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Raspberry Pi Gets a Red-Tape Delay; Awaits CE Certificate

Posted by timothy on from the bureaucrats-are-middle-management dept.

judgecorp writes "After many delays, the Raspberry Pi computer has arrived in Britain, but has been stopped by the need for a CE approval sticker to say it meets European regulations. The Raspberry Pi Foundation expects the sticker to be a formality, and says it failed to apply because it thought the Pi did not qualify as a 'finished end product.'"

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  1. Raspberry Pi already obsolete by Animats · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Raspberry Pi is already obsolete. Rhombus-Tech is coming out with a board based on the Allwinner ARM implementation, 3x as fast as the obsolete CPU the Pi crowd is using. "Mass-volume pricing (just for the CPU card, and therefore excluding tax, shipping, profit, a case and a power supply) looks to be on target for around $15:" They're also looking at reusing the BeagleBoard form factor (which is much like an Arduno) and coming out with a fast Linux board in that format.

    By the time the Raspberry Pi crowd delivers, they'll be obsolete. Much like the OLPC.

    1. Re:Raspberry Pi already obsolete by PremiumCarrion · · Score: 3, Interesting

      That's an interesting idea, but how much will it cost, it looks like it may be more expensive for the base unit since from the FAQ:
      "Why is the price of the Allwinner A10 EOMA-68 Card $15?
      It damn well isn't! We are getting a massive amount of misunderstandings about this. We have reported that based on estimates from the Reference Board supplied by the Manufacturer of the SoC that the MATERIALS COST is APPROACHING $15 in MASS VOLUME quantities of 100,000 units.
      That is excluding a case, power supply (which as the unit can be powered by USB-OTG is not needed), packaging, tax, customs duty, shipping and, most importantly, a profit margin.
      Any company has to make a profit, and a CIC is no different. Charities and Not-for-Profit Foundations can get away with not making a profit, but Rhombus Tech is not a Charity."

      Also a PCMCIA card is going to be very much less convenient to use as a computer than a device which has the following ports: USB, Ethernet, DVI, sound out

  2. Re:Seriously? by bsane · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Raspberry Pi delayed? Shocking!

    I thought we were just days away last month?

    http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696

    TLDR: Saturday 2/25 Eben expected the boards to ship (to them) that day or Monday.

    I'm sure the Pi-ers will mod me down fiercely, but come on guys... I ordered one too, I want one, but lets not pretend this has been handled well.