Raspberry Pi B+

model: Raspberry Pi 1 model B+

  • SoC: Broadcom BCM2835
  • cpu: ARMv6 - ARM1176JZF-S @ 700 Mhz
  • gpu: VideoCore IV
  • memory: 512 MB
  • storage: microSDHC cslot
  • video outputs: HDMI + composite video (via TRRS jack)
  • audio output: 3.5 mm TRRS jack (shared with composite video)
  • network: 10 / 100 Mbps Ethernet (via usb)
  • power: 5V via microUSB connector, 600 mA
  • usb: 4 x usb 2.0
  • gpio: 40 pins

OS: FreeBSD, Raspbian,

links

Raspberry Pi and 433 MHz: Howto: Raspberry Pi GPIO 433MHz Remote Sockets (Domoticz), Super simple Raspberry Pi 433MHz home automation, Decode 433 MHz signals w/ Raspberry Pi & 433 MHz Receiver, Send & Receive 433MHz Signals For Home Automation (Pi forums), 433MHz RF Communication from a Raspberry Pi, 433MHz receiver on Raspberry Pi (Home Assistant community), rpi-rf (Python), Pilight, PiGFX, Tek4010 emulator for Pi and Linux,

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History

2021-08-11: I re-created this page on my self-hosted web server.

2017-01-12: Bitraf - build night - I didn't find time to work on this project, too many other interesting things happening. Time well spent!

2016-10-27: Bitraf build night again. Yes, a voltage divider is needed. I got distracted for the rest of the night, so no more progress on this project.

2016-10-06: build night at Bitraf again. Researching ways to connect the 433 MHz receiver safely to the Pi. The receiver is designed for 5 V VCC. Do I need a voltage divider?

2016-09-29: serial console - I'm using a cable that looks like the Adafruit 4 pin cable (it can be), and green is RX, white is TX and black is GND on the cable. From my Fedora laptop:

[tingo@localhost ~]$ screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
[detached from 6674.pts-1.localhost]

ok.

2016-09-28: I have 2 x 149252 433 MHz receiver and 2 x 149254 433 MHz transmitter from DX.

2016-02-18: Bitraf build night - I tested the microSD card in the Pi B+. It took a while to resize the ufs partition on first boot, but other than that it works nicely. I only connected keyboard, power, mouse - no network, so no info from the testing.

2016-02-18: Bitraf build night. I forgot a HDMI cable, but have the rest. Downloaded a FreeBSD 10.3-beta2 image for the RPI, and wrote it to a 32 GB Kingston microSD card using my Fedora laptop.

tingo@localhost 10.3]$ sudo dd if=./FreeBSD-10.3-BETA2-arm-armv6-RPI-B.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M
120+0 records in
120+0 records out
503316480 bytes (503 MB) copied, 36.1748 s, 13.9 MB/s

wow, fast.write. disktype says:

tingo@localhost ~]$ sudo disktype /dev/mmcblk0

--- /dev/mmcblk0
Block device, size 29.32 GiB (31486640128 bytes)
DOS/MBR partition map
Partition 1: 16.98 MiB (17805312 bytes, 34776 sectors from 63, bootable)
  Type 0x0C (Win95 FAT32 (LBA))
  FAT16 file system (hints score 5 of 5)
    Volume size 16.95 MiB (17768448 bytes, 4338 clusters of 4 KiB)
    Volume name "MSDOSBOOT"
Partition 2: 463.0 MiB (485452800 bytes, 948150 sectors from 34839)
  Type 0xA5 (FreeBSD)
  BSD disklabel (at sector 1), 8 partitions
  Partition a: 462.9 MiB (485359616 bytes, 947968 sectors from 105)
    Type 7 (4.2BSD fast file system)
    UFS2 file system, 64 KiB offset, little-endian
      Volume name "rootfs" (in superblock)
      Last mounted at "/releng/10-armv6-RPI-B-release/usr/obj/usr/src/release/ufs"
  Partition c: 463.0 MiB (485452800 bytes, 948150 sectors from 0)
    Type 0 (Unused)

ok.

2016-02-13: Tried to fit the cases tonight. The pins in the bottom half are a bit big (I can't get the top on, and I can't get the Pi onto them. I used a small tool to wear off a bit of plastic, but still some pins broke, both from removing the lid, and from removing the Pi. One of the cases survived, so I used rubber bands to keep to lid on.

2016-02-11: at Bitraf build night, I printed two cases (Adrien12's Raspberry Pi case (model B+ / 2) very nice), after fixing the printer and my Cura settings (the printers have a 0.4mm hotend, not 0.3mm).