NEW: RPI MODEL B+ -> Q&A

Ken Horovatin wrote:

 

Is the $56.77 price shown on the website for Canada correct?

No idea.  I'm not a Farnell/Newark/element14 employee.

No problem--I think they are slow to propagate the price correction throughout their various sites. I found a different page on their Canadian site with a price of CAD$38.50 .

Somehow, it looks as if the Farnell/Element14 sites are a nightmare to maintain from their side: every announcement like this goes "slowly" and with several different "problems" showing up during the day.

Last time the (the camera IIRC) was order-able in the UK but not here in the Netherlands. This time the "product page" was "not found" even though the product could be ordered by clicking "buy now" on the raspberry pi page, or by entering the order code into the shopping basket.

Another "mishap" this time: I ordered for EUR 33/piece or EUR 30 for 3+ but got a promotional Email claiming an EUR 26 price point!

From the first raspberry pi - goes - live event, I do remember something about "shipping costs are high in Canada". Apparently the "ship anywhere in the country" contract they have in Canada is more expensive than in the more densely populated USA or Netherlands. The foundation says: $35 (excl tax & shipping), but Farnell prices things  "incl shipping", so they charge more in Canada. So I'd say it's possible it gets "fixed" (i.e. lowered) ... or not....

I agree. The only thing I find the Pi lacking is analog inputs.

Hello khorovatin,

We are working on this issue and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Jamie

Everyone is missing the fact that the ethernet lights (link/100 MB) are now part of the connector, like most modern boards!

Is that a pin for reset? (RUN)

Hold on, hold on, hold on ... just a minute. Are we celebrating the fact they have come up to standard and not exceeded it? hahah

Michael Wylie wrote:

 

Hold on, hold on, hold on ... just a minute. Are we celebrating the fact they have come up to standard and not exceeded it? hahah

Well, I'm celebrating that an RJ45 jack with built-in magnetics and LEDs is cheap enough that you can incorporate it in RasPi Model B+ without an increase in price.  Ditto for switching regulators and two more USB ports.

Ok, ok, ok, when you put it that way John, continue the celebrations. hahah

It is certainly a good improvement over the previous model, I have not seen anything about an upgraded poly fuse though, 4* usb is at minimal 2A + the current required for the board itself. so this should be paired with a 2.5 - 3A power brick minimum, this does not account for stuff attached for that nice new GPIO connector that from what I have seen is mostly backward compatible with the previous connector

All round a welcome upgrade