Photo: Pi Zero with hub & Ethernet

I am (im)patiently waiting for Raspberry Pi Zero production to catch up with demand, so I wrote a short article about the Pi Zero demand, and the reluctance of distributors to carry it.

Link:

Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great Christmas, and here is wishing everyone can get all the Raspberry Pi Zero’s they want early in 2016.

In other news, we are still getting plenty of questions on how to install Windows on a Raspberry Pi. Sigh.

Remember:

1. WRONG processor architecture (ARM vs x86)

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2. slower processor on the Pi
3. QEMU would work, glacially
4. Wine does not emulate x86
5. ExGear is an optimized Wine that does x86, but it is not Windows
6. Windows 10 IoT is NOT a desktop OS

For more a more detailed explanation, please see:

How can I install Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 2?

Sorry, I intended to finish another article over the weekend, but a power outage interfered.

See CBC.ca: https://globalnews.ca/news/2192533/strong-rain-winds-hit-metro-vancouver/

Here in Langley, BC, we lost power around 10:30am on Saturday .. and did not get it back until 9:35pm.

We still don’t have our cable internet service restored. Fortunately, even though the cell signal is poor, we could keep an eye on BCHydro’s twitter feed (their web site and phone support was also off-line), and we could still read on our tablets.
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Apparently at one point 500,000 customers were affected… if you assume an average of three people per home, that is around 1.5 million people without power!

You have to love USB power banks, they kept our phones and tablets alive during the outage… and a spotty & slow internet is still better than no internet.

Update: I have cable internet again, and I managed to fix X11.org on the desktop where the configuration files got corrupted by the power loss. Whew.

I managed to score five new Raspberry Pi Model A+ ‘s from Allied Electronics Canada!

(click on image for larger version)

https://ca-en.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=70428330

Just for yucks, I checked what Element14 says for Canada (of course they do not show any stock)

• 247 Further stock expected to ship on 5-Jan-2015
• Per the manufacturer, more stock expected week of 09/03/15

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Allied has about 330 A+’s left at this time, I bet they won’t last long.

I’ve been waiting patiently for Element14 to start selling the new Raspberry Pi Model A+

A couple of days ago, they posted an ad saying that it it is available in limited quantities – see image below:

(click on image for 1080p version – here is the link to the page above)

I’ve been waiting as patiently as I could, as I really want to test it as I think it will be a great board for many of my projects, so this morning I contacted their customer service using their on-line chat.

Here is the start of my chat:

Ray: Hi, how can I help?

you: Introducing the Model A+ The least expensive, most compact single board computer.Limited quantities available!

you: when will I be able to order it?

you: an inactive link has been up for about three days now

you: https://canada.newark.com/raspberry-pi-accessories?rd=raspberry+pi&catalogId=15003&langId=1&storeId=10196

you: you can see it at the link above

Ray: we are not going to stock the model A+

you: Really? then why are you listing it as being available?

Ray: it is coming for our UK sister company

Ray: part 93X7446

 
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I admit I complained to Ray about the situation, and asked for the email address to use for customer compaints (which is customerservice@newark.com)

I searched for the Model A+ by the part number Ray provided, and did find a listing page at

https://canada.newark.com/raspberry-pi/raspbrry-moda-256m/sbc-raspberry-pi-model-a-256mb/dp/93X7446?ost=93X7446

This page shows “Awaiting Deliver”, and stock & lead times shows

“Per the manufacturer, more stock expected week of 02/03/15”

Now this suggests a few possibilities:

1) the Raspberry Pi Foundation BADLY underestimated the demand for a $20 Model A+

2) Element14 in Canada is confused – web site says they will stock it, customer service representative says they will not stock it.

(This may mean that they will only make it available as a “direct ship” product from the UK – likely increasing costs for customers)

I’ll order a few from the UK or the states (assuming I can find some in stock somewhere) – but that means that I’ll end up paying FAR more than $20 each.

I strongly suspect the Model A+ will outsell the proverbial hotcakes…

Now I am off to search the web for a few to play with.

p.s.

I appreciated how Ray was trying to be helpful, and I know he is in a tough spot. Apparently I was not the only upset customer. Element14 should carry the A+ in Canada, after all they are “THE” official distributor.

I suspect they will be getting a LOT of complaints…

Update#1:

MCMElectronics now expects A+’s on Dec.13 … they keep pushing back the availability date.

https://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-16459