Hands-on with Raspberry Pi's CM5 Programming Jig

This article provides a hands-on review of Raspberry Pi's CM5 Programming Jig, a tool designed to streamline flashing Raspberry Pi OS to multiple Compute Module 5s. The author shares their experience setting up the jig, building custom OS images with pi-gen, and using the local web UI. They compare it to Everypin's CM5 Flash Jig, highlighting price differences ($600 vs €2200) and integration with Raspberry Pi's own tools like rpi-sb-provisioner. The article includes practical tips, such as using the arm64 branch of pi-gen on macOS, and notes the jig's LED indicators for status. It's aimed at small businesses or production lines needing efficient CM5 provisioning.