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$25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Re: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Post by jws »

Compared to the model B: 70% of the price, 0 ethernet, 1 usb†, 256M RAM, same CPU, 1/3 of the power draw, a little thinner.

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† Not as much of a cut as it sounds. The 2 on the model B can't supply more than 100ma, so unless you needed exactly two ports with low power on each, you needed a powered hub anyway.

Re: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Post by IgorPartola »

dolphins wrote: post #3

It's too bad people have had a hard time getting these, they look really cool and I love the project's idea. Really looking forward to getting one myself.

The Model B is widely available now, at least in the US. Check Newark's RPi product page [1], and click on "Check more stock". The next ship date is Feb. 11th. Not, that's not next day, but every time you buy one of these, the RPi foundation can make more of them, making future availability even better.

[1] http://www.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-modb-512m/model-...

Re: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Post by koralatov »

jws wrote: post #2

Compared to the model B: 70% of the price, 0 ethernet, 1 usb†, 256M RAM, same CPU, 1/3 of the power draw, a little thinner. ␄ † Not as much of a cut as it sounds. The 2 on the model B can't supply more than 100ma, so unless you needed exactly two ports with low power on each, you needed a powered hub anyway.

  > Compared to the model B: 70% of the price, 0 ethernet, 1 usb†,
  > 256M RAM, same CPU, 1/3 of the power draw, a little thinner.
I didn't realise that the Model A's power-use was a third of the Model B. While that might not make a huge difference for most people, it'll be a definite benefit to those using them in `always on' situations where connectivity isn't so important.

I'm a little surprised that an addition 256MB of RAM, another USB port, and an ethernet port can triple the power use though...

Re: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Post by Zuph »

dolphins wrote: post #3

It's too bad people have had a hard time getting these, they look really cool and I love the project's idea. Really looking forward to getting one myself.

MCM has been shipping out RasPis next-day for a few months now: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi

Re: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Post by snarfy »

dolphins wrote: post #3

It's too bad people have had a hard time getting these, they look really cool and I love the project's idea. Really looking forward to getting one myself.

You can get them on Amazon these days, although you'll be hard pressed to find the $35 price.

Re: $25 Raspberry Pi Model A now for sale in Europe

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Post by regularfry »

jws wrote: post #2

Compared to the model B: 70% of the price, 0 ethernet, 1 usb†, 256M RAM, same CPU, 1/3 of the power draw, a little thinner. ␄ † Not as much of a cut as it sounds. The 2 on the model B can't supply more than 100ma, so unless you needed exactly two ports with low power on each, you needed a powered hub anyway.

Even less of a cut when you consider that, unlike the B, the A's USB port can apparently go into slave mode: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1... (from last year, things may have changed since then)
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