Exactly four years ago, 29 February 2012, was released single board computer Raspberry Pi. It cost only $ 25 and quickly gained popularity. Since then, has been sold more than 8 million data computers, including about 3 million Raspberry Pi 2.
Company Raspberry Pi Foundation has decided to celebrate his fourth birthday with the release of the new Raspberry Pi microcomputer 3. From today, it goes on sale for $ 35. It should be noted that a year ago was released Raspberry Pi 2, with the same value.
So, the new Raspberry Pi 3 is built on a single-chip Broadcom BCM2837 platform, which includes four 64-bit cores Cortex-A53 with a frequency of 1.2 GHz. For performance is about ten times greater than the original Raspberry Pi. Broadcom BCM2837 has the same basic architecture as its predecessors, BCM2835 and BCM2836, so that all previous software for Raspberry Pi is fully compatible with the new.
Also, Raspberry Pi has received 3 Broadcom BCM43438 chip provides wireless connections Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.1. Otherwise, the novelty has the same layout as its predecessors, and it has the same design, location and purpose of connectors. The developers note in the only difference lies in the fact that LEDs are moved to the other side with respect to microSD slot. The new single board computer is also powered by a 5-V micro-USB adapter, but now the recommended adapter with the current power of 2.5 A.
Currently, the developers recommend the use of Raspberry Pi with 3 32-bit operating systems. Over the coming months they promise to check the feasibility of using 64-bit systems. Related Products :
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