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Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Promises Better Performance, Starts at $25 (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the miniature-computers dept.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is adding a new device to its suite of miniature computers for industrial and enterprise customers. From a report: The charity today unveiled the Pi Compute Module 3+ (CM3+), successor to the two-year-old Compute Module 3 (CM3). The Pi Compute Module 3+ comes in four variants, starting at $25. The Raspberry Pi Compute Module is derived from the CM3 board but offers better thermal behavior under load. That's possible because of the Broadcom's 64-bit BCM2837B0 application processor, which was also used in last year's Raspberry Pi 3B+, and 1GB of LPDDR2 RAM. The difference between the four variants resides in their storage limits. The CM3+ Lite does not offer a built-in eMMC Flash, whereas other variants include 8GB ($30), 16GB ($35), and 32GB ($40) of eMMC Flash. These eMMC flash chips are more reliable and robust than normal SD cards, the foundation claims.

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  1. Impressive by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Raspberry PI line is the most impressive thing coming out of computing in the last 10 years. Of course, people will say "you can get better specs...Orange Pi...blah blah blah", but Raspberry PI is organized and has the entire chain figured out.

    1. Re:Impressive by gweihir · · Score: 1, Insightful

      No. It is a demonstration that the designers do not understand what they are doing. Having people "learn" on defective-by-design hardware is about the most stupid idea possible. Especially, when for the same cost you _can_ build good hardware as numerous competitors demonstrate. The people designing the RaspberryCrap just do not have it.

      Incidentally, I am not a "Pi Hater". (What's with the cheap rhetoric tricks?) I have two RaspberryPi that work crappily and where I cannot get good documentation. I have a BananaPi and several OrangePies that work just fine.

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      Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
    2. Re:Impressive by tlhIngan · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The best thing about the Raspberry Pi is really the fact that has basic IO communications allowing people with basic Electronics Skills to be able to make rather complex devices. In a world where everything is soldered and shipped as a black box unit. Having a device which will allow us to make such a device ourselves is welcomed.

      Now the Rasberry Pi, is good for a prototype system, I would recommend Arduino microcontrollers for more of a complete job (depending on its complexity) but the microcontrollers are cheaper and often offer the power for a lot of jobs.

      No, you can get boards to do all that.

      The biggest reason the Pi is successful as it is is simply down to the community. The Foundation has cultivated a community and maintains that community, which is why they have such longevity.

      You can get better boards easy, but they lack the community around them - software support and others are lacking, so many of these boards simply die on the vine. But a community offers support and a forum for doing "cool stuff" so support remains.

      It's like Arduino - it's popular because it has a huge library and a huge amount of support and coimmunity as well compared to just regular microcontrollers.

      It's these communities that let people take a Pi or an Arduino and get started doing stuff, get help and plenty more.

  2. Re:Wonder what engineering mess it is this time by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Without the Raspberry Pi those "competitors" wouldn't even exist. That is why they all have "Pi" in their name. People that try to denigrate the efforts of people who worked really hard to bring these types of open learning systems into the world are the worst type.