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title: "Five Raspberry Pi Alternatives (via makeuseof)"
description: "Want to learn a new board? Check out these 5 Raspberry Pi Alternatives. Maybe one will be a better fit of your awesome project."
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date: "2015-03-16T08:05:44Z"
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# Five Raspberry Pi Alternatives (via makeuseof)


Not to long ago the only question about embedded boards was: [Arduino or Raspberry Pi](http://www.addohms.com/ep7 "Difference between Arduino and Rasp Pi"). Which really breaks the question down to "microcontroller" or "microprocessor." Once you decide on a microprocessor platform, there are a bunch of Raspberry Pi Alternatives to consider.

Of course, no single board will always be the obvious "best." Heck I've even got a pile of them on my bench that I haven't messed with yet.

### The 5 Raspberry Pi Alternatives

Even though I haven't gotten to them all yet, [Christian Cawley](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/author/ccawley/ "Cawley, Author at MakeUseOf") at [makeuseof](http://www.makeuseof.com/ "makeuseof - tutorials on everything") put together a nice [list of](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pi-overdose-heres-5-raspberry-pi-alternatives/ "Raspberry Pi List of Alternatives") [Raspberry Pi Alternatives](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/pi-overdose-heres-5-raspberry-pi-alternatives/ "Raspberry Pi List of Alternatives"). So before you dive head first into your project, check out these other boards and see if one better meets your needs.

1. [Beaglebone Black](http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone+Black)
1. [ODroid-C1](http://www.hardkernel.com/main/main.php "ODroid-C1")
1. [Hummingboard-i1](http://www.solid-run.com/products/hummingboard/ "Hummingboard-i1")
1. [Minnowboard Max](http://www.minnowboard.org/where-to-buy/ "Minnowboard Max")
1. [Banana Pi](http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Banana-PI-stronger-then-Raspberry-PI-512M-Model-B-2-0/302756_1680506877.html)

Even if you aren't in the market for a new microprocessor board, you might want to check out the first section of the article. It's a nice description of what to look for when selecting a board.