General information regarding Raspberry Pi

The board comes in two versions which only differ in ram size (128MB vs 256MB) and ethernet. It weighs about 40g and is approx 86mm x 54mm x 20mm in size and is powered by 5V (same as USB). It uses an ARM cpu (version 6 core) and Broadcom BCM2835 Chip to handle graphics. USB and Ethernet is handled by SMSC chipset.

Hardware inside the Raspberry Pi (A)

  • CPU: ARM1176JZF-S 700Mhz
  • RAM: 128MB
  • Graphics: Broadcom BCM2835
  • USB Host: SMSC LAN9512 (2.0 USB x 2 ports)
  • Sound:
  • Input:
  • SD: YES
  • Ethernet: not available

Hardware inside the Raspberry Pi (B)

  • CPU: ARM1176JZF-S 700Mhz
  • RAM: 256MB
  • Graphics: Broadcom BCM2835
  • USB Host: SMSC LAN9512 (2.0 USB x 2 ports)
  • Sound:
  • Input:
  • SD: YES
  • Ethernet: SMSC LAN9512