Raspberry Pi SBC delivers speed improvements over previous generations

Mouser now offers the highly anticipated Pi 5 SBC from Raspberry Pi. Building on the success of the Raspberry Pi 4, the Pi 5 SBC delivers a 2x to 3x increase in CPU performance, a substantial uplift in GPU performance, and noticeable enhancements to display, camera, and USB interfacing. The Pi 5 SBC supplies an affordable, easy-to-use solution for applications, including home automation, industrial automation, edge computing, robotics, and surveillance.

The SBC is the first full-size Raspberry Pi computer to be constructed with silicon developed in-house. The RP1 I/O controller chip supports improved interfacing and faster transfer speeds to external USB-attached SCSI (UAS) drives and other high-speed peripherals. The new high-performance SBC is based on the Broadcom BCM2712, Quad-Core Arm Cortex-A76, 64-bit SoC at 2.4GHz. The Pi 5 SBC includes a MicroSD card slot supporting high-speed SDR104 mode and a high-speed single-lane PCI Express 2.0 interface, supplying support for high-bandwidth peripherals. The SBC features two USB 3.0 ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation and two USB 2.0 ports. The Pi 5 also includes a VideoCore VII GPU supporting OpenGL ES3.1, with a Dual 4Kp60 HDMI display output with HDR support. Two four-lane 1.5Gbps MIPI transceivers allow users to connect up to two cameras or displays.

The SBC is supplied in 4GB and 8GB variants and features Bluetooth 5.0 with BLE, dual-band Wi-Fi, and Gigabit Ethernet, enabling users to choose between wired and wireless connectivity. It also extends support for PoE, allowing it to be powered via Ethernet, alongside a USB Type-C port for alternative power sources.