Raspberry Pi 4 Armchair Datasheet Evaluation

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:45:38 +0000

With the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4, I dug into the announcement and datasheet while waiting for mine to arrive. Well, “datasheet” might be an exaggeration, but there is a list of the Raspberry Pi 4 tech specs available. That link gives a bullet item list of the main specs. In this post, I focus on these four:

Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
Up to 4GB LPDDR4-2400 SDRAM (depending on model)
Gigabit Ethernet
2 USB 3.0 ports; 2 USB 2.0 ports.

There is a lot of very cool stuff on this $35 board. (Amazing they have kept that price point!) Or even the 4 GB $55 board. Adding Bluetooth 5, H.265 AND H.264 decoding, USB-C connector (Power), and changing the SoC to a 28 nm process are all significant improvements.

Raspberry Pi 4 on Bald Engineer

Raspberry Pi 4 Armchair Datasheet Evaluation