Despite Media Confusion, Raspberry Pi Boards Still On Schedule 57
Last Friday, an article in Eurogamer about the Raspberry Pi's upcoming release threw a wrench in the mental gears of anyone hoping to soon order one of the long-awaited (and much anticipated) boards, which had been expected to be ready for orders sometime this month. The piece was based on an interview with David Braben — since picked up, and subsequently corrected, by others as well — and it gave the impression both that a sudden delay had cropped up in the schedule (so that the boards wouldn't be available for consumers until September), and that the price might rise as well. The Raspberry Pi site says that both of these were mistaken, and clarifies (with some bold print, even): "You will be able to buy a Raspberry Pi from the end of February, from this website. The 'consumer release' that Eurogamer is talking about is actually the educational release, which, as you’ll be aware if you’ve been hanging out on our forums, will come with a kid-targetted software stack, a heap of written support materials, and a standard case." That educational version sounds like it's got enough value added to justify a higher price and a longer wait, but you can unwrench those gears if you're just interested in the plain (unboxed) board instead.
Re:Do they (Score:4, Funny)
Sorry buddy, but this is Raspberry Pi. You're looking for Apple Pi.
Raspberry pi(e) (Score:2)
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I seem to recall some hype for early last fall, then pretty sure by december, then certainly january. Oh, *definitely* february. Looks like it's going to be march, at this rate.
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The boards are in manufacturing, expected to complete on Feb 20th. The most recent holdup came down to a misunderstanding as to whether a particular form factor of piezo crystal was easily available in China at the expected price, because the same crystal is easily available and cheap in the UK. The Raspberry Pi team have been incredibly open and patient in explaining to the many, many people visiting their web site how the design decisions have been made, and what has been taking all the time in going fr
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Hallelujah, Jesus has returned!
lame AC: meh, isn't he late?
I hope they ordered a lot of them (Score:2)
I have a feeling these things are going to sell out fast - hopefully the Foundation was able to accurately predict the demand, or can ramp up production quickly.
Translation: I'm really excited about this, and suspect a lot of other people will be too.
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This is just the first batch, it's expected to sell out very fast. They've done what they can to get as many people one (IE: limit one per customer until supply catches up with demand) but Slashdot alone likely has 10,000 readers that plan to buy one, never mind the rest of the world.
On the bright side, if there's any glaring flaws, they'll likely be caught in the first batch and corrected in time for the next batch.
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Maybe. Then again, they may find that most of their potential buyers have projects in mind that require more than one unit. For example, I need a minimum of three just to get started with the project I have in mind.
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Thus why it's just limited to one per person at first... later batches will have a much higher maximum, if any. For now it's more about getting it to as many different people as possible.
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I think you missed my point, which was that it may not sell out quickly because a lot of folks may elect to wait to buy their first unit until after those quantity limits are lifted.
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I'm setting up a remote control system that controls my TV, Blu-Ray player, and MythTV box (and my DirecTV receiver in one room) using rooted Nook Simple Touch tablets and Opera Mobile as web-based controllers. Right now, I'm using my Mac Mini MythTV front ends to handle the requests, but it would be better to have something that draws less power than the Mini.
In theory, I could use an R-Pi in one room, but the power savings for a few extra weeks with one device probably won't pay for the difference in shi
too many r-pi 'status' posts (Score:1)
come on, guys.
do we have to know about each new milestone, such as 'they just soldered R234 in place!' (making that one up).
these micro-updates don't really belong here. there is such a thing is too much pushing of a product.
the thing will sell well, but please stop blatantly trying to get the name in the news every other week, ok?
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Why don't you just stop reading these updates if you're not interested in them?
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If you're going to be worried about noise, there are many other articles and categories higher up on the shit list. Also lols at Slashdot being educated and filtered - it hasn't been that for a while.
I for one welcome our new R-pi overlords.
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such as 'they just soldered R234 in place!'
They did? SCHWEET!. That's a huge milestone.
(making that one up).
WTF? Dammit. You had me going. I was completely looking forward to the completion of the soldering of the entire R200 series.
Meanie.
these micro-updates don't really belong here. there is such a thing is too much pushing of a product.
the thing will sell well, but please stop blatantly trying to get the name in the news every other week, ok?
You're just mad because it's not a bitcoin story.
