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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 12:00 PM
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus/

 

As the whole RPi thing is of British origin, why are they calling today "Pi Day"??

Surely, that only works in the USA?!

 

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Learning and Information, General Electronics, Raspberry Pi 3 B+, element14, Seeed Studio, LibreELEC, Olimex, Kodi
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Posted by clawson: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 12:56 PM
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"Pi Day" has existed long before the Raspberry Pi !

 

I guess it's philosophical but 3.1414592.. has existed as long as there's been decimal representation of numbers.

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Posted by Paulvdh: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 01:22 PM
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I'm not in the mood to double post what I wrote in:

https://www.avrfreaks.net/forum/embedded-linux-modules

 

Edit: Tnx to AwNeil and a bit of experimenting I just learned I can right click on my #64 over there and then copy a link to that post from here:

https://www.avrfreaks.net/comment/2421791#comment-2421791

Doing magic with a USD 7 Logic Analyser: https://www.avrfreaks.net/comment/2421756#comment-2421756

Bunch of old projects with AVR's: http://www.hoevendesign.com

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 03:44 PM (Reply to #3)
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You do realise that you can link direct to your specific post: https://www.avrfreaks.net/commen... ?

 

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Posted by Who-me: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 10:15 PM
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awneil wrote:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus/

 

As the whole RPi thing is of British origin, why are they calling today "Pi Day"??

Surely, that only works in the USA?!

 

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Well, yes.... but welcome to global marketing (and there is no 14th month) so the USA bass-ackwards convention wins in this instance.

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 10:29 PM (Reply to #5)
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But there is 22/7 ...

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Posted by Kartman: Wed. Mar 14, 2018 - 10:35 PM
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Now, where is my propellor hat?

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Posted by gchapman: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 08:37 PM
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EE Times

EE Times

New Raspberry Pi Improves Processing, Connectivity

by Nitin Dahad

3/19/2018

https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333087

https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333087&page_number=2

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Compared to its predecessor, Raspberry Pi 3B+ delivers somewhat better performance in the 2.4GHz band, and far better performance in the 5GHz band.

 

Previous Raspberry Pi devices have used the LAN951x family of chips, which combine a USB hub and 10/100 Ethernet controller. For Raspberry Pi 3B+, Microchip provided an upgraded version, LAN7515, which supports Gigabit Ethernet. While the USB 2.0 connection to the application processor limits the available bandwidth, the module still sees roughly a threefold increase in throughput compared to Raspberry Pi 3B.

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The company also highlights that the Raspberry Pi 3B+ does consume substantially more power than its predecessor, so it strongly encourages designers to use a high-quality 2.5A power supply.

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"Dare to be naïve." - Buckminster Fuller

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 08:47 PM
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Hello?

 

edit

 

the site seemed to be having "technical difficulties" - but now seems to have recovered ... ?

 

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 08:49 PM
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On their Facebook page, CPC Farnell wrote:

Congratulations to the winner of our Facebook competition to win a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, Andrew Neil - we loved your innovative use of a Raspberry Pi to monitor your central heating!

Drop us an email on facebook@cpc.co.uk with your name and address to receive your prize! Thank you to everyone for entering

 

https://www.facebook.com/cpc.co....

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Posted by frog_jr: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 08:56 PM
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Congrats!

David (aka frog_jr)

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 08:59 PM (Reply to #11)
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Thanks.

 

I think probably half of my RPi population is from "prizes" or freebies!

 

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Posted by Who-me: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 09:00 PM
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gchapman wrote:

The company also highlights that the Raspberry Pi 3B+ does consume substantially more power than its predecessor, so it strongly encourages designers to use a high-quality 2.5A power supply.

 

Hmm.. and that 2.5A is above what the micro-USB connector is spec'd to be able to cope with ??

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Posted by frog_jr: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 09:02 PM
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I didn't even bother to enter, I have several RPis laying around and it seems I can never get the time to cook any of them...

David (aka frog_jr)

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Posted by awneil: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 09:08 PM (Reply to #13)
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Raspberry Pis are certainly not known for low power consumption!

