We were told that there would be no Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023.
In fact it was said in a lot of places that was the case.
It turns out, that was a lie :D
And what a delicious one it is.
• 2.4GHz quad-core, 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with 512KB L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache
• VideoCore VII GPU
• LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM (4GB and 8GB SKUs available at launch)
• 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Micro SD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104 mode
• 2 × USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
• 2 × USB 2.0 ports
• Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires PoE+ HAT)
• 2 × 4 lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
• PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals
• 5V/5A DC power (PD enabled)
• Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin header
• Real-Time Clock (RTC), powered from external battery
• On-board power button!!
I cannot wait to get a hold of one, and I'm amazed that finally, we have need for a heatsink and fan, which comes with thermal pads!
Have you been waiting for a new Raspberry Pi? Perhaps you were content with the existing one? I'll be interested in putting it through its paces.
We previously asked you: What would you look forward to being on the Raspberry Pi 5 ? - how does this meet up with your expectations?
