Pi 5 4Gbyte and 8Gbyte boards shipping from Farnell

The new board features a 2.4GHz quad-core, 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with 512KB L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache, enabling a greatly expanded range of applications, and on-board dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 connectivity.

The RP1 I/O controller chip, designed in-house at Raspberry Pi, delivers a step change in interfacing performance.

A number of new accessories are available to complement Raspberry Pi 5, including a case with integrated variable-speed fan.

For those who need to use their Raspberry Pi 5 under heavy load without a case, an active cooler provides an alternative cooling solution.

And a new 27W USB-C PD power supply delivers up to 5A of current at 5.1V, enabling the Raspberry Pi 5 to power a wide range of peripherals.

“Raspberry Pi 5 is the single largest engineering programme we’ve ever undertaken, spanning more than half a decade,” says Pi CEO Eben Upton, “we’re hugely excited by the performance of the completed product: a no-compromises Linux desktop computer from just $60. Farnell has been a Raspberry Pi licensee since the launch of the original product in February 2012, and are now our sole licensee: we are delighted to be working with them to bring our latest and most powerful flagship product to a global audience.”

Key features:

• • 2.4GHz quad-core, 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with 512KB L2 caches and a 2MB shared L3 cache.
  • VideoCore VII GPU.
  • LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM.
  • 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
  • Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
  • Micro SD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104 mode.
  • 2 × USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation and 2 × USB 2.0 ports.
  • Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires PoE+ HAT).
  • 2 × 4 lane MIPI camera/display transceivers.
  • PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals.
  • 5V/5A DC power (PD enabled).
  • Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin header.
  • Real-Time Clock (RTC), powered from external battery.
  • On-board power button.

Raspberry Pi5 is now available for global shipping from Farnellin EMEA, Newark in North America and element14 in APAC.