Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Xenon flash can crash Raspberry Pi 2

It's a strange case: If using camera with Xenon flash to take photo of Raspberry Pi 2, with flash ON; it can crash it!

Raspberry Pi 2 - Photoflash Glitch

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Monday, February 2, 2015

In-Depth with the Raspberry Pi 2



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Raspberry Pi 2 announced, running 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU

Raspberry Pi announced RASPBERRY PI 2 ON SALE NOW AT $35.


Raspberry Pi 2
Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for $35 (the same price as the existing Model B+), featuring:

  • A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
  • 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
  • Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1

Because it has an ARMv7 processor, it can run the full range of ARM GNU/Linux distributions, including Snappy Ubuntu Core, as well as Microsoft Windows 10.

The Raspberry Pi 2-compatible version of Windows 10 will be available free of charge to makers.

source: http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/

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Windows 10 supports Raspberry Pi 2

Microsoft announced to deliver a version of Windows 10 that supports Raspberry Pi 2:



We’re excited to announce that we are expanding our Windows Developer Program for IoT by delivering a version of Windows 10 that supports Raspberry Pi 2. This release of Windows 10 will be free for the Maker community through the Windows Developer Program for IoT.

Windows 10 is the first step to an era of more personal computing. This vision framed our work on Windows 10, where we are moving Windows to a world that is more mobile, natural and grounded in trust. With the Windows for IoT developer program we're bringing our leading development tools, services and ecosystem to the Raspberry Pi community!

We see the Maker community as an amazing source of innovation for smart, connected devices that represent the very foundation for the next wave of computing, and we’re excited to be a part of this community.

We are excited about our partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and delivering a version of Windows 10 that supports Raspberry Pi 2, and we will be sharing more details about our Windows 10 plans for IoT in the coming months.

source: http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2support


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