New Raspberry Model B+ is launched and it still retails at old price!

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After two year of Model B launch, Pi foundation made announcement of new Model B+. They don't want to call it a 'New Raspberry Pi' or 'Raspberry Pi 2', but rather, to quote, 'the final evolution of the original Raspberry Pi. '

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Some key changes:
  • More GPIO. The GPIO header has grown to 40 pins, while retaining the same pinout for the first 26 pins as the Model B.
  • More USB. We now have 4 USB 2.0 ports, compared to 2 on the Model B, and better hotplug and overcurrent behaviour.
  • Micro SD. The old friction-fit SD card socket has been replaced with a much nicer push-push micro SD version.
    Lower power consumption. By replacing linear regulators with switching ones we’ve reduced power consumption by between 0.5W and 1W.
  • Better audio. The audio circuit incorporates a dedicated low-noise power supply.
  • Neater form factor. We’ve aligned the USB connectors with the board edge, moved composite video onto the 3.5mm jack, and added four squarely-placed mounting holes.

However it has same same proccy, RAM and ethernet chip. There are no changes in that department.

Read the official announcement here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus/
 
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And it wont work with existing cases.

I think R-Pi should have given us a better model C with quad core + more RAM.

@Party Monger I am assuming this is for downloading from cyberlockers. Would suggest to go with a cheap Celeron board - you can get them for 5K. Add RAM + HDD, and a cheap PSU.
 
vivek.krishnan said:
And it wont work with existing cases.

I think R-Pi should have given us a better model C with quad core + more RAM.

@Party Monger I am assuming this is for downloading from cyberlockers. Would suggest to go with a cheap Celeron board - you can get them for 5K. Add RAM + HDD, and a cheap PSU.
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A link or something? Cant see it on this page http://www.deltapage.com/content/pricelist.htm How much does it finally come to? Maybe we can have a seperate thread for a extremely low cost pc thats good for basic wordprocessing, downloading or coding.
 
@avi - Basic browsing. Maybe run couple of firefox windows with macros. Utorrent or Orbit downloader. Some coding/development work. (Web and Php). Min 2gb ram.

Ps- Downloading with be all the time. Out of the rest only one thing at a time.
 
^then surely NO Raspberry Pi. Whats your budget and what all other parts you have?
 
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avi said:
^then surely NO Raspberry Pi. Whats your budget and what all other parts you have?
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Its not much really. Yeah I know, Raspberrypi wont cut it, but something like a quadcore ARM for say 5-6k should easily handle it on ubuntu.

No budget as such. But I was thinking 5-6k for the SOC with 2gb ram + A good SD card/pendrive for the data(32gb comes for 1k. Its more than enough, especially if there can be USB3 onboard.)

Just looking for an as-cheap-as-possible machine. Will have an employee or two in a few months and might do some development work on it. Might even get a few more if they work well and last a few years. Hook them up with 18-19inch monitor .



Something like this- http://www.dx.com/p/radxa-rock-rk31...9-development-board-black-311898#.U8VFAJSSw09
Review - http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/774426-radxa-the-100-quad-core-arm-raspberry-pi-alternative
EDIT- It costs 8.8k in India. >.> http://www.innovatesolutions.net/products/radxa-rock https://www.crazypi.com/Radxa-India/RADXA-ROCK

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Its a bonus if it can run windows. Like the Celeron board mentioned above by Vivek.
 
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Just wondering how many of you are into electronics development as a hobby. I am slowly getting into the field and setting up a small lab at home now.

Want to build a home automation system as my ultimate goal.
 
ronnie_gogs said:
Just wondering how many of you are into electronics development as a hobby. I am slowly getting into the field and setting up a small lab at home now.

Want to build a home automation system as my ultimate goal.
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I used to do electronics development as a hobby. Not getting too much time now due to job.
 
hotshot05 said:
I used to do electronics development as a hobby. Not getting too much time now due to job.
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Same for me although I was mor einto competition robots for various college tech fests. But I am getting into it again now and being in Singapore helps a lot as I have access to a lot of good shops and hong kong and shenzhen are nearby as well.

I just started building a lab for the same now as I am also into Remote control hobby for helicopters, planes and nitro cars.

Few things I picked up
Hakko FX888D soldering station
A programmable power supply
Fluke 87, UNI-T multimeters

Planning to get a oscilloscope and a signal generator soon.

This video helped me a lot and i love the channel as well.
 
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ronnie_gogs said:
Same for me although I was mor einto competition robots for various college tech fests. But I am getting into it again now and being in Singapore helps a lot as I have access to a lot of good shops and hong kong and shenzhen are nearby as well.

I just started building a lab for the same now as I am also into Remote control hobby for helicopters, planes and nitro cars.

Few things I picked up
Hakko FX888D soldering station
A programmable power supply
Fluke 87, UNI-T multimeters

Planning to get a oscilloscope and a signal generator soon.

This video helped me a lot and i love the channel as well.
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This guy is the best thing that happened to the hobby electronics world. [emoji106]
 
Just placed an order for following

Rasberry Pi B+
Arduino Uno
SDS1072CML Oscilloscope, 70 Mhz, dual channel, 1GSa/s, 2Mpts
SDG1005 Signal generator, dual channel, 5 Mhz

Will post updates when they arrive. :) Excited. Will post when I setup my lab

Current planned Projects
1) Remote control and home automation
2) Audio amplifier
 
ronnie_gogs said:
Just placed an order for following

Rasberry Pi B+
Arduino Uno
SDS1072CML Oscilloscope, 70 Mhz, dual channel, 1GSa/s, 2Mpts
SDG1005 Signal generator, dual channel, 5 Mhz

Will post updates when they arrive. :) Excited. Will post when I setup my lab

Current planned Projects
1) Remote control and home automation
2) Audio amplifier
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From where did you order the oscilloscope?
What is the final price for the scope? (Price + import fee + shipping)

Why not the Rigol DS1052? It is the most popular scope for hobbyists I think.
 
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