New Raspberry Pi B+

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Should be available soon, but as I see the CPU performance should not change?

http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus

 

 

BR, Alex

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Should be available soon, but as I see the CPU performance should not change?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus
 
 
BR, Alex


And the point of releasing this is.......

..........can't think of one!

What a missed opportunity!

Regards
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This is why it's only a B+ (and not a C, for instance).  It has 4 USB ports, accommodates a mini-SD, single audio/video jack and all external connectors are on 2 sides (rather than the 3 sides as in the B model.   It consumes less power so can support the additional USB ports.  Down-side?  Have to wait for cases to be constructed.

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This is why it's only a B+ (and not a C, for instance).  It has 4 USB ports, accommodates a mini-SD, single audio/video jack and all external connectors are on 2 sides (rather than the 3 sides as in the B model.   It consumes less power so can support the additional USB ports.  Down-side?  Have to wait for cases to be constructed.


Cases already available, quick google turned up three!

Regards
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The lower power usage is the big win, should mean less unstable Pi's even when using less capable power sources.   More USB ports are nice, but will lead back to people plugging in 4 devices that all expect power... MicroSD with a push-push, very nice.  Moving the ports around helps, no power switch means still having to pull the plug if it hard crashes :/   I had the last one "solved" by getting an IR power board, but found out that my AV receiver couldn't negotiate CEC properly when the Pi is powered off, so had to remove it again.

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Here's a brief overview of what's new

  • Dual step-down (buck) power supply for 3.3V and 1.8V
  • 5V supply has polarity protection, 2A fuse and hot-swap protection (so you can plug/unplug USB without resetting the board)
  • New USB/Ethernet controller chip
  • 4 USB ports instead of 2 ports
  • 40 GPIO pins instead of 26. The top/first 26 pins match the original layout, 9 additional GPIO and 2 EEPROM Plate identification pins
  • Composite (NTSC/PAL) video now integrated into 4-pole 3.5mm 'headphone' jack
  • MicroSD card socket instead of full size SD
  • Four mounting holes in rectangular layout
  • Many connectors moved around

What's not new:

  • Same basic size, 85mm x 56mm
  • Same Processor, Broadcom SoC running at 700MHz (can be overclocked)
  • Same RAM, 512MB soldered on top of the Broadcom chip
  • Same power connector, microUSB
  • Same software - be sure to run the latest Raspbian/NooBs but otherwise the overall Linux software is the same
  • First 26-pins of GPIO are the same
  • Same HDMI port
  • Audio part of the A/V jack is the same
  • Same Camera and DSI Display connector