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Raspberry Pi 2 - does it hit the mark?

tekmeister

While previous articles had the release slated for 2017, it seems the next-gen Raspberry Pi is being released today:

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/02/raspberry_pi_model_2/

 

Pi v2 will come with a quad-core 900MHz processor and 1GB RAM (an upgrade from the single-core 700MHz and 512MB RAM of the original). Also the price will be the same ($35). It looks like the footprint is the same as the B+.

 

As I mentioned in November How to make a better Pi, the two main things in the Pi's favour are cost and community, but I have run into a number of limitations with the original Pi. I'm hoping this new version addresses most of them, but time will tell, as full details aren't available yet.

 

Aside: I'm wondering if this is what the upcoming "Enchanted Objects" challenge is about.

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  • Honestly I'm pretty excited that Raspberry Pi is now available in a quad core package. Plus with the new SOC I might actually be able to run Ubuntu on it. I wouldn't mind trying one out.

     

    The competition between vendors should ultimately benefit us, the consumer, in the long run. The Ras Pi drove down the price of the BBB, or so it seems, maybe the odroid C1 forced the RPF to accelerate their plans to upgrade. I don't know for sure. But it seems like I had seen some press releases that said nothing significant was planned for a couple of more years.

     

    Who knows what will come next, but chances are we won't be able to afford to keep up with all the advances.

     

    Mike

  • in reply to mconners

    Michael Conners wrote:

     

    The competition between vendors should ultimately benefit us, the consumer, in the long run. The Ras Pi drove down the price of the BBB, or so it seems, maybe the ODROID-C1 forced the RPF to accelerate their plans to upgrade. I don't know for sure. But it seems like I had seen some press releases that said nothing significant was planned for a couple of more years.

    It's in the RasPi FAQs: http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#generalFuture

    As of the July of 2014, an updated version of the Model B, the Model B+, has been released.  Beyond this revision... there are no immediate plans for the next model;  a new model may be released in 2-3 years, but this is not a firm schedule.

    I can only guess that RasPi is as surprised by the RasPi 2 as we are image

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  • in reply to mconners

    Michael Conners wrote:

     

    The competition between vendors should ultimately benefit us, the consumer, in the long run. The Ras Pi drove down the price of the BBB, or so it seems, maybe the ODROID-C1 forced the RPF to accelerate their plans to upgrade. I don't know for sure. But it seems like I had seen some press releases that said nothing significant was planned for a couple of more years.

    It's in the RasPi FAQs: http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#generalFuture

    As of the July of 2014, an updated version of the Model B, the Model B+, has been released.  Beyond this revision... there are no immediate plans for the next model;  a new model may be released in 2-3 years, but this is not a firm schedule.

    I can only guess that RasPi is as surprised by the RasPi 2 as we are image

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