[TriEmbed] New Raspberry Pi B+ announced today

Jeff Highsmith jeff at jeffhighsmith.com
Mon Jul 14 09:59:16 CDT 2014


I like the idea of extra USB ports, but I'm most excited about improved power handling, as reliability is my biggest issue. 

Jeff :)


> On Jul 14, 2014, at 10:13, Rodney Radford <ncgadgetry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/#introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus
> 
> New Raspberry Pi B+ model released - still at the same price, but adds the following features: switching power supply for better power usage, 4x USB ports and better power handling for the USB (that is something I would love to test), better audio, more IO, metal micro-SD slot (instead of plastic SD slot, 4x mounting points, and moved all the external connectors on to two adjoining sides and aligned the plugs - which will make including it into an external case much easier.
> 
> All in all, a great improvement and still at $35.
> 
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