{"id":10323,"date":"2014-07-14T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=10323"},"modified":"2018-03-29T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T12:11:53","slug":"presenting-the-raspberrypi-model-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10323","title":{"rendered":"Presenting the #RaspberryPi Model B+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Are you looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18458\">news about the Raspberry Pi 3B+<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18458\">Take a look here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Some huge news for you today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Raspberry Pi Model B+ becomes available today &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/#introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus\">the Foundation has just made the official announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can we expect from the B+? I was fortunate enough to be supplied with a board by the Foundation a couple of days ago so I thought I&#8217;d take you round it and show you the differences between the current model B and the new board.<\/p>\n<p>The B+ I have came from Farnell\/Element 14 and they&#8217;ve done a really nice job with the new packaging:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124931portrait-e14054191878171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10338\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124931portrait-e14054191878171.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_124931portrait\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124931portrait-e14054191878171.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124931portrait-e14054191878171.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124931portrait-e14054191878171.jpg?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10337\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_124950portrait\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_124950portrait-e14054194946981.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">Inside the box is an anti-static bag containing the Pi and an instruction sheet with various pieces of information on it &#8211; don&#8217;t drop it in water, don&#8217;t stick it up your nose, that kind of thing. Inside the anti-static bag we go and here&#8217;s our first look at the B+ itself:<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133655-e14054202382521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10330\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133655-e14054202382521.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_133655\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133655-e14054202382521.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133655-e14054202382521.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">As you can see, there are several differences to the B+, so let&#8217;s list and discuss them:<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<ul>\n<li>4 USB ports &#8211; for the first time, you&#8217;ll be able to have a keyboard, mouse and wifi dongle plugged in without needing a powered hub. Bear in mind, you will probably need a more powerful power supply for the B+\u00a0<em>if<\/em> you want to use all 4 ports. They&#8217;re recommending a 2A supply. Of course, if you&#8217;re just using a mouse and a keyboard then a 1A supply will probably be absolutely fine.<\/li>\n<li>Better USB hot plug capability &#8211; you should be able to plug in your wifi dongles in without reboots!<\/li>\n<li>A new Ethernet port with activity lights.<\/li>\n<li>The USB and Ethernet ports are now all in a straight line, rather than\u00a0in the B&#8217;s staggered arrangement.<\/li>\n<li>The yellow composite video port has gone and there is now a combined 3.5mm jack that provides audio and the analogue video signal.<\/li>\n<li>The HDMI port, the CSI (camera) and DSI (display) ports have all moved slightly.<\/li>\n<li>The micro USB power socket has changed sides. This means that all the ports are on the same side of the Pi &#8211; so cable management is much better with the B+.<\/li>\n<li>The B+ sports a 40-pin GPIO header (compared to the B&#8217;s 26) and no longer has a P5 and P3 header. All the GPIO is on that one header now. The 26 pins to the left (nearest the corner) are backwards compatible so all your add-on boards will work (with the exception of any audio boards like the Wolfson which requires the P5 header which is, of course, not on the B+).<\/li>\n<li>4 mounting holes, conveniently located on the corners of the board rather than the 2 oddly-placed holes on the B.<\/li>\n<li>On the back, the B+ uses a micro SD card (as opposed to the B&#8217;s full size SD card) with a push-push action (i.e. you push it in and it locks in place, you push it again and it clicks out). The card still protrudes slightly (presumably to make it easy to remove) but the (metal) slot is a vast improvement on the flimsy plastic of the B.<\/li>\n<li>Much clearer silk screen labelling in general.<\/li>\n<li>Lower power requirements &#8211; apparently it will use between 0.5 watts and 1 watt less than the model B.<\/li>\n<li>Much better audio output thanks to a dedicated power supply.<\/li>\n<li>Rounded corners! (Still doesn&#8217;t fit in an Altoids tin but who cares! The aesthetic change is welcome)<\/li>\n<li>The CPU (BCM2835), GPU and memory is still the same &#8211; there is no change in the overall architecture &#8211; this has been done for compatibility purposes and to keep the price point low.<\/li>\n<li>The price point is the same. $35 or \u00a328 ish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the pin diagram for the 40-pin GPIO header:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bplus-gpio1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10339 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bplus-gpio1.png\" alt=\"bplus-gpio\" width=\"1157\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bplus-gpio1.png?w=1157&amp;ssl=1 1157w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bplus-gpio1.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bplus-gpio1.png?resize=1024%2C578&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some close-ups of the board:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133712-e14054202321651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10331\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133712-e14054202321651.