After playing around with the B+ I can safely say that it is an *immense* improvement. Great work from the Foundation!

I can’t wait to see the B+ in the community!

The Raspberry Pi Guy

Congratulations. The B+ is a brilliant upgrade. :)

Please fix the ‘Click to enlarge’ for the mechanical and GPIO diagrams. Right now they do not work.

Awesome!!!
Some great improvements, i really like the extra usb ports and a micro-sd slot it a thumbs up as they are more readily available!!

Hack a day says one was acidently shipped to someone

Lower power and better audio is absolutely brilliant! Are there any details of the current draw and what current can be supplied?

Looks great. Hopefully we will see some nice cases for the Model B+ soon.

The change of the SD card support is great.
I broke my first Pi in two days because of a bad fitting cage. I now have to use it with a stron paper peg.

Awesome, thank you very much RPi!

Is there enough power in the usb ports to run an external bus powered hard drive without a hub?

Congratulations on the B+. It is a huge improvement on the B in terms of layout and functionality, but not so much to make all the model B owners get grumpy about being obsolete – your Bs are still good! :-)

Oh, and good luck with Picademy today – it’s sure to be fabulous again!

Still missing 1Gb ethernet, 1 SATA connector at least, and, what will be goal, PoE or any better power connector.

I saw the pics first thing yesterday, but held off posting till it was near enough plastered all over the web, ended up being a late night.

Congratulations on the B+ their are some very nice changes to the original design and it’s great to see the RasPi evolving.

With switching regulators – nice.
Does that make it lower power than a model A?

Great so see the changes, and Pi moving forward.
Any more details on the
“ID_SD and ID_SC PINS:
These pins are reserved for ID EEPROM.
At boot time this I2C interface will be
interrogated to look for an EEPROM
that identifes the attached board and
allows automagic setup of the GPIOs
(and optionally, Linux drivers).
DO NOT USE these pins for anything other
than attaching an I2C ID EEPROM. Leave
unconnected if ID EEPROM not required.”

How is this automagic going to work ?

does the microsd slot mean no more sdcard corruption or is it literally just a different connector?

will 4 usb ports be less flaky than via a powered hub? just thinking it was bad enough with usb/ethernet being shared before, but now twice as many devices….

what’s the new minimum power requirement with the new regs (and more usb/gpio) more or less than the previous 700mA?

This is indeed a great news for the open hardware community. But in my country your main seller http://www.element14.com is selling Raspberry PI for Price: Rs.3,166.00(Price is before tax) which is $52 , which can never justify the price $35, it is $20 extra, which I am sure that is really more to ask for shipping and handling for such a small device.

Hi.
This looks amazing!! Wanted to know if B+ is available in India?
Thanx.

-Harsh

With the rounded corners it shouldnow fit in an altoid tin. Someone at RPi must have tried it, right?

Great job! I was to order my next batch of gadgetery and I saw this. However, my wishlist for model C is one, some or all of the following:

– Dual-core chip;
– Gigabit network;
– SATA port;

A+? For reduced, embedded, and low power operation? Currently stripping off the 3.3V on Model A and adding a switch mode buck through an add-on board.

It has now reached a point like bicycles where the number of Raspberry Pis that I need is always the number I’ve got plus one.

Wow,that looks awesome. I really want one but I’d feel bad leaving my existing model b in the lurch.

Quick question, what is meant by:

“We now have 4 USB 2.0 ports, compared to 2 on the Model B, and better hotplug and overcurrent behaviour.”

Does this mean the pi can now power things over USB like memory sticks/small portable HDDs/WiFi cards? That’s a pretty killer selling point if so.

This is a bit of a letdown, everyone hoped for dual-core, gigabit and usb3.

Hello,
What about audio jack? What about easy portable audio players?

What about 2 I2Cs?? i have been using I2C-0 and I2C-1 simultaneusly!!

best regards,

This raspberry pi is nice improvement. I’d like to see all the connectors on one side of the board, but this is huge improvement to the model A or B.
It’s nice that there is 4 USB ports so now mouse, keyboard and thumb drive can be plugged in. MicroSD is improvement because I have really a lot of microSD cards and no SD cards or converters.

I have 3 Raspberry Pis running about a year now with uptime more than 100 days. They are all connected to solar power plant with RS485 converters and running 123solar. I’m very impressed how stable this is.

Good job!

I was thinking about updating my 256Mb Pi model B when I saw this. You DO know when to dangle the carrot that bit closer…..

Bites!!!!

Looks good, but please do something about the Ethernet. Get it off the USB bus.

Why?

Will the expansion boards work with it?

Could not you make it more similar to model B? Ie. put all sockets in similar position to use old cases with small hand-made changes?

Why the Micro SD card is not fully covered by the board?

Do we need smaller form-factor for everyday use? More GPIOs? There is a compute module for it. I think you should make the baseboard for compute module price more affordable and it would resolve all problems.

Do the new power supply circuit include charging componnets (like int the BBB)?

Why there is no so fast development on more needed things like good and cheap display.

Congrats guys! I hope that cheaper chargers now also work … (not only tablet chargers)

Will the Model B still be available ?

Now that the corners are rounded will it fit in an altoids tin!?

No real time clock! No audio input!

If the power input supply enough power, will each USB port provide 500mA output as in spec?

Awesome!

You say that you’ll keep the Model B in production while there is demand, which makes sense given the number of cases, and accessories, and to provide drop in relpacements etc. I’m guessing demand will drop of quickly though given that one of the main suppliers (element14) seems hto have remove the Model B from their site altogether. There won’t be any demand if you can’t actually buy one! It seems to still be listed on RS but for how long?

