Raspberry Pi is best recognized for its single-board laptop with a ton of ports protruding. The latest of which is the Raspberry Pi 5, which was launched in September 2023.
These small computer systems are good for the training market and for tech fanatics searching for an inexpensive computing machine to energy an interactive dashboard, create a retro sport console, and extra.
On Wednesday Raspberry Pi is introducing a brand new product, the Compute Module 5. These system-on-module variants are extra compact single-board computer systems with none conventional ports. That makes them notably properly suited to embedded functions.
Many corporations are utilizing Raspberry Pi Compute Modules in business merchandise. In 2023, the “fanatics and training” section represented 28% of the corporate’s single-board laptop and Compute Module gross sales, whereas the “industrial and embedded” section accounted for 72% of gross sales.
The brand new Compute Module 5 begins at $45 and shares most of the specs of the Raspberry Pi 5, beginning with the quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, help for 2 4K shows with a 60Hz refresh price, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity.
Simply as with the Compute Module 4, there are a ton of choices. You may select Compute Modules with or with out wi-fi applied sciences; with 2GB, 4GB or 8GB of RAM; and with as much as 64GB of on-board flash storage.
The most costly Compute Module now prices $95. Raspberry Pi additionally affords an non-obligatory passive heatsink that covers the whole Compute Module for $5.
And should you’re working with the Compute Module 5, you should buy an IO board for $20 that allows you to benefit from all its interfaces and begin creating. You too can flip the Compute Module 5 right into a small desktop laptop with a steel case that protects the Module {hardware} and the IO board.
Now, let’s see if Raspberry Pi plans to replace the Raspberry Pi 400 subsequent. That machine is basically a keyboard with a built-in Raspberry Pi laptop based mostly on the Raspberry Pi 4 — and it’s extraordinarily cute.
