Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM

Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM info

Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM delivers 6 times the processing capacity of previous models. This second generation Raspberry Pi has an upgraded Broadcom BCM2836 processor, which is a powerful ARM Cortex-A7 based quad-core processor that runs at 900MHz. The board also features an increase in memory capacity to 1Gbyte.

The big upgrade is a move from the BCM2835 (single core ARMv6) to BCM2836 (quad core ARMv7). The upgrade in processor types means you will see ~2x performance increase just on processor-upgrade only.  For software that can take advantage of multiple-core processors, you can expect 4x performance on average and for really multi-thread-friendly code, up to 7.5x increase in speed! That's not even taking into account the 1 Gig of RAM, which will greatly improve games and web-browser performance!

Best of all, Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM keeps the same shape, connectors and mounting holes as the Raspberry Pi B+. That means that all of your HATs and other plug-in daughterboards will work just fine. 99% of cases and accessories will be fully compatible with both versions.

Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM - General Specifications

• New generation Raspberry Pi
• New quad core ARM Cortex v7 based Broadcom BCM2836
• High performance up to 7.5 times
• 1 GB RAM
• Standard Raspberry Pi size
• Compatible with existing Raspberry Pi hats

Raspberry Pi 2 - Model B - ARMv7 with 1G RAM - Technical Specifications

• Chip: Broadcom BCM2836 SoC
• Core Architecture: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7
• CPU: 900 MHz

• GPU:     Dual Core VideoCore IV® Multimedia Co-Processor

Provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30

H.264 high-profile decode

Capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure

• Memory: 1GB LPDDR2
• Operating System: Boots from Micro SD card, running a version of the Linux operating system
• Dimensions: 85 x 56 x 17mm
• Power: Micro USB socket 5V, 2A

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Adafruit Web Site: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2358