Are there any cheaper alternatives to the Raspberry Pi?

Question

Do it yourself

A few years later I bought raspberries. Cool thing, but ... It's a little expensive. Cost almost three thousand. Dear toy.
Are there any cheaper alternatives? (there are analogues, but cheaper ones? What could you make a craft and give as a gift, without thinking that it cost you a fair amount of your salary, even if with lesser characteristics).
Or maybe someone saw openhardware projects on this topic? What would it be possible to solder such a microcomputer from the components and hoist a ready-made tench assembly?

Answer 1

Some kind of expensive raspberry you have, a week ago I took B + with delivery for $ 40 much cheaper, simpler editorials can be found cheaper, there are all kinds of odroids from analogues, but the price is about the same. Only MK is cheaper.

Answer 2

Sorry for offtopic - but arduino is not cheaper? And then I need to buy a shield, but it is for both arduino and disintegration. I don't know which platform to choose.

Answer 3

Look at stm32-discovery, they are from 300 rubles, but there will be no Linux, but it’s the most for crafts, and it’s cheap and a bunch of different boards with different peripherals, even with lcd there is www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM116 /SC959/SS1532/LN...

Answer 4

Resting in Sochi , I went near the railway station to repair cell phones. I bought 30 smartphones without any problems - I checked everything on the spot and they work. I took the phone from the owner - I can light it up if I receive a request in a personal.