I totally agree with those few, who despite of all of those fanboys, wonder why after two years, the pi foundation does not release a more up to date model.
All former projects would be obsolete?
That would be a bummer, if the community was small and there would be a large burden on very few people.
Additionally, the pi was been sold so many times and this new model, despite only having a very few minor improvements, still costs the same.
So fanboyz now go on, shred me to pieces, but be aware if you leave this blog and some other select forums, you might come across some people, who actually agree with me.

Today, I have a plan to by Raspberry Pi model ‘B’, Now I fortunately make a new decision to model “B+” :).

Did you remove the pins from the P5 header on this model?
If yes, will the “old” Model B still be available?

I thought the BCM2835 only had two channels of USB (hunting for the original schematics under a pile of other schematics). Does this mean the extra two ports are paralleled onto the existing or there is now an extra hub?

Nice upgrade.
Will accessories using the 26pin connector still work on the 40 pin connector, is the new one just an extension ?

Looks good, but what has happened to the P5 GPIO 28 – 31?
No I2S?
Is there any option on B+ for high performance audio or 2nd I2C?

Everything I like. Only thing I was looking forward too was 1GB RAM.

Now that the GPIO has 40 pins, could an off-the-shelf PATA/IDE ribbon be used to break them out??

Brilliant!

RS in South Africa now just has to add this to their online shop!

Is this new model supports OpenCL?

I’m still confused as to why the foundation hasn’t moved to BCM11130, it is the successor to the BCM2835 and should be economical?

Give that the BCM11130 has ethernet MAC and USB on-board it would reduce the cost by removing the SMSC hub and only need a PHY. Perhaps Broadcom can’t release that chip into the public domain in the same way as the BCM2835 because of the security module, which would be a shame.

Any supplier with international shipping to Argentina? I bought my first one from RS but now it seems it does not send here anymore.

Great, this solves a lot of issues with the original Pi. The extra USB’s are going to be super useful.

I am missing a second camera/display ports a bit though :( (since the Compute Module does have these, I was hoping there’d be a new pi with these on it as well).

And is the second UART connected on the extra GPIO’s? They’re all marked as “GPIO” on the schematic above but most have double functions so I was hoping the second UART is connected on one of these.

looks great.. but so far element 14 seems to be selling it at $50 rather than $35… am I missing something? misprint?
I see you got rid of the big capacitor!
-don

Nice as they are I would have done without all these additions if instead the new model supported wake on LAN and had a fix for SD corruption.

I’d just got my head around using shift registers for adding inputs and outputs so what do the Raspberry Pi Foundation do? Go and increase the number of usable pins by 50%!

Seriously though, an excellent “refresh” that addresses some of the main niggles – especially the 4 USB ports. On the other hand, the change to MicroSD, whilst welcome for new projects, means I can’t just swap the SD card out of an existing Model B – I’m not aware of any way of transferring the contents.

Thanks for doing this. One of the things that keep putting me off running my Pi was the extra faff with the power supply just to run my USB hub, to overcome the lack of USB ports.

The fact I had to power down my PC, which is used heavily by my family, so as to use the monitor, keyboard and hub, kinda restricted me in how often I could play.

This revision solves at least half my problems :-)

The extra USB sockets will be very useful. There are probably a lot of people running with a keyboard, mouse and something else such as a USB wifi thingie.

I can’t wait to get my handy on the new model. We are using raspberry for odb car diagnostic for long time logging.

I’d pay $10 more for PoE.

And I’d LOVE to have a power connector that is just a set of pins. Micro USB blows.

Any possibility that GPIO’s can be made 5v tolerant for easier interfacing with with most digital sensors and micro controllers?

That’s another £30 spent on the Raspberry Pi.
Glad I waited. I’ve been meaning to get a new Raspberry Pi as both my Model A and B only have 256MB RAM.

I now feel like my Raspberry Pi tinkering will be more enjoyable with the extra GPIO and memory.
Also, perfect timing as just bought an 8GB microSD and microSD adapter for use with the Pi. Looks like I won’t need the adapter, or it means I need another SD card.

On a side note. With the curved corners and the connectors moved it just looks better.

You know the feeling you get when you are not expecting something to get better and it does? The B+ has just done that for me.

This is very good..

Looks a great improvement. Keeping backwards compatibility with existing add-ons (mostly), but adding more functionality.

Just ordered one – looking forward to trying out all those new GPIO ports.

Hi
The B+ looks great and I’ve just ordered a couple.

However I have been using the Model B in a number of customer projects.

You state that the Model B will still be available but Farnell UK have removed the part from their website and phoning them a few moments ago I was told they are not going to stock then anymore. I don’t know if this is true or whether the person I spoke to was not properly informed.

Clicking on the Model B on the RS website says they are available from 23/12/14! Am I stuffed if I want any more Model Bs until then?

Nice… Ordered.

I personally have no problem with this being a tidy-up rather than an upgrade as such.

I would’ve liked a soft reset / power button (or header) though, rather than having to hack something up with GPIO and a script. Does the SoC support something equivalent to a PC-style soft power button event?

since the composite now is in the same plug as audio, does the cable needed to use it come with the pi B+?

One of the immeadiate effects of the doubling of the gpio, is it will now be possible to run a 3d printer/cnc rig direct off the board. Each stepper motor driver needs 3 pins, and there are up to 6 steppers. Analog and digital inputs are not timming sensative so could be multiplexed via an i2c expander, but steppers need high pulse rates, and its not feasable to do that via a serial bus. Thats why arduinos etc excel that that activity. This may change things, its going to be easy to prototype a board that connects up 4-6 pololu drivers to provide x/y/z and extruder drives.

Funny. You don’t improve on the two parts that are the biggest ball-and-chain of the Pi; the dog-slow CPU and the measly amount of RAM.

In general change is good, it challenges the status quo. If anything this should force unregulated retailers to bring their prices on the current model A & B boards down making them more affordable and popular ever. A similar action will happen on all current cases and accessories specific to the current layout because the board has changed quite dramatically. The SD card no longer being exposed is a welcome change, as is the move to mini SD. The GPIO layout of the first 26 pins is identical so theoretically any breakout board connectors will be forward compatible to the B+ but not the other way around unless you remove the RCA port on the A or B. It was largely redundant anyway and the money you would save by using an old CRT TV would have been spent later on electricity and a good optometrist

RS Australia certainly aren’t selling them for the same price. They stuck a 50% markup on them.

Well done on the new model! I love the extra USB ports with more power, having a separate USB hub was a pain. Also great is neater cable management and better audio. I think removing the composite video port was the right move.

The outtakes were brilliant :)
I’m guessing that I have to thank Liz for adding them – Thank you.

Is it necessary to use a 4-pole jack to get audio from the new av connector or will a normal stereo jack pick it up and ignore the video? I have a house full of standard audio ones but no way of getting a 4-pole one without a long delay and disproportionate shipping charges.
I was pleased to read that the quality of the audio was improved – does this include raising the output power a little? The current models require raising the volume on my stereo to a level that is dangerous if I forget to change it before changing source!

Nice one with the extra USB. Going to have to buy another one now… :)

You Pi-guys are just *beyond* awesome! :-) I’m so impressed with all improvements on B+!

I’ve followed hardware and software evolution with great interest … *so* much hard work by *so* many people since (and before) initial hardware launch. Raspberry Pi just keeps getting better and better…. :-)

I LOVE the way you’ve focused on evolution rather than revolution (Pi 2.0) – it’s marvellously mature. :-)

I haven’t loved a computer this much since my first – an Acorn Electron. :-)

A heart-sized computer that’s had a lot of love poured into it – what a community! :-)

Congrats to the RPi team! This is a super update, and everything I’d hoped for. I’m looking forward to seeing the new schematics and power specifications.

We have designed a water resistant case made in Die-Cast Zinc to house both Model A and Model B raspberry Pi’s. Our cases can be found at, http://ed-venture.biz/
Producing these Die-Cast parts meant we have invested heavily in tooling.
The layout of this B+ is so different it means we cannot use this new board in the Zinc case!
How long will model B be available for?
Will the layout of model A also change?

Nice refresh. Makes sense to solve as many of the small issues as possible, while remaining on the same SoC. Improved audio is good, though the wolfson card was decent work around (would be nice if raspbian supported it). I hope the USB changes mean less interference with the ethernet, which will make the pi better as a NAS. Also wonder if it will help with USB DACs.

Looking forward for Maynard to go from interesting tech demo to useful desktop, but the git repo is pretty quiet. Could the foundation set up crowdfunding to speed up the work?

I’m still looking forward to an armv7 version. It will have to happen at some point. Is it better to spend lots of dev time over the next 3 years on armv6 specific optimisation, or to make the break early so that the raspberrypi2 can be a very usable desktop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore lists some armv7 SoCs with videocore4, so surely all the existing software would work (or require only minimal porting).

With a revision of the model B, does this mean a model A+ revision will also ensue? You have mentioned there have been some improvements in power consumption, with the model A, rinsing a little more power efficiency out of it would be useful. I like the idea of 4 usb ports, for the most part thats keyboard, mouse, wifi, other, maybe inclusion of wifi at some point as part of the board might be possible? (with a little jumper so you can disable wifi/power for better power consumption/security)Also what about video RCA connection? I know space is limited, but theres not even a 2 pin header to plug a little cable in if you do need it (like with many >7″ monitors)? Good to see how amazing this has become :)

Ooopssss… i just bought a Model B two weeks ago :(… and those extra USB ports would be very useful for me right now… :(

Congratulations, great job!
Are there any plans to add wake on LAN?

Thank you

Brilliant that you reduced power consumption once more.
I hope, there will be a Pi with 1GB RAM and the same power consumption in some time.

Nice upgrade; I want one but I don’t need one. My models A and B are working just fine.

I really like it how you have managed to keep the price point and still including upgrades.

Having the extra USB ports and the associated power improvements is nice; don’t think they were required but certainly a nice addition for sure.

Mechanical specs in DXF. That would be awesome. Pretty please with sugar on top.

I’ve seen the bloopers a million times now and it still made me laugh this morning.

<3 team <3 B+
:)

Nice work on the upgrade… and although yes, a “Master” revision with super-duper cpu, loads of memory, and kitchen sink would be nice – this at least does what is needed for the majority of people :)

why no add second rpi camera too!
:(

Ummmm,

I’m a bit confused. This is going to take some time to sink in. Raspberry Pi Model B, you’ve changed? But I thought you were lovely just the way you were.

I think that the changes are great from a technical point of view. Who doesn’t want more for the same price? But I think that this could cause a lot of confusion, especially amongst newcomers, or more casual users. There are what, 3 million or so of the old form factor Pis out there at the moment? So it’s going to take a while before before the B+s become dominant. In that time I could imagine that there could be quite a few people buying cases or 3rd party add-ons for the Pi, for themselves or someone else, and going ‘what?’ I got a Model B accesory when I needed a Model B+ accessory (or vice versa) ‘how annoying’ (or more colourful words to that effect…).

Anyway, fingers crossed that increased fragmentation doesn’t lead to too may future problems. And now, I’m off to buy my new Pi. :)

Nice job. Perfect for my current project :D

Can the new GPIO pins be addressed in the same way as before but with the new (higher) numbers?

with this addition, I no longer need my Arduino in my arcade project, saves some money :D

But… WHERE IS SATA?!

