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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi
- cmdrfred 11y agoI'll be picking one up. Onboard WiFi is a big deal.
- Esau 11y agoAgreed.
- forinti 11y agoI'm still waiting for a Zero. A Zero with onboard Wifi would be brilliant: really small, needs little power, and you don't need to hook it up to anything but the power supply.
- elcct 11y agoI wouldn't mind onboard power supply though
- cmdrfred 11y agoWith a Zero with an on board power supply, Wifi, and Bluetooth the possibilities are endless.
- roywiggins 11y agoHere's someone working on a ESP8266 module for the Zero, which will include a simple power supply: https://hackaday.io/project/8678-rpi-wifi https://hackaday.io/project/8678-rpi-wifi Looks like they are planning to offer a few for sale eventually.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoGet a Chip!
- kale 11y agoSeems like you'd get a Pi Zero before you'd get a chip. They don't start shipping until June, and I see Zeros in stock for a few seconds (some on Adafruit yesterday, although they sold out in seconds).
- morganvachon 11y agoI have a CHIP, from the Kickstarter campaign. It really is a better deal than the Pi Zero, unless you have Pi-specific needs. It's much more powerful than the Zero in my testing (though not quite as powerful as the Pi 2) and the built in Wi-Fi/BT is awesome. The fact you can attach a LiPo battery and have it managed by an onboard power regulator is worth the whole $9 as far as I'm concerned. The only downside is no HDMI or even VGA until the respective adapters come out...in June. I currently only have one screen in the house with a composite input and it's not always available for tinkering.
- raziel2701 11y agoAnother downside is the size of the community. I think this is why the pi is going to be around for a long time despite not having the best tech specs around. There are all kinds of tutorials for hundreds of projects and the prevalence and availability of rpi forums further lower the barrier for entry.
- syberphunk 11y agoYou're going to be waiting a long time.
- Nexxxeh 11y agoNot necessarily. I picked one up about a week ago, I guess? Impulse purchase. Keep an eye on etailers that won't back-order, and just nab one when they come into stock. There's a stampede, but it's then luck of the draw.
- make3 11y agoCouldn't you already just plug a fairly cheap USB dongle in your rasperry pi ? I'm not sure I see what the big deal is, aside from probably making the price cheaper and freeing up a usb slot
- sovnade 11y agoAren't those two pretty big upsides?
- cmdrfred 11y agoOh you can, its just little kids tinkering around (and the parents who are going to buy the thing) having it "batteries included" is good thing.
- pikachu_is_cool 11y agoYou're fairly limited in terms of antenna size/placement when you use a tiny dongle. If it's built into the Pi, they could have the antennae wrap around the edge (similar to how the iPhone does it) to allow for a much higher quality connection. At least, that's what I hope they're doing with it.
- tonylemesmer 11y agoIf you've ever tried to get wifi working (esp on earlier RPis) you'll understand it is not that simple. Especially for newbies. Having said that its a good baptism of fire. Raspberry Pi with built in wireless comms means it uses a standard piece of hardware so the software stack can be configured to work out of the box. That can't happen with the existing arrangement. Also the power supply problems with original Pis are frustrating to say the least. These are most evident when plugging in USB wifi devices. Again having a standard integrated piece of hardware will (hopefully) avoid this.
- TD-Linux 11y agoThis doesn't really reflect my experience at all with the RPi 2. The edimax or official wifi dongles "just work" with NetworkManager. With the early RPi it was a bit different because of USB power problems and kernel bugs, but those are mostly solved.
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- _lce0 11y agoRaspberry is the most important project that made my family interested in "computer things" It gathered the whole family together to play old couch-games[0], something that most powerful consoles haven't even been close --specially with the grampas Really exited about what the future will bring us! 0: http://emulationstation.org/ http://emulationstation.org/
- JustinAiken 11y agoRetropie makes emulationstation on the pi really easy!
- jarmitage 11y ago+1 for Retropie. So much fun. If you have a Raspberry Pi sitting around that you don't know what to do with, just do this. You won't regret it.
- nbschulze 11y agoFor real though, it's crazy how easy it is. I found my original Pi buried in some old stuff and was just like 'screw it, I'm going to do something with this' and then I was playing Pokemon Yellow that weekend. I've been working on the design for a cabinet for a little bit, but haven't had the chance to build it yet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_tsjvxUfwFZjZpZlJuTUdLdW8/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_tsjvxUfwFZjZpZlJuTUdLdW8...
