Just realized (whilst in the middle of the pins re-factor, mulling over exactly how to handle inter-device pin locking) that the header on the B+ onwards _isn't_ P1 ... it's J8. I'll get this fixed up while I'm at it to avoid any confusion of users looking at their Pi's and going "but where the hell is P1?!"
...but it's labelled as "GPIO".
look at the bit just by pin 1
had a look on a Zero, a 2B, and a 3B (haven't got a B+ but I've found some photos online) - I'm pretty sure that header is labelled J8 but you're right there's a "GPIO" label silk-screened on too.
Ah yes. They even kept the "J8" labelling on the PiZero, which is surprising.
BTW I had already noticed this (P1 discrepancy), but I didn't think it was worth fixing ;-)
Somehow the fact you'd already noticed it doesn't surprise me ;)
What do P1 and J8 stand for?
They're simply the label on the silk-screen for the GPIO header. I'm not sure why the "P" prefixes were originally used - P for Pin or something I'd guess. J is another common prefix, usually used for blocks you'd attach jumpers to on a motherboard (so you'll probably find things like J2, J3, and so forth silk-screened on your motherboard - usually around the area you'd connect things like power switch, reset switch, etc).
Anyway, figured it'd be nice to have our ASCII-art schematics more or less match the real thing so people can find their way around.
@bennuttall I think this has been done, as the pinout diagrams now include 'J8' ?
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Somehow the fact you'd already noticed it doesn't surprise me ;)