RPi rev 2.0 explained

I wrote:

>No mention that I can see of FCC/CE residential certification

Much to my surprise, Eben says that Class B FCC/CE certification

will have to wait for the educational release board.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1929#comment-31756

Back on May 31, Eben said: "there's pcb level work going on

at the moment to accomplish that".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIf4Fk2252A

starting at about 17:35

Liz has said on April 10, 2012 at 7:04 pm, in page 3 of the

comments to this article: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/978

"Happily, we’ve found it doesn’t need a shielded enclosure to

reach Class B, although it will require a (very minimal) redesign."

If the redesign really is "very minimal" and was underway as of

May 31, I'd expect it would have been included in rev 2.0.

coder27 wrote:

 

I wrote:

>No mention that I can see of FCC/CE residential certification

 

Much to my surprise, Eben says that Class B FCC/CE certification

will have to wait for the educational release board.

 

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1929#comment-31756

 

Back on May 31, Eben said: "there's pcb level work going on

at the moment to accomplish that".

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIf4Fk2252A

starting at about 17:35

 

Liz has said on April 10, 2012 at 7:04 pm, in page 3 of the

comments to this article: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/978

"Happily, we’ve found it doesn’t need a shielded enclosure to

reach Class B, although it will require a (very minimal) redesign."

 

If the redesign really is "very minimal" and was underway as of

May 31, I'd expect it would have been included in rev 2.0.

My guess:  It may be that they've made the changes on the 2.0 board, but they haven't gone through recertification yet.  Certification is expensive and painful.  If you haven't changed much on a board, and in particular you haven't changed the circuits for the external interfaces or their locations, you can often get by with a document review rather than full testing.  Might as well wait to be sure RasPi 2.0 hasn't missed anything before recert.

coder27 wrote:

 

I wrote:

>No mention that I can see of FCC/CE residential certification

 

Much to my surprise, Eben says that Class B FCC/CE certification

will have to wait for the educational release board.

 

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1929#comment-31756

 

Back on May 31, Eben said: "there's pcb level work going on

at the moment to accomplish that".

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIf4Fk2252A

starting at about 17:35

 

Liz has said on April 10, 2012 at 7:04 pm, in page 3 of the

comments to this article: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/978

"Happily, we’ve found it doesn’t need a shielded enclosure to

reach Class B, although it will require a (very minimal) redesign."

 

If the redesign really is "very minimal" and was underway as of

May 31, I'd expect it would have been included in rev 2.0.

My guess:  It may be that they've made the changes on the 2.0 board, but they haven't gone through recertification yet.  Certification is expensive and painful.  If you haven't changed much on a board, and in particular you haven't changed the circuits for the external interfaces or their locations, you can often get by with a document review rather than full testing.  Might as well wait to be sure RasPi 2.0 hasn't missed anything before recert.