- gambiting 11y agoIf I may add - do yourself the pleasure, and use a standard usb Xbox 360 controller, otherwise you are in for a world of pain. I've tried a NES30 controller over bluetooth and after a week of trying different configurations nearly chucked the whole thing in a bin. Also some of the emulators are too slow to be usable, even on the Rpi 2, NES and SNES work absolutely fine, but MAME, N64 and Dreamcast are more like curiosities, very few games run at anything even close to full speed on them.
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- OedipusRex 11y agoThe onboard Wifi and Bluetooth really makes the barrier of entry for IoT $5 (assuming the stick with the $5 mark)
- cordite 11y agoThis looks like a full board with ethernet and all the extras. I doubt it will be $5.
- duskwuff 11y agoThe Raspberry Pi Model B has typically been around $35, not $5.
- whichfawkes 11y agoAs the other poster mentioned, they've typically been $35. The barrier of entry for IoT is still pretty low though, you can get an ESP8266 for ~$2/ea. That'll handle wifi and can also be your application processor. For another ~$2-3 you could add on a BLE module too.
- Snorlack 11y agoIt's already $4 with the new ESP8266-EX from WeMos! Full WiFi stack, 11x GPIO, Analog in, SPI, I2C, 80/160Mhz, 4MB Flash, power/flashing over USB, supported by the Arduino IDE, or just use the NodeMCU Lua firmware with modules for most sensors, displays, MQTT etc. I'm having a blast with them right now. (Edit: http://www.wemos.cc/wiki/doku.php?id=en:d1_mini http://www.wemos.cc/wiki/doku.php?id=en:d1_mini)
- alvern 11y agoCan someone explain to me the room that the test photos are from? Is it sound proof? Why?
- badsock 11y agoClose - radio waves not sound waves.
- CamperBob2 11y agoTurns out that the wavelengths involved are similar, although one form of radiation is acoustic and the other electromagnetic. So those anechoic chambers often work pretty well for both purposes.
- craigjb 11y agoThat is called an anechoic chamber [1]. Basically, the walls absorb all the outward radiation from the device so the test instruments do not have to sort out reflected waves. It mimics the device being outside with infinite space in all directions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_chamber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anechoic_chamber
- dustinchilson 11y agoIt's a Faraday cage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage), It keeps external radio signals out so they can check for EMI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference)
- JorgeGT 11y agoThis is partially incorrect. The objective is not only to isolate the device from external radiation but to avoid internal RF reflections within the chamber. That's why the geometry of the wedges, which are covered in a RF-absorbent material. A Faraday cage wouldn't help with this.
- mrpippy 11y agoIt also has BT Classic: section 7.5 of the test report states "The EUT is a small, single board, computer with WiFi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE connectivity."
- mrpippy 11y agoGiven Broadcom's connections to the project, it's almost a surprise they didn't have some kind of Broadcom option for WiFi/BT earlier. Must have stung at Broadcom to be powering the most popular hobbyist ARM Linux board, but almost every one using WiFi powered by Realtek,Ralink,etc.
- skykooler 11y agoIt'll be interesting, given the state of Broadcom wifi drivers on linux.
- tdicola 11y agoThere is an official Raspberry Pi foundation wifi dongle that uses a Broadcom wifi chip with full support in the kernel. For a time it was the only dongle that worked with Windows 10 IoT on the Pi. Can see it here: https://www.adafruit.com/products/2638 https://www.adafruit.com/products/2638
- mrpippy 11y agoAh interesting, thanks!
- peteforde 11y agoBroadcom's "connection" to the project often seems circumstantial, like the Pi project is a blip on nobody's radar. Several of their engineers used to work at Broadcom and they've been under NDA lock and key, bending over backwards to help people progress on things that they can't officially talk about by leaving the least subtle clues ever so that they can move the process forward. The GPU/camera integration in particularly is really painful - people have gone to insane ends to reverse engineer how it's working so that they can access features that aren't documented. As a heavy Pi+camera user (I use 70 at a time every time we ship a unit) I appreciate the efforts of all these folks so much.
- yuhong 11y agoI think even the founder Eben Upton works at Broadcom too.
