The guys behind the project of the popular pocket computer "Raspberry Pi" released recently announced the launch of a new version of your Raspberry Pi 4 computer (which was released in June 2019 in three configurations: 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB).
In a recent publicatione, announce that the 2 GB RAM model has seen its price drop permanently to $ 35 (since previously their prices were $ 35, $ 45 and $ 55). Therefore, the base model of the single board computer is now equipped with twice the RAM, as this is a gift from the Foundation on the occasion of its eighth anniversary.
And is that the Raspberry Pi 4 is the first computer in the catalog from the Raspberry Foundation equipped with a USB-C connector for your power supply.
Although this feature was not entirely well received since soon after several people got their Raspberry Pi 4, a lot of them they began to raise complaints.
Well the USB-C port dedicated to the supply of electrical energy necessary for the operation of the computer it was not compatible.
To the Which Eben Upton, one of the co-founders of the Rasbperry Pi Foundation, he had confirmed the information later.
“The new Raspberry Pi is equipped with a USB Type-C connector for power and some users complain that some chargers do not work with it.
Some have speculated that this is due to the manufacturer's limitation on power supplies, but is actually due to a design flaw in the USB connection.
Therefore, the use of an electronically marked USB-C cable with a smart charger led to the identification of the Raspberry Pi as an audio accessory, which led to the power supply not supplying power »
Following this design flaw, the Raspberry Foundation announced the correction of the plate, which arrives in this new release.
These updates mean that the Raspberry Pi 4 can be used as a replacement for a budget desktop PC, if the buyer chooses its 4GB model.
According to some benchmarks, the hardware is capable of handling many daily tasks, such as web browsing with up to 15 Chromium tabs, slight image modification with GIMP, document capture, and spreadsheet management through LibreOffice.
As for the reduction in the cost of the plate Raspberry Pi 4 2GB RAM for $ 45 to $ 35. It is due to the fact that memory chips got cheaper last year. Although the cost of the board options with 1 and 4 GB of RAM remained unchanged at $ 35 and $ 55, respectively.
The Raspberry Pi 4 is equipped with:
- BCM2711 Quad-core ARMv8 Cortex-A72 64-bit 1.5GHz SoC processor
- VideoCore VI graphics accelerator that supports OpenGL ES 3.0. Capable of decoding H.265 video with 4Kp60 quality (or 4Kp30 for two monitors).
- LPDDR4 memory
- PCI Express controller
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Two USB 3.0 ports, plus two USB 2.0 ports
- Two Micro HDMI ports (4K)
- 40-pin GPIO
- DSI (touch screen connection)
- CSI (camera connection)
- Wifi chip that supports the 802.11ac standard, operating at 2.4GHz and 5GHz
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Power can be supplied via the USB-C port (previously used USB micro-B), via GPIO, or via the optional PoE HAT (Power over Ethernet) module.
Finally It is important to remember that the Raspberry Foundation offers a desktop kit which is presented as an all-in-one package suitable for those who intend to be able to try this pocket computer.
Within the latter, there is also a case to protect the motherboard, as well as a USB-C charger for the power supply, a pair of HDMI cables, a 32GB microSD card, including the operating system, as well as an official mouse and keyboard.
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