The latest Raspberry Pi 3 single board computer.

The Raspberry Pi single board computer has revolutionised the world of internet connected devices and development. The latest version, the Raspberry Pi 3, features a 64 bit Quad Core ARMv8 CPU with 802.11n wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.1 and HDMI. This feature packed single board computer is ideal for small 'Internet Of Things' (IoT) projects, plus home entertainment, such as media centre or retro-pi game console.

Raspberry Pi 3 Board Layout

The board layout and form factor of the latest model is essentially unchanged from the Raspberry Pi 2, allowing it to be a more powerful direct swap in replacement for existing Pi designs using the Pi2 or B+, which also share the same form factor. The biggest chip on the board is of course the Broadcom BCM2387 chipset offering a serious boost to performance over the Pi 2. In addition on board Bluetooth 4.1 and 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN have also been with no sacrifice to any existing Pi board features.

Raspberry Pi 3 Specification

Processor: Broadcom BCM2387 chipset, 1.2GHz 64 bit Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53.802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1 (Bluetooth Classic and LE)

GPU: Dual Core VideoCore IV® Multimedia Co-Processor. Provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode. Capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure.

Memory: 1GB LPDDR2

Operating System: Boots from Micro SD card, running a version of the Linux operating system or Windows 10 IoT

Dimensions: 85 x 56 x 17mm

Power Requirement: Micro USB socket 5V1, 2.5A

Overview of the Raspberry Pi 3 by Make