Raspberry Pi B+ ... More Pi to Love!

There is a new Raspberry Pi in town; the Raspberry Pi B+. This is purportedly a great way to experiment with tiny computer, programming, and Linux.

According to the adafruit website, here are the features associated with the new model:

 New Specifications:

• Dual step-down (buck) power supply for 3.3V and 1.8V

• 5V supply has polarity protection, 2A fuse and hot-swap protection (so you can plug/unplug USB without resetting the board)

• New USB/Ethernet controller chip

• 4 USB ports instead of 2 ports

• 40 GPIO pins instead of 26. The top/first 26 pins match the original layout, 9 additional GPIO and 2 EEPROM Plate identification pins

• Composite (NTSC/PAL) video now integrated into 4-pole 3.5mm 'headphone' jack

• MicroSD card socket instead of full size SD

• Four mounting holes in rectangular layout

• Many connectors moved around

Not New:

• Same basic size, 85mm x 56mm

• Same Processor, Broadcom SoC running at 700MHz (can be overclocked)

• Same RAM, 512MB soldered on top of the Broadcom chip

• Same power connector, microUSB

• Same software - be sure to run the latest Raspbian/NooBs but otherwise the overall Linux software is the same

• First 26-pins of GPIO are the same

• Same HDMI port

• Audio part of the A/V jack is the same

• Same Camera and DSI Display connector

In a nutshell, this new Raspberry Pi B+ is the same single-board Linux computer that started the trend but with a new neater layout that should make it easier to use.

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