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Wow! Raspberry Pi 5 Already Sounds Like a Tinkerer's Favorite! 🤩
Tinkerers! Raspberry Pi 5 is here to make your interesting ideas come to life! The Single-board computers (SBC) space is livening up again thanks to the launch of a new offering by Raspberry Pi.
Called the ' Raspberry Pi 5' , it is an evolution over its very popular predecessor, the Raspberry Pi 4, which was launched back in 2019.
So, let's see what it has to offer and when/where you can get it from.
🆕 What's New in Raspberry Pi 5?
The Raspberry Pi 5 is a sufficiently powerful successor that has a completely redesigned platform, featuring in-house designed silicon developed in the UK.
In comparison to the Raspberry Pi 4, the Raspberry Pi 5 is over twice as powerful thanks to the improvements in hardware and software. **** They also added that:
Compared to Raspberry Pi 4, we have between two and three times the CPU and GPU performance; roughly twice the memory and I/O bandwidth; and for the first time we have Raspberry Pi silicon on a flagship Raspberry Pi device.
Even the form factor doesn't see much of a change**,** with the Raspberry Pi 5 retaining the credit-card sized footprint , with changes mostly to the placement of ports.
To further complement the release of this SBC, the Raspberry Pi team has been busy readying up a new release of Raspberry Pi OS. It is based on theDebian 12 'Bookworm' release, so you can expect loads of improvements.
The updated OS is set to launch in mid-October 2023 , with a transition to the Wayfire Wayland compositor system, doing away with X11.
📝 Raspberry Pi 5: Key Specifications
So, you are maybe wondering; what hardware the Raspberry Pi 5 is packing?
Well, for starters, the Raspberry Pi 5 is powered by a new 16 nm application processor from Broadcom called ' BCM2712 '.
It features a quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor running at a nominal 2.4 GHz , with 512 KB per-core L2 caches and a 2 MB shared L3 cache.
All of that is complemented by a new GPU in the form of Broadcom's VideoCore VII , with completely open-source Mesa drivers.
Then there's the new 'RP1' I/O controller that handles various I/O ports such as the USB 2.0/3.0 , Gigabit Ethernet , MIPI transceivers , and the usual GPIO ports.
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The project RP1 was in progress since 2016, and the venture cost them $15 million. 🤯
And finally, we have the new 'DA9091' power-management IC by Renesas that handles power distribution around the board with eight separate switch-mode power supplies to generate different voltages according to the Raspberry Pi 5's needs.
Other than that, here are some of the other notable highlights:
- Dedicated Power Button
- Dual-Band 802.11ac Wi-Fi
- 4 GB/8 GB Memory Variants
- 2x 4Kp60 HDMI Display Output
- 2x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
- Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Raspberry Pi 5 sounds like something that should enable you to build cool projects, potentially better than existing Raspberry Pi projects.
Raspberry Pi 5 Accessories 🦾
As is tradition, the Raspberry 5 has launched with various official accessories.
Take for example the case, which has an integrated fan , tuned for low noise, and extended usages.
Then there's another cooling accessory in the form of an ' active cooler ', that features an aluminum heat sink with a fan that can be directly mounted on to the board.
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Owing to the increased peak power requirements , they are also offering a 27 W USB-C power supply for tinkerers to push their Raspberry Pi 5 to the limits.
There are a few more Raspberry Pi accessories available that I didn't mention here, like display cables, m.2 hat, and more. I'm sure there could be more in the near future.
I highly suggest you go through the official announcement blog to get into the finer details of this interesting SBC.
💰 Pricing and Availability
The Raspberry Pi 5 is being offered in two variants , and prices start at $60 for the 4 GB , and $80 for the 8 GB variant.
It is up for pre-order through various approved resellers, with shipping to commence by the end of October.
Raspberry Pi 5 (Approved Resellers)
They have limited sales to just individual buyers until the end of this year (2023), to avoid any supply chain issues.
via: https://news.itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-5/
作者：Sourav Rudra 选题：lujun9972 译者：译者ID 校对：校对者ID