Great News about the Pi B+, I have just ordered one. Is there any recommendations from the foundation on type / size of micro SD card to use/works best? I have to buy some :-)
Thanks

£31.20 from RS
£27.44 from Farnell (CPC)

Guess which supplier I ordeded from!

Ok that’s great news. Looking forward to buying one in future… because dammmit I just got a B model for my birthday and haven’t even used it yet. Can’t complain about a gift but this could have been so much better.
/rant

Just watched the video and like the outtakes :)

Nice improvements! Too bad you’ve now obsoleted all of the Raspberry Pi cases and accessories out there. There was a big market for that stuff with a lot of vendors… I’m not sure if they’re going to refactor all of their wares for a non-upgraded model with a completely different footprint.

I can’t seem to find a retailer in the US who is offering the B+ at $35. Element14: $50.59; Allied: Unlisted

Still no way to shutdown without a keyboard / network.
Was hoping for a couple of pushbuttons tied to GPIO pins, one of which I could use for that purpose.

Very nice update.
Good to see all the ports getting aligned. Cases are always the final (and often skipped) phase of a project.

Quick question on the Audio/Video 4 pole jack, which of the wiring standards have you gone with? I know from personal experience that there seem to me more variants of these cables than the permutations would deem possible!

Can anyone confirm the size of the new fuse on the micro-USB input? I saw a comment on Reddit that it’s 2A now (was 1.1A on the regular Model B) but can’t find the “official” information anywhere.

I kind of love hate it. I like that they’ve allegedly improved the USB hot plugging.
Like the microUSB clicker. But now I have a stack of SD cards.

Don’t like that they moved the composite.
Wish they put in a new CPU and GPU.

re: improved sound quality

While some cleaner audio circuitry sounds nice, I didn’t see any mention about the DAC. I take it that it’s effectively the same 11-(?) bit output as the original Pis? I’m currently using a HDMI converter box with VGA (unused) and audio outputs with my Pi-based music player. If the B+ can actually output comparable sound quality without needing an expensive HDMI breakout box it would be great because I could have music/internet radio all over the house.

Great enhancements! Does the lower power consumption allow the B+ to run cooler? Also, does the new power circuit prevent USB backpower? I would have loved to see Audio In listed in the new features. I’ve already ordered a B+ this morning. Thank you Raspberry Pi Foundation!

I saw the announcement this morning and after reading about it for just five minutes I decided to buy one. I have the Model B rev 1 with only 256mb. I can’t wait.

Thank you RPi Team.

I only have one wish, something to plug in to the display connecter. Any hope?

Awesome!
Well done! The improvements with the SD card is great!
I can´t agree to the demands with the cpu though :)
I´am running xbmc with a wifi dongle ( Not the most advanced stuff) BUT it´s the best and price worthy media player!
with TP-Link TL-WN725N and a Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400r I could use some extra usb! ( The 50/50 port) :D

Keep up the good work !

//Davey

Loved the changes, keep improving guys :D
-Sana

Wow, I JUST bought the old B model for the same price. Not cool :-(

Well, this means I’ll have to keep around a microsd converter to be able to access directly with my laptop :(

Never really needed the extra two ports (I ssh into all my rpi’s) but can see why people would want them. Quick question – does this mean these USB ports will better support USB3? (Not BE usb3, but be more compatible – there have been reports of issues of rpi & usb3 compatibility)

As for the combined audio/video, there’s a fun little thing I discovered, using omxplayer output video & audio to hdmi, whilst using mplayer output to the audio jack I had.
This was without switching amixer cset numid=3 *
Hopefully that will continue.

About the cases – I would make it clear what fits and what doesn’t, I can very easily imagine being a new user and thinking, B is pretttyyyy close to B+, it’ll probably fit.

Raspberry Pi team – Congrats. A wonderful addition to the Pi family.
I love the fact that it’s lower power, that’s always a plus. The CPU is fine for my needs, and so is memory.
Also , great to hear that the SD is being replaced with a MicroSD. In the cases I’ve built, the blooming’ SD card was always annoying me, and the low-profile adapters were usually too thick for my liking.
Well Done, I look forward to future projects using the B+!!!
Dave.

You’ve gotta be kidding me. Element14 wants to charge me 69 + shipping. I’m in Mexico. Also it says that it is out of stock.

Great improvements. Pity I bought mine 2 weeks ago (model B). I wish I could return it an get this one instead…

If you are looking for a Raspberry Pi B+ in North America MCM has them in stock: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-16317

Extra USB ports come in handy.
Happy to see the switch to micro SD. (No more ‘bendy’ SD cards)

Let’s hope the next version is an armv7 (for those of us who like that bit more power and don’t mind the extra power usage) with gigabit Ethernet.

This is awesome news. I’m really excited about the audio improvement, but it looks like I’ll have to wait a little while to play with this here in Argentina. Shipping takes forever.

Oh boy!

Thanks Greg! Unfortunately MCM doesn’t ship to Mexico. I’ll be visiting the US in about 40 days, I hope they’ll have some in stock then.

Could we get a pict of the belly (underside) of the beast posted as well?

Other than that – Great job guys!

Hello, I wrote one brief review in portuguese!
http://www.embarcados.com.br/raspberry-pi-modelo-b-plus/

Congratulations – These are great improvements for Raspberry Pi board!

Hello, I wrote one review in portuguese for the model b+
http://www.embarcados.com.br/raspberry-pi-modelo-b-plus/

Congratulations for your work. These were great modifications and improvements for Raspberry Pi.

Bummer…. I just bought a Model B a couple days ago.

The ethernet port is Gigabit?

