I just got my email from Newark allowing me to actually place an order (which of course I did!). Very exciting, not sure how long it will take to come in, but I will share my initial thoughts once I get it.
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Quixotic Nixotic <[email protected]>wrote: > On 1 Mar 2012, at 13:44, coggs wrote: > > To me, the RasPI just the latest embedded Linux board, but this time >> at an incredible price. It is running the latest Arm Cortex SOC with >> the SDRAM sandwiched in the same package, but even that isn't unique. >> It does have HDMI out which is fairly distinctive, but there are >> others >> (http://www.geek.com/wp-**content/uploads/2011/11/<http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/> >> cotton_candy.jpg) >> >> The price US$35 really is difficult to believe, but possible since >> Broadcomm is probably giving away the chip at near cost for marketing >> purposes. The fact that they'll be building them in China in 20k unit >> batches doesn't hurt either. (The RasPI organizer's day job is working >> for Broadcomm). The fact that RasPI is organized as an not-for-profit >> educational trust also has something to do with the incredible low >> cost. >> > > The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK charity. > > A PDF here explains the team and its aims: > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~**rdm34/raspi-talk.pdf<http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rdm34/raspi-talk.pdf> > > The Foundation is adamant that the cost per unit will not increase. In > fact they have already doubled the memory of the A board before any have > been made, for the same cost. The main stream of Pis will include a free > clear case, once component supplies and board layout are standardised. > > The computer knowledge taught at UK schools has generally been poor, often > confined to an overview of Microsoft Office. The ability of the teachers > has been poor. So the school teaching packs for the Raspberry Pi will be > aimed at teaching the teachers as much as teaching the kids. It will be > very visual, with the code and the resulting effects graphic and immediate. > Government lobbying has been going on at quite a high level and it is no > accident that reforms in IT teaching in UK schools have been announced > slightly in advance of the Pi's release. > > The Pi is also distinctive for us nixie-ites who like to wire things up, > because it has brought out 12 general I/O pins to a standard 0.1" header. > Gert, who also works at Broadcom, has already produced the Gertboard, which > is a breakout board that will allow programmable access to these pins for > control purposes. This will become available shortly. > http://youtu.be/-UK4mKBpTBE > > The model B I ordered yesterday from Farnell cost £24.55 and with UK VAT > tax it came to £29.46. Delivery if you have to pay it will be extra. I am > still trying to figure out why RS says it is £21.60 (no doubt +VAT). You'd > think they would standardise the price between the two suppliers. > > Broadcom arm peripheral data sheet is here: > http://www.farnell.com/**datasheets/1521578.pdf<http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1521578.pdf> > > John S > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <neonixie-l%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB<http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
