--- title: Giving away 480 Raspberry Pis was harder than I expected description: The author faced challenges when giving away 480 Raspberry Pi Picos and had to design a 'PIZ dispenser'. They also tried to learn Fusion 360 in a day and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/giving-away-480-raspberry-pis-was-harder-than-i-expected-sto15jacv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Giving away 480 Raspberry Pis was harder than I expected | daily.dev og:description: The author faced challenges when giving away 480 Raspberry Pi Picos and had to design a 'PIZ dispenser'. They also tried to learn Fusion 360 in a day and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/giving-away-480-raspberry-pis-was-harder-than-i-expected-sto15jacv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sTo15jacV.png og:image:alt: Giving away 480 Raspberry Pis was harder than I expected og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Giving away 480 Raspberry Pis was harder than I expected **[Jeff Geerling](https://daily.dev/sources/jeffgeerling)** · 5 min read · 10 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The author faced challenges when giving away 480 Raspberry Pi Picos and had to design a 'PIZ dispenser'. They also tried to learn Fusion 360 in a day and encountered issues with 3D printer speeds. The author switched to a faster printer, and the process is documented in a video. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@hytrax** · 0 upvotes > Enjoyed reading that <3 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/giving-away-480-raspberry-pis-was-harder-than-i-expected-sto15jacv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Giving away 480 Raspberry Pis was harder than I expected","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/giving-away-480-raspberry-pis-was-harder-than-i-expected-sto15jacv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/giving-away-480-raspberry-pis-was-harder-than-i-expected-sto15jacv"},"datePublished":"2024-06-17T21:23:46.777Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:22:19.636Z","description":"The author faced challenges when giving away 480 Raspberry Pi Picos and had to design a 'PIZ dispenser'. 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