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Lots to digest here, including reset, power over USB, MOUNTING HOLES and lots more.
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Hi Liz - i tried to post a comment about the new board but for 15 mins i keep getting this and do as it says!!! Error 1: Click back and type in the password.
my reply to the 2.0 board is.. great work on the improvements but we dont see any update on the GUI driver for adding our own LCD screens then? IPhone 4 screen seems very popular and low cost with high resolution! and from the forum people say it should be easy to install but you guys need to build the driver or allow end user to do this?! i was hoping this would have been sorted for the new PCB!
any ideas on when to expect this?!
kind regards
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my reply to the 2.0 board is.. great work on the improvements but we dont see any update on the GUI driver for adding our own LCD screens then? IPhone 4 screen seems very popular and low cost with high resolution! and from the forum people say it should be easy to install but you guys need to build the driver or allow end user to do this?! i was hoping this would have been sorted for the new PCB!
any ideas on when to expect this?!
kind regards
Chris
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and RS waiters will be getting them 1st ?
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Re: Rev2 boards are here!
Everyone currently waiting for an RS one will get one, yes. But they won't get them first - Farnell are already out of the original boards in some locations and are sending out rev2 boards already to some customers.
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Are the changes to the GPIO allocation connector going to break the pin naming used by GPIO libraries?
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Just copying this snippet from the blog comments for reference.

JBeale on September 5, 2012 at 4:26 pm said:
The original GPIO connector had five pins labelled “do not connect” to provide for possible future additional I/O connections. Now that the 4 new I/O nets actually go to a separate connector, does that mean we can rely on the “DNC” pins on P1 being connected to ground?
eben on September 5, 2012 at 4:52 pm said:
Yes (note – 5V and 3V3 for some of the pins).
The ground and power rails are useful to have available at the P1 GPIO, so I'm happy we have official permission to rely on them nowJBeale on September 5, 2012 at 5:36 pm said:
So to be specific, I gather we may now rely on these P1 GPIO pins to remain as shown in the Rev1 schematic.We should update the elinux wiki to that effect.Code: Select all
P1-04: +5V0 P1-09: GND P1-14: GND P1-17: +3V3 P1-20: GND P1-25: GND

Total GPIO count now exceeds Arduino
The R-Pi Rev.1 has 17 GPIO on the P1 GPIO connector. With Rev.2 providing four new pins on the P5 connector, there are 17+4 = 21 GPIO total. An Arduino has 14 digital + 6 analog/digital = 20 GPIO pins, so the R-Pi now has a higher total GPIO count (although of course none are analog inputs).
Re: Rev2 boards are here!
OK, I've ordered a Rev2 from RS. I already have a "First Edition" non CE Pi, and an early RS one, now need to figure out how to get a Rev1 with D14 missing.
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Hello gentle Liz.
My Raspberry Pi was shipped on September 4th from Farnell UK to Italy. Any chance it will be the rev. 2 board? Thanks.
Stefano
My Raspberry Pi was shipped on September 4th from Farnell UK to Italy. Any chance it will be the rev. 2 board? Thanks.
Stefano
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It's possible; I know they have been shipping some from the UK, but it depends which of the boxes on the production line your particular unit will have come from - let us know!
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Thanks Liz.liz wrote:It's possible; I know they have been shipping some from the UK, but it depends which of the boxes on the production line your particular unit will have come from - let us know!
Hope to report news soon. Anyway, I will be happy with USB revision.

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I think so. I'll put another release of RPi.GPIO out shortly that will let you specify board revision to compensate.c.cam108 wrote:Are the changes to the GPIO allocation connector going to break the pin naming used by GPIO libraries?
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Liz, excellent news. I like the idea of mounting holes and the extra GPIO pins. My garage security system will not have to skimp on PIRs now! Just waiting for the official camera 