Re:too many r-pi 'status' posts (Score:5, Insightful)
Yes. Open Linux boards have been around for quite some time. None of them have ever been this cheap before. If you disagree, please tell me where I can buy a 700Mhz SOC that runs Linux with similar peripherals (Ethernet, HDMI, Composite, 256MB RAM, USB, 16 GPIO lines) and about the size of a credit card for $35 or less?
Routerboard 400Mhz $59
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Gumstix Overo Sand COM 600Mhz $115
Beagleboard 720Mhz $125
Beaglebone 700Mhz $89
Raspberry Pi 700Mhz $35
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That looks cool, but it appears to only be sold in China.
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Rhombus-tech's hypothetical $15 Allwinner A10 system doesn't even exist yet. It's pure theory at this point. The closest thing to it is a $2000 development board that Allwinner makes with the A10 SOC. Also Rhombus-tech quote of $15 is a guess based on a purchase quantity of 100,000 units.
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do we have to know about each new milestone, such as 'they just soldered R234 in place!' (making that one up).
Yes.
these micro-updates don't really belong here. there is such a thing is too much pushing of a product.
This is one of the hottest new computers in years, which is hilarious to boot because it is so poorly-featured compared to all the other hottest new computers. I want all the micro-updates.
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Raspberry Pi news is *very much* news for nerds, it is very much the very core of what Slashdot is about. If you don't like it, then perhaps Slashdot isn't the site for you.
You can always just not read the stories.
Like your favorite mall store (Score:2)
Let's hope that when the Foundation goes back to their supplier and asks for the next run, much larger, that their supplier doesn't explain how things just got more popular^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hexpensive, darn, the price went up. Our bad.
Ack.
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Er, what? Their FAQ states that they accept most major cards (so probably everything except American Express) and offline payments as well as PayPal.
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Er, what? Their FAQ states that they accept most major cards (so probably everything except American Express) and offline payments as well as PayPal.
Stop introducing facts to spoil the Two Minute Hate.
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You'd probably want ethernet (model b) for a cluster. But you could probably cluster them together using a (much slower) connection via i2c/spi/usb or straight gpio.
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You'd probably want ethernet (model b) for a cluster. But you could probably cluster them together using a (much slower) connection via i2c/spi/usb or straight gpio.
the ethernet comes from the USB2 bus [raspberrypi.org], so in fact, you would want the model A for a cluster unless you needed the additional memory of the model B.
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I'm sorry.. i'm lost (help me!) or you're mistaken. That link says model A won't have ethernet but B will. Unless you were saying you can use a usb dongle for ethernet?
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I'm sorry.. i'm lost (help me!)
you didn't read far enough down the page. Keep trying:
IOW, if you can get a USB2 to ethernet adapter under $10, and you can, you're better off with the A version unless you need all the RAM, because it's a little smaller and you get flexibility of network interfaces.
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Ah, gotcha. Thanks
Re:Slashvertishment (Score:4, Insightful)
Name one.
Congrats, you are still confused. (Score:3)
For values of "anyone" meaning the first 10000 people to
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I'm pretty sure they uphold their commitment to not taking orders before they have the actual units in stock, so once the first batch runs out, the store closes again and you won't be able to order until the second batch arrives. I can already see the Slashdot headlines: "Truck with 24th batch of R-Pi spotted on premises - expect the store to open once more in 30 minutes. Hurry because they'
Re:Big news is that it costs more (Score:5, Informative)
Liz from Raspberry Pi here. Afraid you're misreading; that's totally wrong. It's worth reading the clarification post on our website that this article is about, which was written because a couple of media outlets had come to exactly the conclusion you just have.
We've filled the first batch with Model Bs because demand is so high, but we'll be producing Model A devices immediately after that. And the educational version will cost $25 or $35 - yes, with a bundled case - depending on whether it's a Model A or B.
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I do. It will have a tiny USB WiFi dongle plugged in to the USB2 port and the HDMI hooked up to my TV and I will drive it via a web interface. I don't need the rest of the hardware, so it might as well be cheaper.
I mean, I also want one with Ethernet, but it's not like it's great ethernet, it's just hung off USB anyway.
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> Do you really want one without Ethernet?
I do.
David Braben? (Score:1)
Medio Confusion? (Score:1)
What medio confusion? Last I heard, they started producing, and everything was smooth. Or did I miss an article?
Multiple Projects Planned (Score:2)
The next project is to use the rasberry pi + old monitors as thin clients to my servers. That way I can monitor them from my desk without going through a full computer. (Other option is to buy che