IMP Comments On Raspberry Pi Buyers Who Face Delay After Factory Mistake

Manufacturing problems will mean the first batches of the Raspberry Pi computer, aimed at helping people learn programming will be delayed; this is due to a complication with the circuit boards.

Released in late February, the Raspberry Pi has been developed to be a cheap computer that will help children and other beginners get to grips with computer programming but a mistake meant that the wrong type of networking jack was soldered into place on some of the circuit boards. Raspberry Pi announced on its blog “Some of the parts making up the first batch of the model Bs had been accidentally switched in the Chinese factory where they are being made.” A source for IMP has said “Raspberry Pi is a computer designed in budget range for everyone in order for them to understand computer programming; this complication has come at a bad time as anyone wanting to buy one can now only register their interest rather than place an order and wait until more stock is received.”

This is the first batch to be released of the Raspberry Pi’s; the design is a small like credit card sized computer, the machine is available in two models, model A without networking and a model B that comes with a network jack. Raspberry Pi announced on its blog “Production has been outsourced to China in a bid to keep costs of the bare-bones machine in check.” Unfortunately, the factory soldered on the wrong type of jack which, if left in place, would leave the gadget unable to connect to a computer network. A source for IMP has said “This is a mistake that can be easily rectified, unfortunately it means that their could possibly be a delay on future gadgets as large stocks of he wrong product were bought” Swapping the wrong jacks for the right ones on the boards that were already made up was a "minor problem to fix", said Raspberry Pi. However, it added, there might be a delay for future gadgets as it sought sources of the correct component.

"We are very, very sorry," wrote Raspberry Pi community manager Liz Upton on the organisation's blog. IMP has said “We can see that Raspberry Pi have acknowledged the mistakes they have made and hopefully as a company they can learn from these and move on to distribute these computers and their future gadgets” The bare-bones computer project has proved hugely popular and the websites of two of the firms contracted to build the machines crashed when the Pi went on general sale. All three firms that signed up to distribute the machine have sold their initial stock.

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