Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

Description

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is a tiny credit card size computer. Just add a keyboard, mouse, display, power supply, micro SD card with installed Linux Distribution and you’ll have a fully fledged computer that can run applications from word processors and spreadsheets to games. As the Raspberry Pi 3?supports HD video, you can even create a media centre with it. The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is the first Raspberry Pi to be open-source from the get-go, expect it to be the defacto embedded linux board in all the forums. Some even suggest you use the newest version of the NOOBS operating system (1.8.0) if you want to benefit from? faster ?operation and WiFi / Bluetooth. The RPi3 retains the same GPIO and board layout as the RPi2 meaning that it’s compatible with most add on ‘Hat’ boards. The RPi3 will probably fit in older cases, but because of a few positional changes, the older cases may be less than ideal. Watch out for cases made of metal – the metal could end up interfering with the WiFi / Bluetooth radio transmissions. So what’s new? Onboard Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1 33% Faster CPU Clock Rate 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 processor Video core clocked at nearly 2x speed of RPi2 3D GFX processor 50Mhz faster 1GB of RAM A new turbocharged?Broadcom?BCM2837?1.2GHz quad-core system-on-chip with performance at least 6x that of the B (and a 300Mhz increase from the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B). What’s the same? Same form factor as the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B (your enclosures and daughter board