The Raspberry Pi
3 has a faster processor and Wi-Fi. On the other data, nothing changes; the
price is not much different from that of its predecessor.
The Raspberry Pi
Foundation has presented the new Raspberry Pi 3 the public on February 29th
2016.
On the craft
computer a new processor is used: The BCM2837 from Broadcom. He has four cores
based on the ARM Cortex-53 architecture and supports their 64-bittigen
instruction set. The cores can be clocked at up to 1.2 GHz. The wireless
function is provided on the Broadcom BCM43143 chip. The chip is already in the
official wireless USB dongle for the Raspberry Pi used. The chip on the
Raspberry Pi 3 but does not seem to be connected via USB. In addition, the
computer has Bluetooth 4.1. The new features require more power; officially the
new computer now requires a 2.5 amp power supply.
The remaining
data correspond to the Raspberry Pi 2: The computer has 1 GB of RAM and four
USB 2.0 ports. Video signals are output via HDMI. The 10- / 100-Mbps Ethernet
connection is still connected via USB. Power is supplied by Micro-USB port. The
assignment of the GPIO connector with 40 pins also remains the same. As GPU two
Video Core IV cores Broadcom are built into the processor.
New release of Raspbian
With the
introduction of the new computer is also a new release of Raspbian, the Linux
distribution for the Raspberry Pi, available. Although the previous
distributions for the Raspberry Pi are basically executable, the wireless chip
could at least need a new driver.
The Raspberry Pi
3 can already be ordered from many retailers, such as in Watterot and RS
Components. The price in Germany is between 40 and 45 euros. The previously
available models will be still available.
First details on
the new Raspberry Pi have already been a few days ago announced after pictures
and test reports had been published to the computer on the FCC website.
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