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Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: Same size, five times as powerful
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The Raspberry Pi foundation has announced a more powerful version of its dinky Zero board with the Wi-Fi enabled Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W now available for tinkerers.
However, that much improved performance comes at a price. It’s now $15 compared to it’s predecessor, the $10Raspberry Pi Zero W.
What does that extra fiver get you? Well, the same Broadcom BCM2710A1 SoC that currently sits within theRaspberry Pi 3for starters. It’s slightly down-clocked to 1GHz, In order to save a little space there’s 512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM.
The overall performance boost varies, but Raspberry Pi says that for multi-threaded sysbench, the Pi Zero 2 W is “almost exactly” five-times faster. The tiny microcomputer “should” work perfectly with all existing cables, accessories and cases. There’s a new power adapter, which still uses a micro USB connector.
Here’s thefull spec sheetfor the almost-impossibly small micro-computer:
MagPi subscribers get one free and it’s available to buy in the UK from today. You’ll still be able to buy the $5 Zero and the $10 Zero W, which is handy as the foundation is expecting there to be some shortages in the short term.
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“Note that Zero and Zero W are currently experiencing supply constraints in the context of the global semiconductor shortage. We hope that this will be resolved in 2022.
“We expect to ship roughly 200k units this calendar year, with a further 250k to follow in the first half of 2022.”
Chris Smith is a freelance technology journalist for a host of UK tech publications, including Trusted Reviews. He’s based in South Florida, USA. …
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