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Hi,all & Liz.
I recently ordered my RPi from Newark so it's very likely I'll receive the Rev.2 board. I also
ordered the RPi Cobbler from Adafruit. Am I likely to have any conflict with the new board?
Also,with the new power over hub can I use a spare usb socket on my tv to get power?
Thanks in advance.
I recently ordered my RPi from Newark so it's very likely I'll receive the Rev.2 board. I also
ordered the RPi Cobbler from Adafruit. Am I likely to have any conflict with the new board?
Also,with the new power over hub can I use a spare usb socket on my tv to get power?
Thanks in advance.
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I guess I won't have to work so hard to back-power a RasPi anymore.
I knew a revision would come, but not this soon. I am glad that so many changes were rolled into these revisions. Mounting holes is really great. Thats going to make things a lot easier. The removal of components isn't going to hurt your partners bottom line either.
I will be interested to see how the new pins pan out. Power over USB will be a big plus for some people. I have been using it for a month or more already. my biggest concern has been the lack of a fuse for thios method of powering a RasPi.
Fixing the 1v8 will quiet things down some. Should also help reduce some peoples problems.
Great job and keep reading the forums.

I will be interested to see how the new pins pan out. Power over USB will be a big plus for some people. I have been using it for a month or more already. my biggest concern has been the lack of a fuse for thios method of powering a RasPi.
Fixing the 1v8 will quiet things down some. Should also help reduce some peoples problems.
Great job and keep reading the forums.

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Woooo I was about to order another Pi, good thing I waited 
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Thanks to the entire team for an upgrade so soon with so many improvements, no matter how small each might seem. The only question I have now is how are thieves going to steal my future boards if I can route the barbed wire through the handy-dandy mounting holes instead of the RCA jack? 

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The Register has picked up the story... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/06 ... i_2_ships/
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RaspberryPi Approved Bolt cutters will be available in the shop soon.Jim Manley wrote:Thanks to the entire team for an upgrade so soon with so many improvements, no matter how small each might seem. The only question I have now is how are thieves going to steal my future boards if I can route the barbed wire through the handy-dandy mounting holes instead of the RCA jack?
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Are there any pictures of Rev2 anywhere?
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Re new P5
"This GPIO allocation provides access to ONE of:
SDA0, SCL0 (Operating independently of P1 SDA1, SCL1); or
PCM_CLK, PCM_FS, PCM_DIN, PCM_DOUT or I2S; or
Four GPIO signals."
but could I get SDA0, SCL0 & two GPIO signals?
Where is P6 (the RESET connector?)
"This GPIO allocation provides access to ONE of:
SDA0, SCL0 (Operating independently of P1 SDA1, SCL1); or
PCM_CLK, PCM_FS, PCM_DIN, PCM_DOUT or I2S; or
Four GPIO signals."
but could I get SDA0, SCL0 & two GPIO signals?
Where is P6 (the RESET connector?)
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Re P5 and CASES
"... suitable attachment point for third-party clock and audio codec boards, and is pinned to be mounted (ideally) on the underside due to connector clash"
Errr I don't think I've seen a single case that could cope with any board mounted underneath!
Unless P5 is between two connectors why can't it be mounted on top going away from the clshing connector?
Photo's soon please! A good job our next design of RTC ran late, otherwise I'd have ordered them last week.
"... suitable attachment point for third-party clock and audio codec boards, and is pinned to be mounted (ideally) on the underside due to connector clash"
Errr I don't think I've seen a single case that could cope with any board mounted underneath!
Unless P5 is between two connectors why can't it be mounted on top going away from the clshing connector?
Photo's soon please! A good job our next design of RTC ran late, otherwise I'd have ordered them last week.
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At the bottom, to the left of the HDMI connector.arm2 wrote:
Where is P6 (the RESET connector?)
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Someone posted a picture in advance of the announcement - think the thread was locked and/or since-zapped so as not to preempt news release. Picture URL is [Mod removed - please don't repost] - credit to the original poster whose identity I cannot find.arm2 wrote:Re P5 and CASES
"... suitable attachment point for third-party clock and audio codec boards, and is pinned to be mounted (ideally) on the underside due to connector clash"
Errr I don't think I've seen a single case that could cope with any board mounted underneath!
Unless P5 is between two connectors why can't it be mounted on top going away from the clshing connector?
Photo's soon please! A good job our next design of RTC ran late, otherwise I'd have ordered them last week.
Looks like the P5 header may be too close to P1 so the two adjacent headers can't be plugged in at the same time??
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