This is a nice refresh, but please understand that a lot of people were hoping for an improvement to CPU, RAM, or both – even if this necessitates a higher price point. Highly compatible SoCs appear to be available so it’s frustrating to see the Pi get stuck down this particular technological cul-de-sac.

The “fanboy” response will of course be “if you don’t like it, go somewhere else”. Unfortunately for the Foundation that is exactly what some people will now be doing and that is a huge shame.

Well this was sure awesome and unexpected news to find waiting for me this morning.

Absolutely love the upgrades. the 4-port usb is a great addition and the micro SD is just what was needed to refine the form factor and greatly improve the aesthetics.

This does just about everything I wanted to do with the CM before learning that was pretty much out of my reach so my feelings are running from gleeful excitement to guilty shame over my brief disappointment when I thought you all had back burnered us model B developers.

I’ll never doubt you again!!!

How long before you double the amount of ram in this shafting early adopters again?

Oh man, my Model B arrived on the same day the Model B+ comes available. Pretty unlucky timing for purchasing a Raspberry Pi.

Nice!

I am about to Kickstart a project using R. Pi’s. This helps with some of the issues I was having.

Great news, look forward to getting a couple of these :)

Nice job all.

interesting development. I am pleased.

Good job!

Please add a SATA port.
It is essential

Will there be a Raspberry Pi A+ ?

Would have really appreciated some more RAM and a power button, but there are no ends to expectations anyway. However this looks like a massive improvement indeed.

Well this was sure awesome and unexpected news to find waiting for me this morning.

Absolutely love the upgrades. the 4-port usb is a great addition and the micro SD and it location is just what was needed to refine the form factor and greatly improve the aesthetics.

This does just about everything I wanted to do with the CM before learning that was pretty much out of my reach so my feelings are running from gleeful excitement to guilty shame over my brief disappointment when I thought you all had back burnered us model B developers.

I’ll never doubt you again!!!

If I want to move from a model B to B+ can I just clone my existing SD card to a microSD card and expect everything to continue to work correctly?

very disappointed. expecting a performance upgrade instead of this :-(

I see that the B+ supports PWM pins. Can they be used as analog pins like the Arduino has?

If not, will the Raspberry Pi platform ever support analog pins or is it a limitation of the SoC used?

Great work with the B+! Quick question: amongst the added GPIO pins on this board, does any of them double as a PWM pin?

As mentioned further up, wolfson cards are gonna be fun to mod!

Are bull brand tins the exact same size as altoid tins i wonder… will check that tomorrow.

And finally, yay!
I knew about chip change and some ‘optimisation’ on the standard B about a week ago, so yesterdays leak was quite a shock.

Hi, the old revision of Raspberry PI B remain on the market? We have a large production project based on this version and rebuild our PCB is really difficult.
Thanks

Amazing update to an amazing British product. I am ordering mine now.

Can I just ask why every presentation I have seen so far anounces the price in dollars!

Let us not forget that this is a British achivement and we should wave the flag for the Raspberry PI foundation.

muy bien, solo falto mas memoria RAM, modulo wifi integrado para desocupar los puertos usb

It took a while to read through that lot!
An excellent evolution of the original at the same price,
really looking like a mature product now.

What, no eMMC?

Nice going but I have some concerns with RFI , especially as I use the Pi for High Altitude Balloon (when I get a job)and Amature Radio use*. As an engineering tech that worked with switching supplies,I am aware of possible radio frequency interface. I hope the new design will not interfere on amature radio and GPS bands. I wonder if I am correct there still no audio input jack. This is another issue with me.

* While unemployed I playing with the pi and got it to run as a standalone APRS (beacon and Igate) unit or a networked APRS TNC for to my Windows PC. Help refresh and learn Linux skills for work I am seeking.
Richard
KG7CSS

Congrats on this great new product. :)

But FYI, its much harder to search the internet for “model b+” than “model c”. If customers search for “sd card raspberry pi model b+” they’ll probably get results that are more appropriate for the model b.

Great to see the B+. I’ve got a B running Robot Operating System (ROS Hydro) using a USB hub and an Arduino to handle the I/O. Works ok however it’s a bit short of computing power. Any chance of a faster processor in the B++?

Is there a second UART available in B+?
That’s one of the things which Pi was lacking the most.

Great to see the B+, a great upgrade with lots of potential. I’ve got a B running Robot Operating System (ROS Hydro) using a USB hub and an Arduino to handle the I/O. Works well however it’s a bit short of computing power to run any serious navigation or perception packages. Any chance of a faster processor in the B++?

Thank you very much for not changing the system entirely – it is extremely important that you do not so much hardware forks.

Do youmake a punet for it

Congratulations on the release of another great product. This update to the Raspberry Pi appears to be well thought out, and very useful. Again, don’t take to heart the detractors who will try and pummel you for everything you do that doesn’t involve SATA/1GbE/1GBDDR, you have a good handle on what the Pi is to the community and are doing a great job.

How do you use the ID EEPROM and can you boot from them?

what do the RUN pins do?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28263659

“Called the B+, the updated version uses less power than its predecessors and will cost about $35 (£20).”

Uhm, they’re £26-30 – how is that cheaper?

You released the new version… The B+.

Eventually, you will release a future version … the Raspberey Pi 2.

Instead, You could advertise it as being a new “revolutionary” hardware device and call it the Raspberry 2 Pi , since tthere are 2 Pi radians per revolution.

;-)

Congratulations :) Great upgrade.

For anybody interested we have crated a 3d model of the new Pi. Step file available here http://www.inti-innovations.co.uk/products/inti-media/inti-media-raspberrypi.html (documentation and downloads section).

Congratulations Rasp Pi team on what looks like a very logical re-imagining of the original model B.

