If it passes CE it has been through all the testing needed for FCC. * Drew Van Zandt Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST *
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhack...@gmail.com>wrote: > Raspberry Pi update... > > A few weeks back they posted pricing and delivery charges to various > countries. The price, with delivery, is $40 for the US (via Newark). > > Programming the Raspberry Pi webinar with Eben, April 4 > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/840 > > Eben's hosting this...webinar with Element 14 on April 4 at...10am > EST. The subject matter will suit beginners, and should be pretty > interesting for those of you who are hardened hackers too. He'll be > showing you how to: > * download and install the Operating System on the SD card > * run the boot up script > * use the script editor and begin to create applications using the > presupplied Python scripts > ...you'll need to sign up for the event at Element 14´s website. ...a > video of the webinar will be made available for those of you who can't > attend... > > > There is also a another product delay, this time due to CE compliance. > They thought, like the BeagleBoard, they could sell the uncased board to > developers and defer compliance testing until later in the year when > they release a version in a case. > > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/878 > > ...we have spoken with BIS this morning, and they have confirmed that, > given the volumes involved and the demographic mix of likely users, > any development board exemption is not applicable to us; as a result, > even the first uncased developer units of Raspberry Pi will require a > CE mark prior to sale in the EU. > ... > The good news is that our first 2,000 boards arrived in the UK on > Monday and that we are working to get them CE marked as soon as is > humanly possible, in parallel with bringing the remainder of our > initial batch into the country. > ... > On the basis of preliminary measurements, we expect emissions from the > uncased product to meet category A requirements comfortably without > modification, and possibly to meet the more stringent category B > requirements which we had originally expected would require a > metalised case. > > The posting also shows pictures of stacks of Pi boards and some shots of > the QA testing performed in China. > > Ars covered the compliance testing delay in an article: > > http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/first-batch-of-35-linux-computer-arrives-in-uk-awaiting-ce-compliance-testing.ars > > Some more photos of the board and screen shots of it running an Atari > emulator: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/andysretrocomputers/sets/72157629550077581/with/6827874250/ > > And some shots of a "pallet of Pis" fresh from the manufacturer, and the > relatively small boxes that hold 50 boards: > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/945 > > > I guess the bottom line for now is that they are still working through > compliance testing, and first shipments still sound to be weeks off. > > Even if I could have, I don't think I would have bothered pre-ordering. > At the time, too much was unknown about how US distribution would work. > Now it seems like it'll be months still before they are stocked locally. > If they run into similar compliance issues here and need to go for FCC > testing, it will delay even further, or they may decide it isn't worth > the cost. > > -Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > Hardwarehacking@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking >
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