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NEW! Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
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Key Improvements from Pi 2 Model B to Pi 3 Model B:
Next Generation QUAD Core Broadcom BCM2837 64bit processor
Processor speed has increased from 900MHz on Pi 2 to 1.2Ghz
BCM43438 WiFi on board
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) on board
Upgraded switched power source up to 2.5 Amps (can now power even more powerful devices over USB ports)
Other Technical Specification:
40pin extended GPIO
4 x USB 2 ports
4 pole Stereo output and Composite video port
Full size HDMI output
CSI camera port for connecting the Raspberry Pi cameraRaspberry Pi camera
DSI display port for connecting the Raspberry Pi touch screen displayRaspberry Pi touch screen display
Micro SD port for loading your operating system and storing data
Upgraded switched Micro USB power source (now supports up to 2.5 Amps)
The same form factor as the Pi 2 Model BPi 2 Model B, - the only difference is the location of the onboard LEDs
Top Comments
There's dedicated hardware for lots of things, but I'd certainly be interested in seeing if the Pi3 can be put to this kind of purpose -- my NAS is getting kind of old, and uses a lot more juice than a…
Exactly Spanner Spencer.
The Raspberry approach was chosen because it could fill my need at a very low cost, and with low power (I haven't look at the power consumption of other NAS hardware).
I haven…
Yes Chris. to be honest the software RAID under Linux has surpassed the speed of the HW implementations for years at least under x86 ...
Obviously the ability to off load that function to some H/W is good…