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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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  • in reply to tekmeister

    The main disappointment for me is that it still seems to use the same brain dead Ethernet via SMC usb chip arrangement. And of course the Ethernet is only 10/100.

     

    Withe the better processor they really should have managed 1G Ethernet and some kind of high speed low latency IO port (PCIE would be ideal but even proprietary would be an advance.)

     

    The PI is still terribly limited by lack of general purpose IO with performance to match the processor.

     

    Despite these gripes the big plus is the possibility of Windows - now if Microsoft could only bring themselves to munch a tiny bit of humble pie and offer VB6 (or better still VB7  - ie VB6 updated but NOT vb.net) on it - then you would have a 21st century computer that anyone could code.

    And while I'm on a rant roll - I can run a VB6 exe (ie binary file) on Windows2k, XP, Vista, 7 and 8 (and 10 promised)  - spanning 15+ years of OS offerings - try that on Linux ! (substitute any language you like for VB6).

     

    (BTW I know that the RPi can't be binary compatible with VB6 on windows)

     

    (Way off thread here  - can't think what was in the breakfast coffee.)

     

    MK