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Raspberry Pi Beta Boards Unveiled

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

First time accepted submitter anwe79 writes "Those of you who have been wishing for a Raspberry Pi this Christmas will sadly not get your wish granted. However, you may be happy to hear that populated beta boards have now been produced. Beta of course means the boards still have some more testing to undergo. But, if all goes well, those inclined should be able to get their hands on production boards in January!"

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  1. Design flaw? by Keruo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think that surface-mount usb power connector will fail eventually since the images seem to show it not welded through-board.
    Maybe they'll fix it on later models.(or it is already, but I'm not seeing the throughwelds from the pictures)

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    1. Re:Design flaw? by fnj · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The surface mount USB on my Beaglebone fell right off. The glue holding it failed with hardly any stress. There are big lands to solder it to, but they didn't use these. They only used glue. What the heck is the attraction of these stupid mini and micro USB connectors anyway? Give me a soldered-through full-A connector any day.

    2. Re:Design flaw? by Gourou · · Score: 4, Interesting

      From the earlier post of the bare boards (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/402) the holes are there for the micro-usb, and the project has been geared towards clumsy hands plugging and unplugging the ports a lot so I'd expect a robust connection.