- schappim 11y agoAnyone got a copy of the files? The FCC has pulled them down!
- JorgeGT 11y agohttps://fccid.io/2ABCB-RPI32 https://fccid.io/2ABCB-RPI32
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- vlunkr 11y agoOne step closer to accessibility for that don't have all sorts of usb dongles laying around.
- mrpippy 11y agoAlso, good on the Pi Foundation for keeping this listing in the open rather than requesting 6 month confidentiality for the pictures/test report (which almost all companies do).
- Squonk42 11y agoI don't think they did: the confidentiality period is now 45 days only by default, see http://acbcert.com/documents/misc-docs/Memo-Short-Term-Vs-Standard-Confidentiality.pdf http://acbcert.com/documents/misc-docs/Memo-Short-Term-Vs-St... Certification took place at Track (now Element UK) on 2015-11-23, given the external picture dates, or 95 days ago, so it looks like it has been extended once.
- mrpippy 11y agoThey didn't request short-term confidentiality for anything: the exhibit summary list at https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Sum&calledFromFrame=N&RequestTimeout=500&application_id=Zdy6ihUm12XySKofWhAcfg%3D%3D&fcc_id=2ABCB-RPI32 https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm... has a column for short-term confidential which is all No. Also, the confidentiality letter would specifically request short-term if they wanted it.
- Squonk42 11y agoYou are right, but today it is very difficult to get an extension to the 45 days period, unless you can provide a release date, as it has been abused so much in the past.
- jblz 11y agoExcellent news. I wonder what the radio components will do to overall power consumption of the board. It should be considerably lower than a USB combo wifi / bt device, anyhow, no?
- cowmix 11y agoAll we need is USB 3 and it would be perfect.
- Skunkleton 11y agoI am curious of your application for USB 3? Care to elaborate?
- Zardoz84 11y agoFast I/O, for example ? Check the Pi 2 cluster vs Xeon quad core
- cowmix 11y agoI could use it as a very cheap file server for my home / small office. Also, USB 3 can drive video at pretty fast rates too (for multimonitor setups).
- 2bitencryption 11y agoOn the Pi 2, the ethernet port was really a USB-to-ethernet port plugged into a hidden USB port. So network speeds were limited to USB 2 speeds. I'm guessing the Pi 3 also works like this, instead of having pure onboard ethernet? But I don't know yet.
- khedoros 11y agoIf it's using the same bcm2836 chip, then I think it'll have the same limitations. The markings on the chip in the pictures aren't quite legible enough to me, playing around in a photo editor, but it's marked the same way that the Pi2's chip is, from what I could see.
- morganvachon 11y ago> So network speeds were limited to USB 2 speeds Given that USB 2.0 is 480Mb/s, and Ethernet is 100Mb/s, there is no bottleneck when using the Pi's Ethernet port. I really wish this myth that "Pi Ethernet is slower than dialup because USB" would just die. Of course, like everyone else I'd love to see a new version of the Pi with Gigabit Ethernet directly connected to the system bus, and USB 3.0 while we're at it. But that would greatly increase the cost of the device and also require a newer SoC that supports such things.
- chatmasta 11y agoWhy does Raspberry Pi not need to conform to the new "standards" of the FCC that require locking down firmware in routers? If it has onboard wifi, and you can turn it into a router... what's the difference between someone installing OpenWRT on a raspi vs. installing OpenWRT on a TPLink? edit: This is a legitimate question, not an opinion.
- gambiting 11y agoMy guess is that it's simply because it's specifically not sold as a router. Just like I could turn my laptop into a router, but it's my decision, the device is not sold as a router.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoWouldn't that apply to any motherboard that has a wifi antenna on it?
- erichocean 11y agoDo you have any more info on this new "standard" from the FCC? If true, that…sucks.
- msbarnett 11y agoI believe he or she is thinking of the FCC proposal regarding software-defined radios. It was widely (and incorrectly) reported as requiring all routers to have locked firmware, but that's not really the case, and if the proposal were to go forward there are a variety of ways that the SDR could be locked down while allowing firmware updates in general. It's not clear that the FCC is even going to go forward with it, though; industry pushback was quite heavy. edit: it looks like they went forward with the guidance, after amending it to be clear they specifically weren't going after open-source firmware
- chatmasta 11y agoTPLink has already started locking down its firmware in response to FCC: http://ml.ninux.org/pipermail/battlemesh/2016-February/004379.html http://ml.ninux.org/pipermail/battlemesh/2016-February/00437...
- nfriedly 11y agoComparing the photos to my Pi 2, it doesn't seem very different. There's an extra IC near the microsd card, a connector beneath the HDMI port, and a few other small changes. But nothing that looks like an antenna. Any idea where that might be? Edit: as lovelearning pointed out, there is a small ceramic-looking piece in the upper-left of the top side, near the GPIO pins and LVDS display connector. That might be it.
- agumonkey 11y agoFirst thing that came to mind. All the wifi ready SBC have a very easy to spot chip and some form of visible antenna. I'm almost thinking the shots were just for gross form factor approximation.
- bravo22 11y agoAccording to FCC report they are using a chip antenna.
- casylum 11y agoLook for a cutaway ground plane as a hint to where the antenna may be. http://imgur.com/a/z9bDR http://imgur.com/a/z9bDR Wifi antenna and chip set highlighted.
- oxplot 11y agoSecond last "internal" photo, top left corner next to the ribbon connector. That thing that looks like a long cap SMD is the chip antenna (just guessing).
- Squonk42 11y agoThat is it, and the connector beneath the HDMI port is the same (but mounted) JTAG connector as the RPi2. I don't know what is the chip, though. Also noticed a 2-pin header between the 40-pin one and the upper USB ones: it looks like the "RUN" from the Rpi Zero. EDIT: The 2-pin "RUN" header already existed on the RPi2, where the ceramic antenna is now located on the RPi3.
- Squonk42 11y ago
- rb808 11y agoThe Raspberry Pi website says they're unlikely to have a new version in the next few years. Do they have FCC now? Maybe they just want to add on the radio modules. From the FAQ: > there are no immediate plans to release any more new models. A further new model may be released in 2-3 years, but this is not a firm schedule. https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#generalFuture https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#generalFuture
- rasz_pl 11y agojust like they had no plans for rpi 2 until the day it was released :)
- Sanddancer 11y agoSaying you've got an awesome product around the corner is a good way of causing the Osborne Effect [1]. Also, plans can and do change. It could very well be an issue where they weren't planning on it, but the people at Broadcom came up with an offer that was too good to pass up. Plans can and do change. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect
- the_ancient 11y agoThey said that, then they Released the Pi Zero. That statement was in Feb 2015 after the pi2... the PiZero was Release Nov 2015....
- simmons 11y agoI'm a little disappointed that (from a brief glance at the documents) it doesn't appear to support the 5 Ghz Wi-Fi band. I wonder if it's a power issue, or just limited space on the PCB. The 2.4 Ghz band gets kind of crowded in dense urban environments.
- some-guy 11y agoI have this problem too. 2.4Ghz in my house, no matter how good of a router we use, gets up to 10% packet loss on average.
- newman314 11y agoThat's a bummer. Other than the Nest, the Pi is the only 2.4ghz device left in the house.
- rbanffy 11y agoSame here. I moved the AppleTV and the Roku to a wired connection and had to set up a second wireless network to be able to browse from the kitchen. Any time I fire up Wifi Analyzer on my tablet I see three dozen different networks. Making computers easy to use was, definitely, a huge mistake.
- keenerd 11y agoProbably a cost saving measure. The entire board feels like it was put together to tick off a bunch of features. 64 bit quad core with bluetooth and wifi? Check. Meanwhile the clock is still a measly 1.2GHz, the wifi is only 2.4GHz, the ethernet is still 100Mb and the chipset is still broadcom. They are struggling to stay relevant. (Remember, it was only 1.5 years ago that their official word was "No RPi2 until 2017".) The Odroid C2 goes on sale in a few days for $40. It's got a 64 bit quad core CPU (just* like the Pine and RPi3) but clocked at 2GHz. And has real gigabit. And has twice as much ram. And can drive a 4k screen comfortably. (Video-out was the one place where the RPi has traditionally excelled.) * Okay, not entirely just like. It's an Amlogic chip instead of Broadcom or Allwinner. Amlogic is one of the few without blatant GPL abuse.