Don’t be disheartened by the angst I see in some of the comments. I think there is a bit of a love hate kinda vibe going on in response to the incremental rather than monumental improvements. Take it as a complement, as it shows how much people love the Raspberry Pi. Maybe to the point we feel we have a personal investment in it.

Obviously there is allot of pent up demand for something more powerful. I’m feeling it too. Im sure this is a good sign for the future.

A neat tidying up job on what was already a very successful product – thank you!

I will certainly buy one (as soon as there’s a case I like) for my NAS server – I’ll be able to dispense with the hub, which has been a rectal discomfort, and tidy up the wiring considerably.

I’ll probably still use Model As for battery powered robots, though – unless there’s an A+ in the offing …

Awesome job you guys did with model B+. :) My shopping list just got bigger and I look forward for RasPi 2. ;)

Hey all, apologies if this question has already been answered elsewhere, but how good is the audio? I’ve seen talk about 11-bit, but what’s the sampling rate?

Furthermore is the Pi compatible with external DAC’s / ADC’s?

Is it just me, or are some of the GPIO pins quite bent over in this product photo from MCM Electronics?
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/productimages/s5/83-16317.jpg

Does anybody know how to shrink the size of an SD card image? I have a couple of spare 8 GB micro-sd cards, but apparently they’re slightly smaller than the regular SD cards and I can’t write the image.

The essense of good design is in knowing what to leave out.

Great new product.

Ha, just bought a Pi last week. Still, it suits my purpose just fine and I don’t consider it obsolete (not by a long shot), although I’m a bit envious the lower power consumption of the B+. Then again, my fourth Pi will be a B+. Great job.

To the Raspberry pi Creators, Developers, Testers I say THANK YOU! Thanks to you my girls feel empowered to learn all they can about the power of a ones imagination mixed with technology. Who knew $35 could change someones life instantly. All the best and looking forward to the future.

I would have a loved a revision on the lines of hardkernel’s Odroid-U3. Agreed it is priced higher ($90 including shipping). I wonder if that was the reason for not going for Quad core, 2GB RAM kind of specs.

Awesome upgrade from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Worked extensively with the Raspberry Pi Model B and was awestruck by it’s versatility. Hope the B+ upgrade shall be a success in many ways!
Keep up the good work!!!

Regards,
Akash Marathe

Is it possible to supply more than 5V?
I have a 12V regulator, used to power other devices. Now, model B+ has a switching power supply, can I supply 12V?

Can I run four external drives on this? Or tree and a USB dongle for wifi?

Does B+ support microphone port ?

I guess the 3.5mm jack is 4 pole now. Is the pinout Right Audio, Left Audio, Video and Ground, counting from the tip.

I really like the new, more efficient use of power. I want to use a Pi to monitor my cabin, and as a 24-hour load on my very small solar installation, this small improvement in efficiency will be a big help. I didn’t need another Pi, but better power and 4 USB ports just convinced me to buy 3 more.

Will the Secondary Memory Interface be available on the new GPIO connector?

Will the B+ still reboot like the B does when you’re switching around hard drives?

Hi chaps,

B+ Arrived this morning. Quick question … will the micro sd slot support a 64gb card?

Cheers

As someone who bought a Pi Model B just one month ago, I am a bit disappointed. A fair warning, ideally combined with a discount plan for resellers to get rid of stocks, would have been very welcome. I guess business reasons come first. Still, even the evil corporations usually announce their new models/revisions in advance, so you know you’re buying an obsolete item :)

Anyway: I wrote my rant, I feel better and I’m still happy the Pi exists and to own one.

Will it be possible to turn power to the USB ports off? I am having problems with a USB GSM modem and the only way to reset it is to turn it off and on again.
Or was this already possible on the normal model B also?

I wonder if you could cut off everything to the right of the mounting holes (USB and ethernet) for a mini-Pi (or maybe the A+).

Making it into a permanent prototype area for the Model A+ would also be cool…

It is best to ask questions in the Forums, see:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=81736

It is best to ask questions in the Forums, see:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=81736

Something I didn’t see mentioned in any of the videos or descriptions above – did some of the status LEDs disappear? They’re labeled ACT, PWR, FDX, LINK and 100 on the Model B. I see ACT and PWR in the upper-left corner in the picture of the B+, but that’s it.

Not that I’ve ever paid that much attention to the LEDs, but I’ve seen them referenced in debugging steps.

This explains why my local computer shop dropped the price on model B’s about three weeks ago from USD$39.95 to USD$29.95 as well as various cases. I like the extra USB ports as two can be problematic without an external hub. At the moment, I have enough B’s to keep myself amused but my next purchase will most likely be a B+.

Do the new raspberry work with less temperature?

All this work seems to be getting in the way of the Pi Education Fund opening for applications :)

Ooh, had to get my smelling-salts out when I read this!
Oh, yeah! WAAAANTTT (Will order once dole cashes).
DAMN glad you’ve got rid of that silly sticky-out-tap-me-and-break-me SD connector. I’ve replaced two already…

Is the new Model B+ card available in a 3D-format (with components) for example as a STL-file. To simplify import into 3D-CAD programs when designing cases, etc.

Can you PLEASE mark the precise location of the 40-pin header on the mechanical drawing…maybe the co-ordinates of the PIN 1 pad?

hi, does the model B+ still have the crappy one single lane on the DSI/LVDS (Display Serial Interface)?
so you still can not connect an LCD Display directly to it – because todays lcd Panels are using Minimum 2 and more common using 4 lanes.

unbelevable, that it was forgotten to connect all four existing lanes of the PI to the connector – so the Interface is in fact not usable for anything.

I don’t think the education community which the Foundation was originally targeting gives a hoot about most of what these comments on either side are ranting on about. It seems that the whole initiative has now been hijacked by hobbyists and fanboys who are just looking for a small and cheap computer on which they can base their next project. Let’s get back to what’s important please – educating kids in computing.

