New Raspberry Pi 3 - 64bit / WIFI / BT

Meet the New Raspberry Pi 3 — A 64-bit Pi With Built-in Wireless and Bluetooth LE

Today is the Raspberry Pi’s fourth birthday, and along with birthday wishes, we’re welcoming their newest board. Almost exactly a year after the arrival of the Raspberry Pi 2, say hello to the new Raspberry Pi 3, Model B. The new board is the first 64-bit Raspberry Pi, and comes with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

The Specs
Quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex A53 clocked at 1.2 GHz
Roughly 50% faster than Raspberry Pi 2
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1 (including Bluetooth Low Energy)
400MHz VideoCore IV multimedia
1GB LPDDR2-900 SDRAM (i.e. 900MHz)
Priced at $35

Intended not just as a desktop replacement, but also to be used embedded projects, the Pi 3 has been deliberately designed as an evolution rather than a revolution for the Raspberry Pi platform. Which makes a lot of sense.

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With over 8 million Raspberry Pi boards now sold, keeping backwards compatibility has to be important to the Foundation. That’s a lot of users and teaching materials.

The new Pi is fast
On the surface, the new board looks almost exactly the same as its predecessor. But while it keeps the same $35 price tag, a lot has changed under the surface. Dropping the ARM v7 architecture of the Raspberry Pi 2, this is the first 64-bit Raspberry Pi, with a quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex A53 clocked at 1.2GHz.

Source and full story : http://makezine.com/2016/02/28/meet-the-new-raspberry-pi-3/

Quote from TK4|2|1

Cool, been looking to replace my aging Pi. When and where to buy in the UK, I'm guessing RS components?

Have a look here mate

http://cpc.farnell.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?catalogId=15002&langId=69&storeId=10180&st=Raspberry%20Pi%203&pageSize=25&showResults=true

Quote from TK4|2|1

Thanks buddy, just ordered one.

Nice one mate, let us know how you get on with it :thumb: