characteristics, price and technical file

We have a new and promising project of the Raspberry Foundation. Your responsible They have just presented he Raspberry Pi 500+an integrated minipc on a keyboard that among other things is a given tribute to the ZX Spectrumto the COMMODORE 64 and to the rest of the microorganizers of the 80s.

We have a striking successor of Raspberry Pi 500 that has now been renewed really spectacularly with a mechanical keyboard and internal components that make it a promising work team for modest scenarios. We are of course before a unique iteration of that project that amazed us with the famous computer of 25 dollars Nothing less than 14 years ago. Let’s know it more closely.

Raspberry Pi 500+ Technical Card

Welcome, mechanical keyboard

The Raspberry Pi 500+ is, as its name indicates, a supervitaminated version of the model that was launched a few months ago. Its main novelty is that instead of a membrane keyboard this model integrates all components of the Raspberry Pi 5 In a unique mechanical keyboard.

Said mechanical keyboard is available with several keyboard maps-including Spanish-and makes use of Gateron KS-33 blue low profile switches. According to those responsible, we are facing Switches with long tours and rapid performance for a great typing experience.

Not only that: the keyboard has a Programmable LED Retroilumination System. We can choose any of the predefined backlit profiles or even configure ours. The keys are interchangeable, and in fact with the equipment the tool is included to remove those keys to place other dystittas on each switch.

Although the main chip and connectivity do not change, memory and storage do. In the Raspberry Pi 500 we had 8 GB of RAM and there was no SSD by default – we could add it. In this Raspberry Pi 500+ the idea is to be more ambitious, and we have at our disposal 16 GB of RAM and an SSD M.2 unit of 256 GB.

That is great news to be able to take advantage of this minipc precisely as that: the margin of maneuver offered by the team to be able to use it as a work team with operating systems such as Raspberry Pi os os – a great and functional Variant of Linux – is thus much broader. His predecessor, the Raspberry Pi 400it was already a surprising product, but that heart Raspberry Pi 5 guarantees a much more fluid experience in this regard.

The connectivity is secured again in a team that retains the same bet as its predecessor. Thus, we have two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, the almost mythical 40 -pin Gpio connector and two micro HDMI ports. We have Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0 and also a Gigabit Ethernet connector. And as always, all fed by a 5 V adapter that connects to the USB-C port.

Versions and price of Raspberry Pi 500+

The new raspberry pi 500+ is now available In the official Raspberry Pi store and in commercial partners. Its official price is 200 dollarsand in Spain we have already seen it available by 204 euros.

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