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Massive guide to new Raspberry Pi B+


There’s a new Raspberry Pi model out, the B+, and the nice folks at Adafruit have delivered a massive guide to working with the technology (just in time!).

A brief overview of what’s new

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

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5V supply has polarity protection, 2A fuse and hot-swap protection

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New USB/Ethernet controller chip

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4 USB ports instead of 2 ports

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

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

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MicroSD card socket instead of full size SD

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Four mounting holes in rectangular layout

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Many connectors moved around

OMGOMGOMG ITS A NEW RASPBERRY PI! [Adafruit]

(Thanks, Pt and Limor!)

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