This is just awesome news. The amazing little RPi just gets better.

I just have to shake my now-greying head at some of these comments. It’s a $35 computer people. It’s a gift to the world. Somewhere right now there is an incredibly gifted child who otherwise couldn’t afford a computer with a RPi. That child is going to grow up and do something that will change life as we know it. He/she doesn’t care about a SATA chip or dual core. That child is just happy that he or she has a computer at all.

That’s what the RPi is all about.

Thanks to the Foundation. I know that this was a lot of hard work and I’m really looking forward to adding another pi to my collection. Great work people!

Mine arrived this morning, and I’m now in the process of setting it up.

Few words of praise while I wait for an image to be written to my MicroSD card…

It both looks and feels incredibly well refined, and the build quality is perhaps the best I’ve seen to date. I can’t recall how many variations of the model B I’ve experienced (and later recycled to friends) but I’m pretty certain I’ve seen each of the major Model B revisions.

This is a massive step up from the latest model B, and an even greater step up from the older 256MB variate if you’re still using one.

If you’re looking for a significant upgrade, this is it.

Thanks RS for the ridiculously fast turnaround ;-)

Ignore the nasty detractors! I am a teacher who has used the Pi (A and B) with Scrtach and then Python to bring propgramming to a whole school full of kids. My own boys use it and I will be laying hands on a B+ as soon as I can.
You guys do FANTASTIC work and those who whinge about not having this and that should fire up the soldering iron and do it themselves.

***sings*** “Sweet dreams are made of this”..***

Very Nice!!! Can’t wait to clean up all the wires needed for an external USB H

Very Nice!!! Can’t wait to clean up all the wires needed for an external USB hub. Also can’t wait for the Pibow Timber case, love mine on the Model B.

I tried to test and buy the PI from your distributor , Element14 , here in Delhi (India). Their support was totally dis-satisfactory .
I just couldn’t proceed with my initiative of providing ‘e-classes’ to large number of schools .
Is there any alternative of contacting you and trying out the PI product (maybe the latest b+)
Best wishes and regards.
Vijay Raina
Managing Trustee
IndiaEschool Trust
(www.indiaEschool.com)
tel.: +91-9999600283 / +91-9212287484

Looking Great!!!…Now I have no need to purchase a USB hub and can interface more sensors with GPIO’s.

Thanks for this new release of the Raspberry Pi

I’m very interested to integrate this card in a demonstrator for a project (to be deployed in my customers homes) but I would like to know if there are any qualification certificate/reports available (CE mark, electrical security, etc)? Or qualif planned to be passed?

Thanks
Julien

I have read may postings on the new Model B+ and have been interested on some of the comments. I have had my New Model B+ now for just over a day and feel that some of the comments made by people who don’t have one should read my actual findings.
The new switch mode power supply is much better on the 3.3V – it bounces less and does give some more output current.
The 5V rail is still very much an issue – the supply still goes through a polyfuse which increase its resistance with current follow. Switching 2 small relays, keyboard, mouse sees the 5V rail dropping to 4.6V, this can be overcome by the usual shorting out of the polyfuse.
The new audio & video connector is very nice but if you plug a set of headphones, speakers etc without using a special lead you short out the composite video signal -outch!
The new MicroSD slot is great and very reliable – I’ve repeatedly tested the latching which on some connectors can be week and not hold the card correctly.
I have tested a lot of different add on cards and all worked perfectly.
I have read some people complaining that the extra pins on the new GPIO connector will stop them plugging in things – not the case unless you are using a cheap IDC ribbon cable with extra large retaining clips.
Overall this updated model from what I have experienced is far better than the previous models.

I understand that upgrading the Pi to Dual-core, etc. would require a whole new design, and render much of the Foundation’s work up till now useless. HOWEVER, what about upgrading to 1 GB of RAM? That would vastly improve the “budget PC” experience of the Pi, and it would be completely backwards-compatible. I suppose the question is, does such a System-on-Chip exist?

If your like me and have spent the few days crying because your B+ has a USB ethernet issue. Plug the SD into your old pi and do a

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

and then smile like a smiley person

Great job. This looks like the “what-we-could-have-done-with-an-unlimited-development-budget-and-an-infinite-amount-of-volunteer-time” edition.

Looks very spiffy and some very useful tweaks. Thanks.

0,5-1W just only replacing linear regulators!?
If power consumption will be less 1W it would be great.
By the way, would it be a way to “disable” sameway video output to further reduce power?

B+ is passing, but I need an A… Seriously, where can you get a model A in the US?

Beautiful… Still no thoughts on upgrading to gigabit ethernet yet?

Hooray: 4 USB ports. It will stop having to choose what to plug in / using a hub quite so often.

It looks like the only reasons for going for a B now are that a B+ won’t physically fit in something or you have a pile of SD cards because..

Boo: moving to microSD. You can fit a microSD card into an SD slot with an adaptor, but you can’t fit an SD card into a microSD slot even with a saw. (Well, not if you expect it to work anyway!)

The change I would have liked to have seen was the ability to plug in a VGA monitor. There are an awful lot of VGA monitors out there that can’t do DVI and the Gameduino shield for the Arduino shows it’s not hard to do VGA at a fixed resolution and frequency.

