Raspberry Pi 2 release

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Just saw that the new version of this board has been released… Looks good although I was surprised to see they built no WiFi into it. Features a faster processor and more RAM. Everything else stays the same.

It is sods law that a new one would be released as soon as I ordered mine!

In terms of BrewPi am I mistake or do I see no reason for an upgrade (obviously if you were buys new you would get one) as we aren’t using huge amounts of CPU/RAM? If anything the new release might push down the costs of B+ units making BrewPi more accessible.

Thoughts?

Dean.

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The spark core has wifi built in. And this new unit can run not only your fermenter but your whole brewing process with automated valves and pumps.

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You still need a raspberry pi or something similar to run the web interface for logging etc.

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What Dan said: you will still need a web server.

The spark is the controller, it does not run the web server.
I was less happy with the new Pi. I am still sitting on quite a bit of stock of the older version.

In a related note: €10 discount on Raspberry Pi’s! I am actually making a loss on them now.
You can now get a B+ with SD-card for €24.95.

Great as a media center too with RaspBMC.

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Yeah I am torn here. I am about to pull the trigger on a whole BrewPi Spark setup and then this comes out. I probably don’t need the Pi 2 but just knowing that there is a bigger better one out there than the B+ makes me want to seek it out. Will just have to sleep on it.

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Unless you think you will be using the Pi for other, CPU intensive projects it really makes no difference.

I would take the discounted offer! I paid full price for mine recently.

Dean.

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Yeah that’s what I did. Didn’t see a need for the Pi2. Just placed my order now.