The Raspberry Pi 3 is out,  including Wifi and Bluetooth 4 - Page 1
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author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 01:36:34 pm
content: Fromhttp://hackaday.com/2016/02/28/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-3/SPECSThe headlining feature of the Pi 3 is the built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, but it doesn’t stop there. Here’s the complete specs for the Pi 3:SoC: Broadcom BCM2837 (roughly 50% faster than the Pi 2)CPU: 1.2 GHZ quad-core ARM Cortex A53 (ARMv8 Instruction Set)GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV @ 400 MHzMemory: 1 GB LPDDR2-900 SDRAMUSB ports: 4Network: 10/100 MBPS Ethernet, 802.11n Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.0Its available, at least, at RS component ( 18 000 in stock ). Just ordered 2.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 01:43:34 pm
content: Still Sata is missing which IMHO is a pity because an SSD combined with a Linux board like this would make a very snappy computer.

author: ruffy91
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 01:44:49 pm
content: Ordered one from RS.It's a bit disappointing that the Ethernet still is USB. At least WiFi+BLE is connected via SDIO and not USB, which should give better latency (most probably WiFi will now be lower latency than Ethernet).

author: TinkerFan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 02:02:33 pm
content: But as it seems, there is no software available for it at the momenthttps://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=-Q_3pqoJWos

author: ruffy91
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 02:05:09 pm
content: As I read it Raspbian doesn't have the necessary drivers and no 64-bit environment. You can still roll your own Linux/Debian/whatever which includes the drivers.

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 02:47:06 pm
content: Quote from: ruffy91 on February 29, 2016, 02:05:09 pmThe just updated Raspbian image (32 bit only, though) has all the drivers.https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-on-sale/#comment-1253951

author: andersm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 07:04:06 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on February 29, 2016, 01:43:34 pmThere's tons of similar boards (Banana Pi, Odroid, Cubieboard etc.), some of them have SATA.

author: langwadt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 07:12:49 pm
content: Quote from: newbrain on February 29, 2016, 02:47:06 pmwith only 1GB ram what would be the big point of going 64bit?

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 07:15:48 pm
content: Quote from: andersm on February 29, 2016, 07:04:06 pmHow many have a 5 million units base of users ?

author: ruffy91
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 07:40:03 pm
content: Quote from: langwadt on February 29, 2016, 07:12:49 pmNo big point but some performance improvements.In AArch64 mode you have access to 64bit wide general purpose registers.

author: eas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 05:12:49 am
content: Quote from: JacquesBBB on February 29, 2016, 07:15:48 pm# of users probably matters a lot less than # of competent OS developers. Unfortunately, it seems like many of the inexpensive platforms with better high-speed IO than the RPi don't have enough of a developer base to get things into shape in the first place, and keep up with major OS updates.

author: relic38
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 05:15:55 am
content: I'm a Raspberry Pi noob, would it make sense to start with this version? I assume there's no point in getting the older one, but what about the smaller board that was also announced? It seems limited, so I'm leaning towards the Pi 3. Thanks in advance.

author: Gmetal
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 08:31:20 am
content: I bought a Pi 2, and playing around with it for IOT type projects, and had to purchase 2 separate bluetooth (non LE) and Wifi modules, which were a pain to get going in my case for some reason, losing 2 USB ports. Including them on board is a fantastic desicion, I honestly would have paid a 15$ premium for that feature.Quote from: relic38 on March 01, 2016, 05:15:55 amDefinitely. Pretty much the best model. There is a cheap 'pi zero' model, but that is probably best once youve worked out a precise use that you have prototyped with your fully featured Pi and leave that in place in a project etc.

author: relic38
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 01:32:41 pm
content: Excellent! Thanks Gmetal!

author: kunzem
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 01:52:30 pm
content: funny was friday first rumors and on monday i got adverts from pollin in my postbox announcing it, nearly apple leveljust ordered 2 to play with for my cnc controller project the extra power should come handy...

author: Conan117117
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 11:37:02 pm
content: Is there any performance/hands-on test results available for the new Pi? I remember Pi 2 having the flash reset issue

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 11:38:28 pm
content: *wanders off*

author: MobileWill
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 11:43:16 pm
content: I ordered from MCM but they aren't shipping yet.It other news, its quite a power hoghttp://hackaday.com/2016/03/01/pi-3-benchmarks-the-marketing-hype-is-true

author: relic38
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2016, 02:40:29 am
content: Is it really that hot??? What exactly is it running to get so hot? I think it needs a heat sink...

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2016, 06:15:08 am
content: I ordered two from RS in the Uk on Monday expecting out of stock, but they arrived yesterday. Haven't plugged them in yet, not sure how long they'll be gathering dust in a drawer with the other ones before I get around to using them

author: Rasz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2016, 05:44:46 pm
content: Quote from: relic38 on March 01, 2016, 05:15:55 amactually there is no point in getting this one, you should wait for Pi 5 at least ...

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2016, 10:58:40 am
content: I just tested mine today. With the additional wifi, they are a joy to use, without fiddling with pesky wifi dongle( for my previous pi, I had two of them : one which never worked, and the other one (most expensive, around 10$)which worked).I had already a Pi camera, and I could set up a streaming video using vlc in no time.I dont thing any thing can beat it for this application in term of perf/price.

author: f4eru
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2016, 09:23:45 pm
content: I hope this time it's available before 6 months, the release of the pi zero was a disaster....

author: MobileWill
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2016, 09:25:03 pm
content: Adafruit has them in stock as of today.

author: R_Gtx
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 07, 2016, 09:31:13 pm
content: One of the great benefits of the Raspberry Pi family is the inclusion of Wolfram's Mathematica. Since its release in 2014 it has evolved from version 9 through to 10.3. I have used theMathematica benchmarkingsuite to compare its speed on the three broadcom iterations of the Pi's SOC (BCM2835 1GHz, BCM2836 900MHz, BCM2837 1.2GHz) on board the Pi Zero, Pi 2 and Pi 3 respectively.For the test, I used the same microSD card across all three models running headless (Distro:Raspian Jessie; Mathematica: 10.3.1):Raspberry Pi Zero2113.1 sRaspberry Pi 21250.3 sRaspberry Pi 3461.361 sThe Full benchmarking results are in the attached .xls file, which also includes the results for an original Pi B with Mathematica 10.0.2. The reason the tests were repeated five times was simply that I could not believe that the latter ran the "Matrix Multiplication" faster than the latest, greatest model.Furthermore, comparing these results with those determined byMatt Andereth(Pi B with Mathematica 9) shows how much more usable this software has become in only two years.