- lovelearning 11y agoI couldn't spot the typical wavy PCB antenna pattern anywhere. Is that small cube in the upper left corner of external top view a ceramic antenna? Looks to me like the 2 LEDs have been shifted further down towards lower left and replaced with something new. Update: Just noticed the radio testing report says single PCB mounted chip ceramic. I still can't spot it with certainty.
- rasz_pl 11y agoYes, this is the antenna. I cant believe it took them that long, Broadcom is famous for their BT/Wifi chips, buildin wifi was a no brainer, and cost shouldnt be an issue when you have great connections inside the company.
- lovelearning 11y agoFrom their blog posts and forum discussions, I have the impression BC was not exactly enthusiastic about the Pi to start with, but got convinced only after Pi v1 become a hit. Perhaps there is still some reluctance and resistance inside BC? After all, they did take ~3 years to upgrade from ARMv6 to ARMv7 while all the other SBCs were already using ARMv7 cores much earlier.
- lovelearning 11y agoIs a ceramic wifi antenna's range comparable to that of a regular PCB antenna?
- pjc50 11y agoUsually slightly better, as it can be a 3D structure.
- janekm 11y agoMore accurately, better if considering antennas of equal footprint area, however chip antennas are usually designed to be very small (like this one) as the extra cost is only justified when space is at a premium. In my experience in practice a good-sized PCB antenna beats tiny ceramic antennas. I would expect the radio performance of this Pi to be pretty poor, though better than using one of those tiny USB adapters (which also typically use even smaller ceramic antennas with really awful ground reference when used in a Pi as they are designed for use with laptops). Also, another reason for their smaller size is that ceramics can have very high dielectric constant which reduces the size of the antenna.
- zymhan 11y agoI love how the FCC still has a Sun web server
- charliedevolve 11y agoI noticed the favicon too. :-)
- mappu 11y agoSlightly surprised to see that in combination with a *.cfm URL. I guess ColdFusion had a SPARC port?
- jweather 11y agoThat doesn't understand mime types for PDF downloads.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoWow, this will give my chip a run for its money/performance. My favorite thing about the chip is the onboard connectivity.
- deutronium 11y agoNeat :) It'd be cool if they use non-usb ethernet too, fingers crossed!
- mrbill 11y agoAre the BTLE and WiFi the only changes? Still same CPU and RAM as the 2?
- simcop2387 11y agoSince this is the first showings of it, we don't know yet. I haven't read the data yet but it'll likely cover only the newly added RF stuff, and the part 15 compliance for the FCC. We'll have to wait to hear from the pi foundation on the rest of the specs.
- mrbill 11y agoFrom elsewhere, I've read that it's the same 1G of RAM, but the CPU is now a quad-core 1.2Ghz arm64.
- simcop2387 11y agoYea that got confirmed last night on the release of it. I can't wait for the software stack to catch up for the arm64 stuff. I hope the pointer size change doesn't negate too much of the speed gains it can bring.
- pred_ 11y agoAll that site returns here is FCC Federal Communications Commission Security Violation Your request looked malicious and has been blocked. You can use your browser's Back button to return to the previous page. If you have questions, please contact the FCC at 1-888-225-5322 If you think that you have reached this page due to an error on our part, please contact let us know.
- jrockway 11y agoIt worked for me. If someone were to call the FCC regarding this and write about their experience, I would definitely read that article ;) The phone number is right there!
- ryanlol 11y agoLucky you, I'm straight up blocked. From multiple IPs even, chrome throws "ERR_CONNECTION_RESET" on 4G. And here's "curl" from my server * Hostname was NOT found in DNS cache * Trying 192.104.54.190... * Connected to apps.fcc.gov (192.104.54.190) port 443 (#0) * successfully set certificate verify locations: * CAfile: none CApath: /etc/ssl/certs * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server finished (14): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 * Server certificate: * subject: C=US; ST=District of Columbia; L=Washington; 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US; O=Federal Communications Commission; businessCategory=Government Entity; serialNumber=06 19 1934; CN=apps.fcc.gov * start date: 2015-09-13 15:38:08 GMT * expire date: 2016-09-14 00:27:01 GMT * subjectAltName: apps.fcc.gov matched * issuer: C=US; O=Entrust, Inc.; OU=See www.entrust.net/legal-terms; OU=(c) 2014 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only; CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1M * SSL certificate verify ok. > GET /oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=Ti%2FYleaJNSl%2BTR5mL5C0WQ%3D%3D&fcc_id=2ABCB-RPI32 HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.35.0 > Host: apps.fcc.gov > Accept: */* > * SSL read: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0), errno 104 * Closing connection 0 curl: (56) SSL read: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0), errno 104
- ck2 11y agoBut you can get almost any wireless ability and keep modern with whatever standard changes by simply using a usb stick. They are super tiny now and barely stick out of the usb port. Why hardwire wireless and outdate a board a few years later? I think in 5 years we got g -> n -> 5ghz -> ac and three bluetooth variants. Now there is indoor lte and other stuff coming.
