various boards are available for single-unit sales. That means everything from the Zero W, 3A+ and even the much-scalped holy grail, the 2GB and 4GB variants of Raspberry Pi 4.
 
Behind the scenes: Raspberry Pis about to enter the world from the factory in Wales. Source: raspberrypi.com

While our maker community has been patient, as well as incredibly creative and inventive (coming up with some amazing things for the RP2040-microcontroller-based Raspberry Pi Pico, for example), we’ve been itching to get our hands on our favorite Linux-based bigger sibling single-board computers.

While we had heard nervous mutterings about 2024, Upton maintains that by the second quarter of 2023, they’ll be churning out boards at pre-pandemic levels. 

Of course, supply and demand being what it is, we can expect a cost increase on many of the components that go into putting these little miracles together, and thus on the boards themselves, but it won’t be nearly as exorbitant as turning to opportunistic scalpers.

We look forward to seeing what great projects come out of this good news!

Elektor continues to be a go-to resource for Raspberry Pi solutions and related products, including kits, modules, books, and more. Here are some helpful resources:


The boards sell like hot, er... raspberry pies as soon as we get them in, so keep an eye on our bundles at the Elektor Store — your source for Raspberry Pi, as well as Arduino, and ESP32.
 

You can also learn about interesting Raspberry Pi-related projects on the Elektor Labs online platform. If you have a new project of your own to tell the world about, you can post it using your Elektor Labs account and then collaborate with other engineers and makers.