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Raspberry Pi Roundup

Being arguably the most popular “maker” board of the past decade, the Raspberry Pi family has been a boon to makers, tinkerers and enthusiasts. Browsing the web this week, I’ve found a few RPi related items to share! First up, how simple can an ethernet adapter get? About that simple. Using a trinity of resistors and an RJ45 jack, GitHub user KingyoPiyo has developed a crazy simple ethernet adapter for the Paspberry Pi Pico – the practically portless smallest variant of the RPi. Whilst the configuration only allows for transmit (no receive) at 10Base-T, it’s still a wonder of simplicity. …

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Launched

The next generation of Raspberry Pi has just launched, featuring on element14’s YouTube channel. The new version includes the Broadcom BCM2837RIF SoC, a 64-bit quad core ARM processor running at 1.2 GHz. This accounts for around 10 times the performance of the original Raspberry Pi. The board also includes built in WiFi 802.11N and Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy (BLE) for connectivity, as well as the usual RJ45 jack for wired networking. The board features improved power management, with up to 2.5 amps on the USB ports combined. The GPIO header is backwards compatible, and the other usual ports are still …