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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. Re:Seriously? by VMaN · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, seeing as comparable systems, like BeagleBone etc don't...

  2. Next Up - GMO Testing by cybrpnk2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next they'll have to prove that a Raspberry Pi is not a Genetically Modified Organism.

  3. Re:Raspberry Pi already obsolete by gmarsh · · Score: 5, Informative

    The $15 card you're describing is a PCMCIA card form factor. Feel free to explain how to power it, plug a keyboard into it and hook it up to their TV without another $15 card with all the connectors you need for a practical application.

    Also, the Broadcom on the Pi is about as obsolete as the ATMega parts used on the Arduino card. It gets the job done in the application it's put in. God forbid it's slower than a high end Cortex-A8 processor...

  4. Shady. by flimflammer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm confused how the Pi folks thought they could claim the device is both unfinished and finished to avoid the import taxes and CE certification? It kind of makes me question their competence.