Hmm: obviously too much could not have changed if it is still to be a ‘B’. But it’s interesting to see so many ‘but it couldn’t have been an ARM7-based SoC’ posters use the because of how much work has been done on ARM6‘ arguments. As at least one person has said, it’s inevitable that a future Pi will go ARM7, and that work will become ‘legacy’ before too long.

would you make the power supply schematics available, it can also be used as a general purpose psu

wow thats cool.. the newest model… wanna it…

Just curious about the IDE cable on the 40 pin gpio. Looking through my stock of cables I see some of them had a pin position blocked out.. the ones with 3 sockets on them are all open but I am afraid to use any of these because I don’t want to short out the board.. is there an article available on how to make use of the old IDE cables we have lying about or should one avoid doing this? .. thanks

I have no trouble using an external USB hub, which can also provide power if needed, so two extra USB ports will not do much for me. (By the way are they native or is there a USB hub on the board? More native USB connections could improve speed, a hub does not.) For me personally two Ethernet connections would be more useful.

In my humble opinion the switched regulators should have been there from the beginning, why waste power and generate heat by using old LDO regulators?

Regarding power I would really, really like a normal power socket, that would tolerate a wider span of input voltage. Why not something like the Olimex Duino series? Having support for a rechargeable battery would give a simple UPS functionality.

Found a case you can print. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:396858

While you were doing the board upgrade you could have integrated a wifi adapter. I miss it a lot…

OK, I’m seeing the pattern here – so how long is it until you come out with the “Raspberry Pi Master 128” :-)

Very exciting! I have a the Model B Revision 2 and I just might pick this one up because of the 14 Extra GPIO Pins and the Micro SD Slot!

Are the B+ models made in the UK?

Now, all we need is Raspberry Pi Model B+ Heatsinks

Will Model B+ be released by Egoman of China? Many thanks.

Right now there isn’t any photo of the Raspberry Pi B+ in Wikimedia Commons to use in the wikipedia’s articles. Is the first image in this article licensed as CC BY-SA so I can upload and use it?

How about a T-shirt with just a photo of the B+ or the track lay-out and silk-screen on? That would be cool as it would make the wearer look like a robot.

Bit of a disappointment if i’am honest. It feels like a massive waste of resources with little improvement to the core of the unit whilst ignoring the main issue with the PI.

Its time to move on, the raspberry Pi is old old tech. All you had to do is change the cpu to dual core to keep the product with the times.

The improvements to the “audio noise” surely will only apply to those who dont use the digital HDMI output.

The microSD change is welcomed, but without changes to the CPU, it just feels a waste of production runs.

Dual Core + USB3 + Gigabit Ethernet = job done. Say hello to Raspberry Pi 2.0. Thats what we crave, please make it and let this old and great product rest in peace.

And yes, my Model B 256mb Pi is still alive and kicking :)

I am having an issue getting my B+ to boot from a 16GB Sandisk Ultra Plus micro-SDHC. Is anyone aware of a size limitation on the micro-sd card?

WOW!!

Last Sunday i bought model-B :(

The I2S connector seems to have gone on the B+ :-0
Does this mean that you can no longer use extarnal audio DACs with a B+ or can you still get to the I2S bus somehow.

This will be a terrible blow to all the people wanting to use the pi as a high quality media player because the onboard audio (even on the B+) just isn’t good enough!

First benchmark results Raspberry Pi B vs B+: no difference in performance but quite a huge difference in power consumption! The benchmark results can be found here: http://gleenders.blogspot.be/2014/07/raspberry-pi-b-vs-raspberry-pi-b.html

Got a new B+ with NOOBS and PiBow, when will it arrive? (Says: Ships next working day, I put the order on around 7pm friday Hong Kong Time)

Just a quick observation of the style employed for your bullet points in what has been improved on the B+: The red minus “-” symbols as the bullet points, indicate a negative, and imply that there would be green plus “+” symbols to complement them. This is merely a cosmetic observation of this article :)

Hello all.

I can’t seem to find one with international shipping. Do you know one that ships internationally (outside U.S and EU) ?

Thank you.
Regards.

I noticed there are some model B+ labeled v1.1 and v1.2 so I was wondering what, if any, are the differences between the labels or is it simply cosmetic? The only thing I really noticed is the display DSI and camera CSI brackets are either white or black (white on v1.1 and black on v1.2)

I still need A Intel Core i7 @ 4.7GHZ, built in nuclear reactor, toaster oven, and a skynet controler.

Hi,

Can someone tell me whether i can use Micro SDHC 32GB card with model B+?

My first thought with this was “Does it have a better fuse to allow more input to supply those extra USB ports?”.

After that, my next question was “Based on the extra GPIO pins, do you plan on releasing some form of adapter board to allow ribbon connection of the PiFace?

My design idea would be to create something like the PiRack, with 2 original RPi GPIO outputs, and 2 modern outputs.

I would love these questions answered!

Thank you James for your answer.

Sorry for the delay, I just come back from holidays!
I confirm that if I have Raspberry CE test reports (not only certificates), there will be less tests to pass for my product. This is what I’ve been said by the certification authority in France. That is why I ask you for this test reports.

Thanks again for your help.
Julien

James Hughes says:
22nd Jul 2014 at 9:47 am

I’m not sure that having the Raspberry CE reports would reduce the number of test you have to do yourself. Since enclosures and peripherals can make such a large difference, don’t you have to do all the required tests anyway?

Anybody know if Raspberry Pi model B+ can support direct plug in of a 3G dongle WITHOUT having the Powered USB Hub? Thank you.

Does the B+ have POE?! This would be a GREAT feature for this little system.

Thanks,
~Justin

I have the raspberry pi model b running ultimate raspbian, but i just recently bought the model B+ and am trying to install the same version of ultimate raspbian and it won’t boot. Could you reply back giving some insight and maybe explain why it’s not booting.

You said in July “for our industrial customers we’ll be keeping Model B in production for as long as there’s demand for it.”
Today Model B is out of stock until March 2015 (RS and Farnell), i need to buy 1000 units, where is it possible to reach people in charge of Industrial customer ?
thanks a lot