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Wifi-Enabled Raspberry Pi 3 coming soon?

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Author: Chris Garrett

magazineRumours of a new Raspberry Pi model are heating up with appearances in the official magazine and a FCC filing!

The story seems to be solidifying to describe the same 1GB, 1.2Ghz cores, but with Wifi and Bluetooth Low Energy on board

Pi3

  • Pictures
  • FCC Filing

Added:

Obviously the rumours turned out to be true!

Specifications

SoC: Broadcom BCM2837
CPU: 4× ARM Cortex-A53, 1.2GHz
GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV
RAM: 1GB LPDDR2 (900 MHz)
Networking: 10/100 Ethernet, 2.4GHz 802.11n wireless
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.1 Classic, Bluetooth Low Energy
Storage: microSD
GPIO: 40-pin header, populated
Ports: HDMI, 3.5mm analogue audio-video jack, 4× USB 2.0, Ethernet, Camera Serial Interface (CSI), Display Serial Interface (DSI)

I (accidentally) ordered two Pi 3 due to the online ordering sites being hammered on release day, perhaps I should do a prize draw for my spare and review the other one? :)

 

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About Chris Garrett

Marketing nerd by day, maker, retro gaming, tabletop war/roleplaying nerd by night. Co-author of the Problogger Book with Darren Rowse. Husband, Dad, 🇨🇦 Canadian.

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