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First Run of Raspberry Pi Boards To Be Completed Feb 20th

Posted by Unknown on from the hurry-up-and-take-the-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Raspberry Pi has confirmed the first batch of $35 PCs will be constructed on February 20. They've also coaxed Broadcom into releasing the datasheet for the board. Apparently the company hit a snag with the quartz crystal package so there was a manufacturing delay, but it's since been resolved and things are on schedule for later this month." From the announcements: "Eben and I may be going to China to make sure that the boards can be brought up properly for that date if necessary. We’ll be airfreighting them to the UK immediately, so you should be able to buy them before the end of the month."

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  1. What about shipping directly from China? by mehrotra.akash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For Asian markets, why dont they ship directly from China instead of moving them to UK first and then shipping them to their destinations
    Infact, for all non EU destinations wont it make more sense to ship directly from China?
    Will avoid multiple customs duties as well. (no customs will need to be paid for the UK entry)

  2. Re:Hot damn, it's about time by SJHillman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I predict all of the Pi stories will move from my Slashdot RSS feed to my Hackaday RSS feed.

  3. Re:sheepish question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The clock oscillator on pretty much every board is based on a quartz crystal oscillator. (or, maybe, a silicon ring resonator, but my money's on a regular XO of some sort).

    They're available in a myriad of sizes and configurations and while there's some basic standards, there are variations among mfrs, not so much in the pad layout, but in things like how far the weld on the can sticks out, and so forth.