The latest Raspberry Pi computer board, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, has been launched internationally and is currently awaiting ICASA approval, which is necessary because of its Wi-Fi capability. Once approved (which is expected to be around May or June) the licensed board will be available to the South African market through RS Components SA.
The new board is based upon the latest revision of the Broadcom BCM2837 system-on-chip (SoC) processor running at 1,4 GHz, more than 10% faster than the processor on the current Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. The BCM2837 processor is a quad-core device that integrates an ARM A53 processor core cluster running the 64-bit ARMv8 instruction set. Multimedia handling capability of the processor includes support for H.264, MPEG-4 decode (1080p30), H.264 encode (1080p30) and OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0 graphics.
The Model B+ also offers 1 GB of LPDDR2 SDRAM memory and the latest wireless combo chip from Cypress Semiconductor, which provides dual-band 2,4 GHz and 5,0 GHz Wi-Fi according to IEEE802.11ac, as well as the Bluetooth 4.1 specification for BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communications, delivering significantly reduced wireless compliance testing and thereby improving both cost and time to market.
The board also offers improved communications performance via Gigabit Ethernet over USB 2.0, delivering a maximum throughput of 300 Mbps through the board’s four USB 2.0 ports, as well as retaining the extensive 40-pin GPIO header connector. Audio/video connections include HDMI and MIPI DSI/CSI display/camera ports, as well as a four-pole stereo output and composite video port.
While offering improved thermal management compared to previous Raspberry Pi incarnations, the board also retains many of the same features and capabilities of previous-generation boards such as its small mechanical footprint of 85 x 56 mm, making it suitable for the current official Raspberry Pi case, as well as many other third-party enclosures available on the market today.
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