The Raspberry Pi 3
The Raspberry Pi 3 is the latest addition to the Raspberry Pi family. It is a third-generation Raspberry Pi. It replaced the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B in February 2016. Compared to the Pi 2, it has the following features:
- A 1.2-GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
- 802.11n onboard wireless LAN
- Bluetooth 4.1
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Also, like the Raspberry Pi 2, also has the following features:
- Four USB ports
- 40 GPIO pins
- A full-HDMI port
- An Ethernet port
- A combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video
- A camera interface (CSI)
- A display interface (DSI)
- A micro-SD card slot (now push-pull rather than push-push)
- A VideoCore IV 3D graphics core
The form factor of the Pi 3 is identical to that of the Pi 2 and Pi 1 Model B+. The Pi 3 has complete backward ...
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