Technology site The Register has published a review of the brand new PiHub and given it a resounding thumbs-up. It pays particular attention to the power of the hub and how it distributes this power to ensure that it can deliver high-speed USB communication.
Great video, this. This video from Electronics Weekly shows how the Sony factory in Pencoed, Wales makes 4000 Raspberry Pis a day. Really interesting stuff. For more info, read the article on the EW site.
You can watch the video below:
Following a question on the Raspberry Pi Foundation forum, Alex Eames has decided to stress test the brand new PiHub by powering 4 Pis at once from the little raspberry-shaped device. Read his post and watch the video here
It is, by his own admission, a frivolous thing to do, but it just goes to show that the hub is a great device!
Bernhard Wiedemann has been busy working on porting the openSUSE operating system to the Pi. He’s finally managed it and created an 82MB compressed minimal image. A link to download the image, and instructions on building the operating system from scratch yourself, are available on his blog.
US-based Nwazet have just launched three new products. First of all there’s a matt black case for the Pi with mounting holes for the camera which retails for $18. Then, there’s a fisheye lens for $9. Finally, there’s a wall mount for the camera (which works on horizontal surfaces too) for $4.
Christian Cawley has done an article on three possible competitors to the Raspberry Pi’s current market leader position. Interesting choice of boards, especially the Gooseberry as there are others out there more readily available.
