The new, low-cost Raspberry Pi 5 2GB is now available to order through Farnell. For around $50 USD, developers and enthusiasts alike can access the Raspberry Pi 5 2GB, a highly economical and innovative option that appeals to hobbyists and Raspberry Pi aficionados globally.
”This is a major development in the world of Raspberry Pi 5. The promise of an affordable Raspberry Pi 5 model has now been fulfilled, and we are delighted to provide access to this impressively specified SBC option,” said Simon Wade, Senior Global Product Manager, Single Board Computing at Farnell. “We announced the availability of variants of Raspberry Pi 5 when it was launched in September 2023, and since then it has been generally understood that Raspberry Pi would produce a more affordable version, dependent on the ability to reach an attractive price point. This has now been achieved with the Raspberry Pi 5 2GB.”
The entry-level Raspberry Pi 5 2GB features a 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with cryptography extensions, 512KB L2 caches per core, and a 2MB shared L3 cache, running at a 50MHz system clock.
Its VideoCore VII GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2, and includes HDR support via a dual 4Kp60 HEVC decoder and HDMI display output.
Enhanced power efficiency is achieved with the well-managed 2GB LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM, dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and the inclusion of Bluetooth 5.0/Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
“We’re excited to be bringing the full power of the Raspberry Pi 5 platform to a new, lower price point, in partnership with Farnell. Our ongoing investments in optimising the resource footprint of Raspberry Pi OS allow many use cases to run within the 2GB memory capacity of this new variant, while the 4GB and 8GB variants remain available for those users with more demanding requirements,” commented Eben Upton, CEO at Raspberry Pi.
“Raspberry Pi 5 has long proven itself as a hugely versatile, powerful and popular SBC that can be used for an almost limitless range of DIY, education, media, server, desktop computer and other IoT applications. This new version further extends that range of possibilities by placing the power of RPi 5 within easy reach of all,” Wade added.
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