Raspberry Pi 3 Coming With Built-In Wi-Fi And Bluetooth

[6Foot2]

Link: The Best Pi Ever Made: Raspberry Pi 3 Coming With Built-in Wi-Fi And Bluetooth LE

 

...Raspberry Pi 3 Model B will be the first member of the family to feature wireless networking in the form of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE). The previous models of the affordable ARM-powered computers used Ethernet or USB Wi-Fi adapters.

 

Based on the FCC documents, it has been speculated that the new Raspberry Pi 3 board will support 2.4 GHz networks. This means that it’ll just support 802.11n, not the faster 802.11ac standard...

[jedmondson]

Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade my bricklett. (Raspberry pi tablet) though as the touch screen has stopped working and I haven't got round to troubleshooting probably good thing.

[SimpleSi]

Its in the freebie CPC catalog page 33 if you want more info

99% chance going to be on sale on Mon 29th

[Arthur]

99% chance going to be on sale on Mon 29th

I would say 100%.

 

www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-on-sale

 

• modmypi.com/raspberry-pi/rpi3-model-b/raspberry-pi-3-model-b
  
• thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b
  
• newit.co.uk/shop/all-raspberry-pi/raspberry_pi_3
  
• shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-3
  

Changes between the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B and Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

 

What has changed:

• Wi-Fi Built-in
  
  • IEEE 802.11 b/g/n support
    
  • A maximum transmit and receive rate of 150 Mbps
    
  • Supports both 20 MHz and 40 MHz channels
    
  • Supports Infrastructure mode, Wi-Fi Direct and soft-AP mode
    
  • Supports WPA, WPA2 (802.11i), AES/TKIP, IEEE 802.1X and WAPI
    
  • A maximum transmission power 15 dbm
    
  • Operating Frequency 2.4 MHz – 2.497 MHz
    

  [*]Bluetooth Built-in

  [*]New System on Chip (BCM2837 reported to be 1.5x speed of previous gen)

  [*]Chip is now 64-bit ARMv8 QUAD Core 64-bit processor

  [*]MicroSD Card swapped out. No more annoying spring ejection system that breaks.

  [*]Position of status LEDs has changed (there is a chip antenna where they used to be).

  [*]New power switching for 2.5 Amp power supply.

What is the same:

• Same USB/Ethernet controller
  
• Same form factor
  
• Same GPIO
  

 

Source: http://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-changes/

Edited February 29, 2016 by Arthur

[Arthur]

Raspberry Pi Founder Eben Upton Talks About the New Raspberry Pi 3

 

Today is February the 29th and a leap day. So, depending on how you want to look at it, it’s either the Raspberry Pi’s fourth, or its first birthday.

 

We recently sat down and spoke with Eben Upton, the founder of Raspberry Pi, about the new Raspberry Pi 3, Model B, which was released today, what it means for the future of the Raspberry Pi platform, the Raspberry Pi’s competition, and the huge community that has grown up around the board over the last four years.

 

[Dos_Box]

WANT!

This will make the Rasp Pi so much more flexable and for a home gaming machine allow the use of Bluetooth controllers so much easier