The Pi would be infititely more useful to me if the ethernet interface was attached to a "real" bus and not hung on USB. Here's to hoping that will be the next upgrade!
Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
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Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#22Is the next one going to be called the Raspberry Pi Master System? Let me know when they introduce the Raspberry Pi Archimedes.
It already runs RISCOS ;)
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#23The Pi would be infititely more useful to me if the ethernet interface was attached to a "real" bus and not hung on USB. Here's to hoping that will be the next upgrade!
I agree, and bet it would also reduce power consumption even further because of higher efficiency. Does anyone know if they use the USB bus because of the space constraints?
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#24What's the same:
- Same Broadcom BCM2835 Chipset
- Same 512MB RAM
- Same full size HDMI port
- Same 10/100 Ethernet port
- Same CSI camera port and DSI display ports
- Same micro USB power supply connection
What has changed:
- Now comes with 4 USB ports so you can now connect more devices than ever to your Raspberry Pi.
- There is a 40pin extended GPIO so you can build even bigger and better projects than ever before. The first 26 pins are identical to the Model B to provide 100% backward compatibility for your projects.
- Micro SD slot instead of the full size SD slot for storing information and loading your operating systems.
- Advanced power management:
-You can now provide up to 1.2 AMP to the 4 USB ports
– enabling you to connect more power hungry USB devices without needing an external USB hub. (This feature requires a 2Amp micro USB Power Supply)
- The B+ board now uses less power (600mA) than the Model B Board (750mA) when running
- Combined 4-pole jack for connecting your stereo audio out and composite video out
(Source: http://raspberrypiaustralia.com.au/products/raspberry-pi-mod...)
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Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#25Is anyone running a webserver or mailserver over the Pi? Curious to know how it holds up.
I used it to serve files via http, and it was very poor at it. I would not recommend using it as an http file server. Light application use, or for things like hosting git repositories works well though.
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#26Is anyone running a webserver or mailserver over the Pi? Curious to know how it holds up.
If your site will serve only few static pages and you going to have less as 500 unique daily visitors RPi should be fine.
But if you run some heavy framework like Wordpress and will have more as one visitor at once RPi cant handle.
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#27+ micro SD card
+ 4 USB ports
+ more GPIO (now 40 pins)
+ better mounting
+ better audio controller
+ reduced power consumption
~ combined audio and video onto the 3.5mm jack
- power connector position moved to the side (bad for small form factor projects)
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#28I got surprised B+ cost same as B, and they even keep B in production. That, what I miss from other manufacturers in modern world.
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#29The Pi would be infititely more useful to me if the ethernet interface was attached to a "real" bus and not hung on USB. Here's to hoping that will be the next upgrade!
Could you explain why would it be better for you?
Re: Introducing Raspberry Pi B+
#30Is anyone running a webserver or mailserver over the Pi? Curious to know how it holds up.
Tried, but can't do any heavy stuff.