RPi3 Model A+ Hardware General Specifications

Official Raspberry Pi Page https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-a-plus/ Key Differences To The Raspberry Pi 3 1.4GHz 64-bit quad-core processor (Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53, ARMv8) Dual-band wireless LAN Bluetooth 4.2/BLE

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Compute Module Socket

The compute module 3 uses a “DDR2 SODIMM” 200pin connector DDR2 is the 1.8V DRAM version of the connector, DDR is the same but designed for 2.5V DRAM modules. There is a difference in the gap size required on the PCB module for it to be able to be fitted, with the gap needing to […]

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Files in RAM

You can use tmpfs.  Use it like a normal hard drive with the path "/dev/shm" By default it's about half the size of the system's memory (you can check it's actual size by running df -h /dev/shm Copy a file to the ram space system("cp /home/pi/myfile.txt /dev/shm/my_file.txt");      

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RPi Data Furnace

Could the raspberry pi be used in a data furnace?!  You’d need a few of them as the arm CPU runs so cool, but lots of data furnace resources at datafurnace.

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RPi3 Model B+ Hardware General Specifications

Official Raspberry Pi Page https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus/ Key Differences To The Raspberry Pi 3 1.4GHz 64-bit quad-core processor (Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53, ARMv8) Dual-band wireless LAN Bluetooth 4.2/BLE LAN7515 6-port USB 2.0 hub (4x usable) with 10/100/1000 Ethernet replaces previous LAN9514 integrated 4-port USB 2.0 hub and 10/100 Ethernet.  (maximum throughput 300 Mbps over USB2.0) Power-over-Ethernet support using separate […]

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Mumble

Mumble is an open source streaming audio solution which supports the raspberry pi https://wiki.mumble.info/wiki/Main_Page

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Windows viewing of SD card

Storing a file on the SD card via Windows Windows can't see the main Linux partition but it can see the boot partition.  If you want you can store a file here, say a text file for instance, indicating to yourself what a card is, notes etc.  

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