Raspberry Pi 3.14159265358979323846264338327950

[Graham]

Ere tis ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35667990

[mvallevand]

Ere tis ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35667990

This is an irrational topic but I ordered one anyway.

Martin

[stustunz]

It will be interesting to see if the thing can run double the speed on USB power o know when I overclock the rpi2 the rainbow flashes all the time.
I wonder how the built-in wifi will be.
Bluetooth not sure I have a use for that but you never do know.

[BrettB]

Bluetooth not sure I have a use for that but you never do know.

Keyboard, mouse, maybe a remote?

[jksmurf]

This is an irrational topic but I ordered one anyway.

Martin

Dang Martin, and I thought you weren't keen on 'em :-).
Bummer as I just got the Pi2 working well. Not a loss but I always want the "new one... "

k.

[mvallevand]

Dang Martin, and I thought you weren't keen on 'em :-).

The 60% CPU performance bump and BT for my Rii keyboard might now be enough. Throw in the keyboard or and remote and it does put it in BrettB's medium price range. I bought a kit with the right power supply case and heat sinks (seems they are needed now) but the kit http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-starter-kit.html is $110 CDN before taxes and delivery.

Martin

[BrettB]

The 60% CPU performance bump and BT for my Rii keyboard might now be enough. Throw in the keyboard or and remote and it does put it in BrettB's medium price range. I bought a kit with the right power supply case and heat sinks (seems they are needed now) but the kit http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-3-starter-kit.html is $110 CDN before taxes and delivery.

I'll be interested to see what you think about the heat sinks. I ordered mine from MCM Electronics also with a case and 2.5 amp power supply. But none of their kits included heat sinks. (At least not that I noticed.)

[fred250]

Got mine yesterday and have just had a quick look at it.
I was expecting the pi3 to feel faster than the pi2 but the difference is a little less than I expected yet significant.

For testing I used the two different NextPvr clients for the pi that I'm working on.

The first is a port of my smartTV app running in chromium web browser under x11.
On the pi2 navigating NextPvr UI is too slow. One step down in menu is a little less than 1 sec.
On the pi3 the time is cut by a third and doesn't feel too sluggish.

The second test was made using a client built in python/pygame. This client is snappier by design since it's talking directly to the frame-buffer through sdl and is not depending on x11 or a web browser.
Now the difference is hardly noticeable and navigating the menu is less than .5 sec in both cases.

The pi3 processor gets warm but not hot from running the clients. My feel is that heat sinks are still optional.

/Fred

[stustunz]

Watched some videos looks like it does a a good job if deinterlacing.

Just wondering what the power consumption is like and what power supplies are you guys using that already have them.

I like powering mine of the TV's USB (rpi2) but I'm thinking maybe this will not be enough to run the rpi and internal wifi.Have project in mind and just wondering if it will work

[gEd]

No, you will need a separate power supply.

2.5 A power supply. With more processor speed and on-board connectivity, you'll need more power. Power supplies for previous Pi boards will not be sufficient. You will need the Official Raspberry Pi 3 Power Supply (9098126 — white) or (9098135 — black).

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-...oCx4nw_wcB