The New Raspberry Pi B+

Started by Carlos, July 21, 2014, 09:08:07 AM

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Carlos

The updated version of the Pi model B is now available, it is the same price as the model B but I read that it has some upgraded features.

There are now 40 GPIO pins vs. 26 on Model B
The SD card is now Micro SD
There are 4 USB ports, thats two more than the original.
The mounting holes are symmetrical and the corners of the PCB are rounded, making it a nicer form.

There is a link to the Site here, will anyone be giving this a try?

retromod

I'm still waiting for the industrial version..... currently only a dev kit is in planning.
 having a flash instead of a sdcard is the better choice in my opinion, too.
http://www.konsolen-mod.de for mod showroom and configurator

TrekMD

Looks like they've done some nice improvements to this.

Going to the final frontier, gaming...


bogstandard

Not happy that composite out is being treated like a vestigial feature in Linux or the hardware itself.  If the whole point was being a cheap platform going primarily HDMI doesn't quite sit right for me.

Nevertheless, everything else about it is sweet :)

Carlos

Quote from: "theloon"Not happy that composite out is being treated like a vestigial feature in Linux or the hardware itself.  If the whole point was being a cheap platform going primarily HDMI doesn't quite sit right for me.

Nevertheless, everything else about it is sweet :)

Good spot! yes the idea was that all the kids in B-I-C countries could use it on their CRTs.

zapiy

Was looking at picking one up at last.. I always worry about lack of time to really play and get the most out of it though.

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Carlos

Quote from: "zapiy"Was looking at picking one up at last.. I always worry about lack of time to really play and get the most out of it though.

Most people end up using them as media players.

Carlos

Here is an illustration of the changes, I guess the new one will not require AV if the older version is to be continued to be available.


dot.fyre

I bought my pi about 10 months ago.
I built a case out of Lego for it.
Tried out a few os.
And it's sat next to my tv's ever since doing nothing.   :-

TrekMD

Quote from: "dot.fyre"I bought my pi about 10 months ago.
I built a case out of Lego for it.
Tried out a few os.
And it's sat next to my tv's ever since doing nothing.   :)

Going to the final frontier, gaming...


zapiy

Yeah i would be interested to see that.

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Carlos

Quote from: "TrekMD"
Quote from: "dot.fyre"I bought my pi about 10 months ago.
I built a case out of Lego for it.
Tried out a few os.
And it's sat next to my tv's ever since doing nothing.   :)


Hey here was mine.


TrekMD


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dot.fyre

Quote from: "TrekMD"
Quote from: "dot.fyre"I bought my pi about 10 months ago.
I built a case out of Lego for it.
Tried out a few os.
And it's sat next to my tv's ever since doing nothing.   :)

I will but don't expect anything special.
It was more to keep it safe rather than look nice!  :-[

TrekMD

You mean you didn't create an entire console out of Legos?  That's OK.

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