 

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Posted by gchapman: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 09:43 PM (Reply to #13)
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Only one 3A micro-B at Mouser :

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Wurth-Electronics/629105150521?qs=a9WhcLg8qCzXiH7kZP8GRQ%3d%3d

 

The USB hub may be what limits.

Would be surprised if a notebook PC's USB hub would supply 2.5A

 

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Posted by Who-me: Wed. Mar 21, 2018 - 10:08 PM
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gchapman wrote:

Only one 3A micro-B at Mouser :

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Wurth-Electronics/629105150521?qs=a9WhcLg8qCzXiH7kZP8GRQ%3d%3d

 

& quite a high price for that too :   $1.33/550 reel

 

https://www.digikey.com/en/produ...

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Posted by gchapman: Thu. Mar 22, 2018 - 02:22 AM
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A new arrival at Allied Electronics & Automation though currently zero stock.

Allied Electronics & Automation

Raspberry Pi - RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B+ - Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

https://www.alliedelec.com/raspberry-pi-raspberry-pi-3-model-b-/71131895/

 

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Posted by gchapman: Fri. Apr 6, 2018 - 05:18 PM (Reply to #10)
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yes

 

Another source for zero price Raspberry Pi 3 B+ is the element14 RoadTest though that's not zero cost as there are some T&C (detailed review, etc)

element14

Try out the Raspberry Pi Model 3 B Plus!

by rscasny

Mar 20, 2018

https://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/1909/l/Raspberry-Pi-Model-3B+

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(enrollment) 

End Date: 4/23/18 06:00 AM

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via https://plus.google.com/u/0/+element14/posts/iET3KwPBmYV

 

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Posted by gchapman: Tue. Jul 17, 2018 - 02:15 AM (Reply to #18)
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new arrival at Mouser :

https://www.mouser.com/new/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-3-bplus/

 

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Posted by gchapman: Tue. Jul 24, 2018 - 02:19 AM (Reply to #19)
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element14

RoadTests & Reviews

Try out the Raspberry Pi Model 3 B Plus! - Review

created by  hlipka on Jun 18, 2018 4:27 PM, modified on Jul 8, 2018 5:52 PM

https://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/2744/l/Try-out-the-Raspberry-Pi-Model-3-B-Plus

 

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Posted by gchapman: Tue. Sep 4, 2018 - 10:47 PM (Reply to #20)
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by Seeed Studio :

https://www.mouser.com/new/seeedstudio/seeed-raspberry-pi-3-bplus/

 

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Will this thing run Netflix nicely and is there an app for it? Yes I can GGL it but I would prefer 1st hand experiences.wink

 

If it does then I can set up the TV in the rumpus room with Netflix so that the grandchildren need only thrash that room instead of the lounge.

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Posted by gchapman: Wed. Sep 5, 2018 - 04:14 AM
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js wrote:
Will this thing run Netflix nicely and is there an app for it?
Netflix can go via late model web browsers.

Netflix system requirements for HTML5 Player and Silverlight

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742

Raspbian may have what's needed.

Arch Linux ARM has Firefox and Chromium :

https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/aarch64/firefox

https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/aarch64/chromium

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8/broadcom/raspberry-pi-3

 

Android -

Watched a video on YouTube about installing Android on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ but am not certain it has access to Google Play.

Replicant doesn't run on Raspberry Pi.

 

media player on Linux -

Kodi with some add-on for Netflix :

https://kodi.wiki/view/Raspberry_Pi

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=334479

Netflix can go via a VPN so one's country code shouldn't matter.

 

Transparency : last time I was a Netflix operator was in approximately '10 on a Sony PS3.

 

Edit: Kodi

 

edit2 :

KODI pre-build images are now on on our ftp, A20 HDMI audio patches will be ready soon | olimex

[LibreELEC ARM64]

A64-OLinuXino - Open Source Hardware Board (Olimex)

LibreELEC – Just enough OS for KODI

 

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