Re: [PLUG] OT: Raspberry Pi model B....

["Keith C. Perry" <kperry@daotechnologies.com>]

The core of this model is still the same which is why they called it the B+ and not the model C or something like that.  The improvements though make a lot of sense.  There's only so much you can do with this SoC and RPF is primary focused on education but they did try to give some more to the hobbyists and makers.

Still though, I'm always surprised at want the Pi can handle as compared to what it can't.  There's plenty of well priced ARMv7 boards with a lot of power for the money.

Adafruit did a pretty good write up of the differences too:
https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus-plus-differences-vs-model-b?view=all

Original RPF announcement:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus/#


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Dunlop" <ed@computer.org>
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Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 2:19:27 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: Raspberry Pi model B....

I guess the real question is -- Have they gotten some of the I/O off of the single USB controller? The original Raspberry Pi design routed everything, even Ethernet, through the USB controller. Since this is also the likely connection for any disk, it is a serious bottleneck. 

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> On Jul 14, 2014, at 12:46 PM, "Chris Grabowy" <cgrabowy@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Apologies for the OT post.  So here comes the Model B...which is not the
> Raspberry Pi 2...
> 
> Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Gets Beefed Up - Still Only Costs $35
> 
> http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/14/raspberry-pi-model-b-plus/?ncid=tcdaily
> 
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