- CaptSpify 11y agoYou can still add on any wireless-usb you want. And for a $35 computer, upgrading to a newer model probably won't be much of an issue. I personally like this, as it cuts my initial setup-time/cost.
- dbcurtis 11y agoSo, how much time did it take you to get the WiFi stack working on your RasPi? Oh? You've never actually tried to get WiFi working on a Pi? Thought so. Getting WiFi to work on a Pi has historically been an exercise in very, very careful shopping for a dongle that actually works. Or getting lucky. Things may have changed recently, but many Pi users have stubbed their toe on the finding-a-Wifi-dongle-that-works rock. Have WiFi built-in that "just works" is going to be hugely beneficial.
- kingosticks 11y agoIt's now easy to find reviews on amazon for many wifi dongles specifically mentioning rpi compatability. And they just work. Im sure you could still buy something unsupported if you didn't do your homework, just like nearly anything.
- roel_v 11y agoDespite having left Linux as my full time platform before wifi was ubiquitous, it took me 10 minutes or so. That included looking up how the ui was supposed to work. I don't have a dog in this fight, but getting wifi running took me less time than figuring out the volume settings.
- SmellyGeekBoy 11y ago
- atomi 11y agoPlease have GbE
- schappim 11y agoVideo and images of the Raspberry Pi available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yXIC1UVKx0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yXIC1UVKx0
- AndyKelley 11y agoI don't think it's going to happen but it would be really neat if it supported Vulkan. I want to try to build an arcade machine out of cheap, underpowered hardware.
- jimmcslim 11y agoRaspberry Pi's 4th birthday coming up... https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/four-years-of-pi/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/four-years-of-pi/ "We are going to be doing some celebrating here at Pi Towers on Monday: February 29 is the 4th anniversary (or 1st, if you’re prissy about leap years) of the first sales of the Raspberry Pi 1." Might be an auspicious date to launch a new version of hardware?
- sinak 11y agoThe FCC's OET website is down at the moment, I'm guessing probably because of HN traffic. You can find the document cached here though: https://fccid.io/2ABCB-RPI32 https://fccid.io/2ABCB-RPI32
- digi_owl 11y agoAnd here i was just about to order a 2...
- musgrove 11y agoThe link seems no workie. FCC server problems.
- XxFurCornxX 11y agoI must check that out. Reading the comments makes me want a retropie. The link is not working.
- burstmode 11y ago3 Generations of PCBs and still no RTC onboard...
- ATsch 11y agoProbably because of lack of demand. Most people use the RPi in a scenario where they either have internet, or don't care about time.
- mrlambchop 11y agohaving recently sourced near identical components, the combo wifi/bt chip was around $1.40 in large volume. I'd wage in 40nm its < 50c for BRCM to produce depending on the break they got. ant is < 30c. gotta assume this is connected via USB so it won't be the lowest power - taking up the 2836's sdcard slot would be 6 IO out of the GPIO map which would be over kill. so most likely this solution needs the onboard USB hub / ethernet chip and its less likely they will bring connectivity to the cheaper versions. pretty happy with this - saves 2 USB peripherals!
- rasz_pl 11y agowifi chip is most likely connected over SDIO
- mlonkibjuyhv 11y agoPlease have a header for an on/off button.
- rasz_pl 11y agonew 64 bit 1.2GHz cpu core confirmed? http://i.imgur.com/KRRd7OQ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KRRd7OQ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/exuZy58.jpg http://i.imgur.com/exuZy58.jpg http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/02/27/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-board-adds-wifi-and-bluetooth-connectivity/ http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/02/27/raspberry-pi-3-model-...