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Raspberry Pi 3 to sport Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE – first photos emerge
The Register ^ | 2/26/16 | Chris Williams

Posted on 02/26/2016 5:57:41 PM PST by markomalley

Pics A Raspberry Pi 3 with onboard Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) support has emerged today.

The Model B Raspberry Pi 3 will be the first in the family of tiny cheap-and-cheerful ARM-powered computers to feature builtin wireless networking. For previous models, owners have had to make do with wired Ethernet, USB Wi-Fi adapters, or Ethernet-to-wireless gadgets. Having wire-free networking built into the little single-board computer will be a boon.

Confirmation of the Pi 3's existence comes from these lab results submitted by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to US communications watchdog the FCC. The documents show the new hardware complies with radio standards, and the regulator has approved the device for use.

The Model B's schematics, block diagrams, parts lists, and other blueprints have been withheld from public view at the request of the Raspberry Pi designers, so the exact specifications of the new system aren't yet known. More details are expected to be revealed next week.

From the submitted dossier, the Model B will use a single chip antenna. The hardware was tested in Hull, UK.

The Pi 3 Model B otherwise looks pretty much like 2015's quad-core 32-bit ARM Cortex-A7-based Raspberry Pi 2: it sports a familiar Broadcom system-on-chip, HDMI port, SD card slot, wired Ethernet socket, and 40 general-purpose IO pins, all in a credit-card form factor.

Here are some photos of the new hardware:

Click to enlarge either photo

A spokesperson for the Raspberry Pi Foundation declined to comment.

The Brit-designed Pi first hit the scene in 2011 as an affordable computer to kickstart interest in programming and technology among kids and adults. Since then the hardware has undergone several revisions, although never exceeding a price tag of about $35 (£25). ®


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: modelbraspberrypi3; raspberrypi; raspberrypi3
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Women are funny that way, aren’t they?


21 posted on 02/26/2016 6:35:48 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: edh

“I always wanted to make a good car stereo/computer out of one. The Chinese ones are crap and the “good” ones are priced ridiculously high. I simply have too many other habits ...”

There was a time when that was the best way to go, but at this point you can buy something better than you can build, unless you are possibly retired and your time is cheap :)


22 posted on 02/26/2016 6:36:33 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

You have redeemed yourself. Your wife trained you well.

Please tell her I said that. ;-/


23 posted on 02/26/2016 6:37:25 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: bajabaja

“I have an earlier Raspberry Pi (B model) and an Arduino 2560 and have not fully understood their different capacities. The Arduino is a “micro controller” and the Pi basically a mini computer, but there is considerable overlap”

There are a lot of people who are using these things (pretty expensive) when a $1.00 microcontroller like a PIC from Microchip will do. They are harder to program but at least you learn some engineering. I’m stone age and still use through-hole parts, but the only difference is my stuff is a little larger.


24 posted on 02/26/2016 6:42:04 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: AFreeBird
Missed it by this || much.

Maxwell Smart.

Or as Siegfried would say..."Maxvell Shmaht."

25 posted on 02/26/2016 6:42:50 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why do we give our hearts to the past? And why must we grow up so fast?)
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To: markomalley

Everybody seems to be missing the fact that the Pi works on 3V or less, which when you do the math removes the need for heat sinks and fans. This is a YUGE advantage in miniaturizing electronics.


26 posted on 02/26/2016 6:43:23 PM PST by neversweat (50 years and I still miss it!)
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To: AFreeBird
Women are funny that way, aren’t they?

Well...we have a rule in our kitchen. We call it ICYC.
"I Cooked, You Clean".

It works out well.

27 posted on 02/26/2016 6:44:23 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why do we give our hearts to the past? And why must we grow up so fast?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

LOL! I love the silly season.

It’s good to let it go for a time though, isn’t it?

A little frivolity is good for the soul.


28 posted on 02/26/2016 6:45:30 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I am well aware of that rule.


29 posted on 02/26/2016 6:46:22 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: The Antiyuppie
I always wanted to make a good car stereo/computer out of one.

Now THERE'S an interesting project. I've often wondered how one could make a DAR...Digital Audio Recorder...to record and buffer FM radio audio the same as is done for video with a DVR.

With a Rasperry Pi...one could...in theory create such a device. Not unlike a Linux Myth TV DVR for home use. But this would be small enough to install in a car.

Haven't you occasionally listened to the radio and said, "What the heck did he just say?"

30 posted on 02/26/2016 6:48:28 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why do we give our hearts to the past? And why must we grow up so fast?)
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To: AFreeBird
A little frivolity is good for the soul.

Yes! Always have a witty phrase ready to go for any number of inconsequential conversations.

We do it at work. Someone will throw out a little nugget and that is the cue for all to listen/chime in/tell a joke. It really breaks the tension sometimes. Then it's back to the grind.

I love where I work.

31 posted on 02/26/2016 6:52:44 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Why do we give our hearts to the past? And why must we grow up so fast?)
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To: bajabaja
An Amateur Radio SDR using Raspberry Pi, Arduino and a Softrock SDR

I didn't build it, but I know the guy that did and this thing is incredible.

32 posted on 02/26/2016 6:58:14 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

And that is the BEST place to work. A place you love being at.

Kudos!


33 posted on 02/26/2016 7:05:22 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

” With a Rasperry Pi...one could...in theory create such a device. Not unlike a Linux Myth TV DVR for home use. But this would be small enough to install in a car.

Haven’t you occasionally listened to the radio and said, “What the heck did he just say?”

This would be very easy to do but I think the manufacturers would be scared to death to make it for legal reasons (copyrights, DRM, royalties). If you made something that could back up 30 seconds of audio I’ll bet the music industry would get you for “making available a device that illegally records their valuable property”.


34 posted on 02/26/2016 7:05:59 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: AFreeBird

Get Smart.


35 posted on 02/26/2016 7:11:34 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Got the right episode. He was trying to make a time viewer or something.


36 posted on 02/26/2016 7:12:25 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

True fact...

No husband was ever shot while doing the dishes!

I love the Pi computers!
I love ARM!
I love powerful ARM SoCs!

And I love plain old C and assembler.

Yup, I’m an old fart :-)


37 posted on 02/26/2016 7:23:35 PM PST by Bobalu (I'm spitting on my hands, and hoisting the black flag!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Sorry, BSR beat you by this.... | |..... much.

Okay, that’s a guess. It’s a fair approximation though. I think.


38 posted on 02/26/2016 7:29:57 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: The Antiyuppie

My truck’s factory stereo does it.


39 posted on 02/26/2016 7:33:43 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Thanks Antiyuppie for the reference to PIC microcontrollers. Studying up on them now. This is a significantly cheaper option.


40 posted on 02/26/2016 7:38:22 PM PST by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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