Raspberry Pi 3 Announced

BewareOfThe Dog on 01/03/2016 - 16:08
Last edited 01/03/2016 - 17:11 by 1 other user

Here are some details on the new Raspberry Pi 3.

The big news here really comes from the built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the Raspberry Pi 3. Previously, you needed to shell out around $10 for a USB Wi-Fi adapter and waste precious USB space on Bluetooth dongles. Now, all that’s built in, which means you not only get to save a little money, you also get access to more USB ports.

The other big news comes from the speed bump, which ups the CPU to a 64-bit 1.2 GHz chip (which should work out to be about 50% faster than the Pi 2) and a slight speed boost in the graphics chip, which is now 400 MHz.

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  BewareOfThe Dog on 01/03/2016 - 16:10

  +1

  Should be even better for Mame.

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  jayahhdee on 01/03/2016 - 17:31

  I just picked up a Pi2 for a mame cabinet a few weeks ago, now once its built I will justify an upgrade to myself.

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    dzhay on 02/03/2016 - 11:56

    What encoder do you use? Do you know if the controller based ones work with a pi? I am thinking specifically of zero delay branded encoder

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  airzone on 01/03/2016 - 18:21

  Announced? RS Australia apparently have them in stock. One less than 5 minutes ago though.

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  BewareOfThe Dog on 02/03/2016 - 09:39

  Element 14 have them listed for Pre-Order
  More stock available week commencing 7/03/16