Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Reviews

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“I’ve had the previous 2 generations of Pi and although they’re capable enough, this new Pi (v3) is way faster, opening the doors to much richer usage. Currently sat running a mariadb db, apache web server, mantis bug tracker, vpn server, ssh server and nas gateway all hanging off and being powered by the USB port on the back of my wireless router!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Pi 3 is good. Still waiting for response for refund of £2.50 delivery cost that I paid twice. Jon Airey”

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Posted 8 years ago

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“Works well and much faster than a 2. More usable for on-device development, e.g. Lazarus.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Superb piece of kit. Runs so fast. I love it!”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Easy to order via the website and very quick delivery. Will definitely use again”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Fast delivery, excellent item. Runs OSMC (media player) smoothly. The built in wifi is very useful.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“This, the latest version of the Pi is an especially luxurious example. By including a builtin wireless chip you may avoid the eternal faff of USB wireless compatibility. The inbuilt bluetooth chip may take slightly more setup but again leaves another valuable USB slot. Performance-wise no difficulties have yet been found. Overall a device that it would be difficult not to recommend.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“I had issues with camera module at the beginning as the camera LED and camera enable signals were swapped on hardware side, however this was easy to fix it updating firmware and now it should be enough to perform standard update/upgrade procedure with apt-get. You can definitely draw more current from USB ports now but I found it not very reliable - I had some intermittent power failures on my Toshiba E.Store USB drive, but I'm blaming the micro USB cable connecting power supply and Pi3B board - the drive can consume up to ~750mA in peaks, the Pi itself around 500-600 mA (according to my measurements) so in total in worst scenario this will give more than 1.3 A, and usually USB cables are rated for 500mA so this was not a great surprise. Wi-Fi works great out of the box - I took microSD card from my A+ that had Wi-Fi configured with Broadcom USB HUB/WiFi adaptor and it just worked (after apt-get up*ing while still in A+). Apparently 3B consumes similar amount of energy that A+ do with Broadcom's Wi-Fi dongle plugged in - when idling. Expect higher power consumption on heavy load. If you want to connect 3B to 2.5 A power supply and use some power hungry USB devices connected directly to Pi USB ports then you will need some proper micro USB cable to power the Pi. OR you will have serious voltage drops and will have to use powered HUB!”

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Posted 8 years ago