From out of nowhere, the small form factor computer board known as Raspberry Pi has unveiled a second unit, this time offering six times the boost compared to the original model and support for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 OS.
The latest model comes in at the same price as the B+ model, costing just $35. In terms of specs, the Raspberry Pi 2 comes equipped with a a 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM and of course, features complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation also revealed plans to incorporate Windows 10 into the current model. According to
the company’s website, The Foundation has been working with Microsoft for the past six months in order to bring Windows 10 to Raspberry Pi 2. Furthermore, the Pi 2-compatible version of Windows 10 will be completely free of charge to makers.
The company plans to continue production of the current models. As explained in the
Raspberry Pi 2 FAQ, while there is demand for the Pi 1 Model B and Model B+, the Foundation will continue to meet said demand. Both boards will continue to sell for $35.
For those unfamiliar with the Raspberry Pi, the device itself is a credit card-sized, inexpensive home PC created by The Raspberry Pi Foundation. The foundation’s goal is to advance education in adults and children through the field of computing, in an affordable manner.
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Quite correct, but that's certainly an understatement. :-)
Like saying when you outgrow a tricycle the next step up is a supercharged Ducati.
In comparison to the grunty new Pi specs above, an Arduino is basically just a microcontroller that typically runs at 16Mhz and has ~1-32KB of RAM.
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Posted 09:28pm 03/2/15
i know heaps of people who have one though
Posted 09:57pm 03/2/15
The price definitely helps in people just buying one for the hell of it. I'm tempted, but then I remember I have no real point for one right now.
Posted 10:25pm 03/2/15
everyone on the internet I talk to wants one to hook up to their 3d printer. You can use it to remotely start a print, hook a web cam up to it and monitor the printer, log in via a web page and manually control the printer (move it around, home it, heat it up, etc) so you can have the printer in one room of your house and the PC in another without having to manually transfer stuff via SD card
Posted 10:27pm 03/2/15
Posted 12:27am 04/2/15
I'm kinda sure there's a lot of us who just don't post here anymore... but this is Pie.
I like Pie
Posted 04:58am 04/2/15
I know it runs on a pi, but does it run on the NEW pi?
Posted 07:40am 04/2/15
but most times one is used i'm just like why didn't you use a second hand netbook that's got a built in screen and built in keyboard and built in battery backup?
Posted 08:02am 04/2/15
As for windows 10 on a pi, its going to be interesting if dev's are going to have to port stuff to the platform or not.
Posted 10:26am 05/2/15
This guy found a use for one, but then again he had a need/idea before he ran off and bought one.
Posted 11:09am 05/2/15
My understanding is that the Pi (especially the Pi mk 2!) can drive 1080p via HDMI and run Windows 10 (at minimum this will be some sort of an ARM / RT deal), and it has wifi and ethernet.
So I think that with a nice plastic enclosure it would be a ridiculously cheap streaming Home Theatre 'PC' as you can get Plex and Netflix etc from the Windows Store. Compared to a Roku this is a very cheap device that will also surf the web for you pretty well, the ethernet Rokus start at over $150 USD and don't have a proper OS environment (ie no web browser).
Given that its Windows 10 and can push 1080, you can probably stream an XBox One and maybe even Steam to it too if x86 emulation is available! o.O
Posted 03:17pm 05/2/15
They are running Media Browser 3 and i am sick of them having to transcode all the MKV files which i download.
Posted 09:18pm 05/2/15
I already have a Pi B+ running as a Solar Logger using Serial to USB Adapter.
1 is for a friend, the other I have setup with OSMC (Raspbmc) menu is so much faster than the B+, probably 4x faster.
Tested a few h264 videos out seemed to play fine, for around $5 you can buy a MPEG-2 License key for OSMC(XBMC/KODI) for pi, which allows you to use the onboard hardware decoder for say USB Tv Tuners TS streams etc.
from element 14, PI + case is like $50, if you need Wi-Fi + $10, if you need a USB Micro power adatper + $13
so if this runs windows RT even HALF decent, its a pretty compelling machine for children/oldies.
Posted 01:07am 06/2/15
4 usb ports though so a usb nic is probably feasible
Posted 08:25am 06/2/15
http://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/products/banana-pi-router-bpi-r1
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reliability, obviously
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Can you install the Plex server onto a Chromecast?
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Print your own! http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:604915
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My parents are running plex server that does the trancoding. that is the problem. i dont want it to transcode. i want the full qualiity mkv to play there tv.
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Posted 02:23pm 10/2/15
this sounds completely different to what you said earlier but anyway.. plex should only be transcoding if the device requesting the media isn't compatible with the original format
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minor inconvenience using https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/66729-orcas-mkv-fix-tool-version-12-new-update/ orkas mkv fix, once on a file.
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Posted 10:31am 11/2/15
never needed to fix an mkv for an ion-based htpc running the plex client either, but wife used the tv client a few times before she realised it was a different thing and found some files wouldn't play, but were fine when I switched the input to the htpc and played them via plex there
I suss out the tv plex client in my sony from time to time to see if they made it less painful to use compared to a regular plex client, but nope. still no decent media and annoying extra menus to navigate through, dunno why it's different than a regular plex client
Posted 10:55am 11/2/15