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_133712\" width=\"572\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133712-e14054202321651.jpg?w=572&amp;ssl=1 572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133712-e14054202321651.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_132302-e14054202427451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10329\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_132302-e14054202427451.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_132302\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_132302-e14054202427451.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_132302-e14054202427451.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10336 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-1.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-\" width=\"2233\" height=\"1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-1.jpg?w=2233&amp;ssl=1 2233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-1.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C593&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-1.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_20140711_204323-nopm-1.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_131819-e14054202533451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10327 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_131819-e14054202533451.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_131819\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_131819-e14054202533451.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_131819-e14054202533451.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, how does it work in practice? As you can see from the picture above, I powered it up (thanks to The Pi Hut for the 2A power supply!) with a brand new NOOBS card. Everything worked as per usual &#8211; I got the rainbow box up, the NOOBS flash screen and then the normal boot cycle. It just worked.<\/p>\n<p>I decided the easiest way to prove the GPIO compatibility was to use a Pibrella:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133935-e14054200804741.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10333 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133935-e14054200804741.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_133935\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133935-e14054200804741.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_133935-e14054200804741.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_134205-e14054198185071.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10335 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_134205-e14054198185071.jpg\" alt=\"20140712_134205\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_134205-e14054198185071.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140712_134205-e14054198185071.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wrote some quick-and-dirty Python and confirmed that the Pibrella does, in fact, work correctly, which is good. I also, as a sanity check, ran through the <a href=\"http:\/\/camjam.me\/edukit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CamJam EduKit<\/a> worksheets just to make sure they were okay. They were completely fine and operated as expected.<\/p>\n<p>So, in conclusion, I&#8217;d just like to thank the Foundation for supplying me with the advance board &#8211; it was a real privilege to have a play around with the B+. I hope everyone finds the information useful &#8211; feel free to leave questions and comments!<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who like more technical detail, here are some documents you may find interesting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Datasheet1.pdf\">Datasheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Board-schematic1.pdf\">Board schematic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ports-schematic1.pdf\">Ports schematic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can get hold of a B+ from <a href=\"http:\/\/cpc.farnell.com\/jsp\/bespoke\/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=cpc\/en_CC\/makerspace\/raspberrypi.html&amp;isRedirect=true\">Farnell<\/a> (the Buy link doesn&#8217;t currently work though) and RS (the product is not listed yet) but <a href=\"http:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/raspberry-pi-model-b-plus-512mb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>I&#8217;m recommending getting it from The Pi Hut<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; they&#8217;re my local company (near Cambridge) and always reliable.<\/p>\n<p>You can see other coverage of the board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/raspi.tv\/2014\/raspberry-pi-model-b-launched-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Alex Eames&#8217; Raspi.TV<\/a>\u00a0(best photography here!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KtKSyN0x6sk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Matt Manning&#8217;s Raspberry Pi IV Beginners YouTube channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0301dw18sXw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Matt Timmons-Brown&#8217;s Raspberry Pi Guy YouTube channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUu7OgYVmyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Carrie-Anne Philbin&#8217;s Geek Gurl Diaries YouTube channel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.adafruit.com\/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus-plus-differences-vs-model-b?view=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Adafruit website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for news about the Raspberry Pi 3B+? Take a look here. Some huge news for you today. The\u00a0Raspberry Pi Model B+ becomes available today &#8211; the Foundation has just made the official announcement. So, what can we&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10323\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-raspberry-pi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Presenting the #RaspberryPi Model B+ - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10323\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presenting the #RaspberryPi Model B+ - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you looking for news about the Raspberry Pi 3B+? 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