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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Post by elcct »

forinti wrote: post #7
cmdrfred wrote: post #2

I'll be picking one up. Onboard WiFi is a big deal.

I'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.

I wouldn't mind onboard power supply though

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Post by mrpippy »

Given 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.

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Post by jarmitage »

JustinAiken wrote: post #8
_lce0 wrote: post #4

Raspberry 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/

Retropie makes emulationstation on the pi really easy!

+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.

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Post by make3 »

cmdrfred wrote: post #2

I'll be picking one up. Onboard WiFi is a big deal.

Couldn'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

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Post by craigjb »

alvern wrote: post #10

Can someone explain to me the room that the test photos are from? Is it sound proof? Why?

That 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

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Post by dustinchilson »

alvern wrote: post #10

Can someone explain to me the room that the test photos are from? Is it sound proof? Why?

It's a 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)

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B confirmed, with onboard BT LE and WiFi

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Post by cmdrfred »

make3 wrote: post #17
cmdrfred wrote: post #2

I'll be picking one up. Onboard WiFi is a big deal.

Couldn'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

Oh 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.
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