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Raspberry Pi 2 is 'camera shy'

• TeMPOraL 12y ago
  > Albert Einstein won a Nobel Prize for his discovery that if a light hits a component and it generates a charge, it causes that component to reset. Wait, what? Are they really saying here that Einstein got his Nobel Prize for discovering that light resets electronics? I recall being taught a different definition of photoelectric effect at school. > Raspberry Pi creator Eben Upton told the BBC the glitch was an "unintentional educational bonus". Got to give them points for humour.
  • waiquoo 12y ago
    WRT your first point: yeah, I know what they mean, but that is very poorly worded
• centizen 12y ago
  This is a really badly written article. I didn't really understand what was happening until I read the Foundations article: http://www.raspberrypi.org/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-lesson/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/xenon-death-flash-a-free-physics-... Essentially, the component that regulates power to the CPU is a die-on-board package and due to the photoelectric effect certain types of high intensity ultraviolet are causing a voltage drop which crashes the board. Duct tape, as always, is a solution.
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