Wired Ethernet performance is also boosted, with the addition of Gigabit Ethernet over USB 2.0, with a maximum throughput of about 300Mbps, again substantially more than the Pi 3 Model B.Īnother small improvement is the addition of support for Bluetooth 4.2/BLE, a step up from the Bluetooth 4.1 support in the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. Unfortunately, in initial testing by TechRepublic, the speeds achieved fell somewhat short, although others have achieved much better results. That 802.11ac Wi-Fi promises more than double the throughput of the 802.11n Wi-Fi on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. A new dual-band Wi-Fi antenna adds support for 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11 b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi. SEE: Hardware spotlight: The Raspberry Pi (Tech Pro Research)Ĭonnectivity-wise, the board should be capable of streaming data to and from the board more rapidly. That extra performance doesn’t come at the cost of stability, with a new heatspreader on top of the CPU helping keep temperatures under control and reducing instances of throttling compared to the Pi 3 Model B. This improved performance was borne out in TechRepublic tests, where general performance of the B+ trounced earlier Pi boards. The B+’s main improvement over the 2016 Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is a boost to processor speed - while the B+ shares the same quad-core, 64-bit CPU it has been clocked at 1.4GHz, a 16.7% increase over the Pi 3 Model B. How is the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ better than the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B? The hardware improvements, along with refinements to the Pi 3 B+’s official Raspbian OS, elevate the board to the status of a perfectly acceptable everyday PC - impressive for a computer the price of a restaurant meal. The co-creator of the board Eben Upton describes it as lying somewhere between the 2016 Raspberry Pi 3 and a future Raspberry Pi 4 in terms of power and features. While the price stays at $35, the new board one-ups its predecessor in several ways, most notably with a faster processor and Wi-Fi. The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is currently the best Raspberry Pi computer you can buy. SEE: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+: An insider’s guide (free PDF) (TechRepublic) What’s the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+? While it isn’t a generational leap over 2016’s Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, it delivers a welcome boost to the Pi’s speed and Wi-Fi capabilities. Today marks the release of the new flagship in the Pi range, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. Six years since the Raspberry Pi launched and the runaway success of the tiny $35 computer shows little sign of slowing down. Check out this cheat sheet for the lowdown on the fastest Raspberry Pi yet. You can add your own custom shaders, but it’s a bit complicated.The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ delivers a welcome boost to the Pi's speed and Wi-Fi capabilities. Most people can set it to Retro and leave it there. To choose a shader, press Start, then Games Settings, then Shader Set. For example, an NES game will have scanlines, while a GameBoy Advance game mimics the grid you would see on the original handheld’s LCD screen. ![]() Recalbox includes two options for this: scanlines, which adds horizontal lines to the screen like a tube television, and retro, which automatically picks a different shader style based on the console. To account for this, emulators can use shaders, which mimic the image appearance of old TVs and LCD screens. Pick your shaders: Older games can look odd on a modern television. ![]() Once that’s all set up, you will be able to access your Raspberry Pi over your network from your computer to transfer files and change basic settings (we’ll detail how this works in the next section). Enter your Wi-Fi’s SSID and password using the keyboard on the screen. Press Start and click on Network Settings.
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