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Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Released - 14th March 2018

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-model-bplus-sale-now-35/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by InternetMeme (talk • contribs) 11:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Tablets: Pipad Service?

I was looking to build a pipad. I developed a grid of price and information. Absolute minimum is $99 based on pi 0 with a 5" screen. The best you can get is like $240-$270 based on pi 3 with wifi and Bluetooth, 32GB storage, and 12 hour battery. If they're this cheap, I mean in comparison to the Ipad or Galaxy Tab, why is there no build service for these things? Is this viable and could all the same hardware be used for the Banana Pi and Arduino? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:2436:d489:b984:5553:ace4:d4aa (talk) 23:51, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Pi versions

I used this page as a resource for obtaining a case for an old Raspberry Pi I picked up, only to discover that important information is missing from this page (or is poorly displayed) particularly regarding the B revision 1, which has no mounting holes and can only be edge-mount. Had I known there were significant physical differences between the B revisions, I would have made a better purchasing decision.

Here is an up-to-date resource that identifies 23 different Pis. I leave it to you to determine how best to integrate this information.65.94.249.3 (talk) 23:18, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

New os

There is a new Raspbian os version released, called Raspbian Stretch. Can someone check that out?

Thanks, CrazyMinecart88 00:28, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Declaring possible conflict of interest

Figured I'd mention that I'm the author of the open source blobs, I extended the section on it a bit though it's based on entirely factual information. I'm not affiliated with the Raspberry Pi foundation and have no interest in promoting the product paid or unpaid. I could also improve the article with better technical information about Raspberry Pi but unfortunately a lot of it is not possible to cite due to discussions taking place on IRC channels or in private. Anyway that's straying slightly off topic, bottom line is, I have no interest in promoting anything (especially my old and deserted projects that are no longer in active development), though I do feel the article could use more accurate technical information beyond what's supplied by Broadcom, for example VC4 fusing and secure boot capabilities of VC4 (bootsig.bin and co), I mean it's a fun little world on the other side of the ARM processor that most people are not very aware of.

That's not to say I lack subjective views on the matter, I definitely have a bunch, and I recognize that they have no place here (even regarding aspects of the article as a whole). However I would say I'm hardly unique in that aspect, everyone usually has a degree of subjective views on things they may write about, being able to remain neutral and stick to facts is usually more important than one's personal views, which, if desired one can express through other mediums.

[Kristina B.] / Kristina0 04:26, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Welcome! If you run into any frustrations with Wikipedia I will be happy to help. You can ask any question on my user talk page is at [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Guy_Macon ] or you can email me at [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Guy_Macon ].

Re: "a lot of it is not possible to cite due to discussions taking place on IRC channels or in private" You can repost any information you want to be citable on Wikipedia on https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/ and leave a note on this talk page that the information exists so we can decide whether to add it to the article. (We would consider you to be a reliable source regarding the Pi and would consider the fact that you are posting to www.raspberrypi.org to be good evidence that you are who you say you are and not an imposter.)

Finally, I highly recommend our page at Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with close associations. --Guy Macon (talk) 10:59, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Pi 4

The Pi 4 was released... It seems like the info is needed throughout the article. In considered editing in a quick mention, but finding the right place is not obvious... A bit of clear generational info might be useful... MoHaG (talk) 06:32, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi! At 6:32am on the day of release you are begging for more information here!! Having researched and read the official release notes from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and tech media news releases, I have added a few snippets myself and leave you to add more where relevant. I agree a lot of information is duplicated and the data has been tacked onto the end of existing information as new models have come along (I am guilty of doing this too in my edits). A thorough rewrite and prune of the article is overdue. I suggest making more use of tabular information to identify what is common and what has changed between models, but this is beyond my capabilities right now. 61.68.205.101 (talk) 00:29, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

I just updated the top end of the capabilities, but I didn't remove the old data, because I wasn't sure if the Pi 4 had changed processor (or bit size) enough to make the GHz (or even the RAM) not directly comparable. Someone with more knowledge could *probably* fix that with some deletes. JimJJewett (talk) 08:45, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Pi 4 doesn't have an 8GB RAM option, as the new .SVG rendering suggests

I have warned the maker of his error. Mahjongg (talk) 15:27, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Insufficient description of the role of threadX

The ThreadX page describes[1] how threadX is functionally the true, GPU-bound OS of the raspberry pi, and every other OS (Rapsbian, Windows IOT, etc) runs in a subservient role to ThreadX (which manages undervolt and overheating issues, etc).

I think that some of the text from the threadX article should be included in the RaspberryPi article so that people can understand that it isn't a true linux/windows/whatever computer, but rather a GPU-centric mobile platform which allows you to run your OS of choice on *top* of a proprietary RTOS.

47.187.170.24 (talk) 04:23, 9 October 2019 (UTC)