Raspberry Pi PCB Layout Revealed

An anonymous reader writes "Yesterday, the final Raspberry Pi printed circuit board (PCB) layout was revealed. The word 'packed' comes to mind as this is one very complicated looking board. The reason for that is just how much Raspberry Pi has strived to save money on the machine by using complex routing to keep things small and cheap. The Raspberry Pi team don't believe the design is going to change again unless they missed something. With that in mind, they revealed the final board is exactly the same size as a credit card, measuring 85.65 x 53.98mm."

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Re:What a wonderful project!

[BitZtream]

You''re upset because you have to load a 'binary blob' at boot ...

Yet you're too stupid to realize that the chip itself contains several embedded 'binary blobs' that it uses to get to that boot loader.

You're basically bitching about something that happens in every microprocessor on the planet, the only difference being that you have to help out in this one, where as say a pentium chip has the blob built in.

Same is true for video drivers. You Linux/GPL zealots get so fucking worked up up about binary blobs, yet your too stupid to realize you've been depending on them since day one, that is, unless you can show me the open source masks intel uses for its chip lithography.

If the blob was embedded in the chip, you'd be okay with it, but since its not, you get your panties in a twist. Ignorance is bliss isn;t it.