Raspberry Pi 2.0 ready to ship

[gregmcc]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/06/raspberry_pi_2_ships/

A new version of the Raspberry Pi has made its way into distribution channels.

Revision 2.0 boards, as the new model is known, don’t feature any substantive changes and the Raspberry Pi Foundation says most of us can ignore the upgrade, as:

“We don’t believe that the changes are large enough to make it worth “holding on” for revision 2.0, unless you have a specific requirement to add an audio codec or you need mounting holes for some industrial application.”

A few of the highlights of the upgrade include:

The ability to power a Pi with a powered USB hub;
A fix for an issue that caused problems when Pis were connected to TVs by HDMI;
A new reset circuit;
The aforementioned mounting holes, to help mount Pis for various applications
All the changes are detailed here, and the Pi guys say the new version should appear once existing Pi stocks run dry. That may already have happened, as apparently some Pi 2.0s have already made their way into users’ hands

Agghh!!

 

[froot]

Yeah, sucks to be us.
Us being those of us that ordered the Pi ASAFP and then we might not have had time to enjoy it to its full, and then V2 comes out.

Mind you, I've run my Pi off a USB cable from my computer..

 

[kayvee]

All relatively minor stuff really, nothing to negate the pleasure of playing with the Pi for the last 3 months or so

 

[n!tro]

ARrrg! I'm still waiting for my PI!! And now they announce a V2??

 

[FaSMaN]

I havent even gotten my V1 yet, and I ordered it a week after it launched

 

[Toitjie]

so to be clear, is this model b? or is 2.0 > model b?

 

[n!tro]

No this is a new model, You got a Model A which was quickly replaced with a Model B which mostly everyone has got or has ordered and now they announced a new Model 2.0....

 

[Fudzy]

Glad it's getting mounting holes, that was a bit of an oversight in the original design IMO.