▲ Raspberry Pi 5, source: official website of the foundation

According to the official website, Eben Upton published an article today, revealing that the production progress of Raspberry Pi 5 is better than initially expected, and shipments to customers have now begun.

Eben Upton claimed that relevant personnel have been working hard at the UK Technology Center in Wales to speed up the manufacturing and production testing process. Users who pre-order the Raspberry Pi 5 as subscribers of “The MagPi” and “HackSpace” magazines will have until October 30 Orders received.

▲Image source Foundation official website

It is also discovered that Eben Upton claimed that by the end of next week, all Raspberry Pi 5 pre-orders will begin shipping, and every approved Raspberry Pi reseller will also see the 4GB and 8GB versions in stock this week. .

Officials also claim that the production side will continue to accelerate, and by the end of 2023, it is expected that users will be able to easily purchase Raspberry Pi 5 from any approved reseller.

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The most noteworthy thing about the new version of Raspberry Pi OS is that the software package base has been upgraded from Debian 11 to Debian 12. In addition, the Wayland environment is used by default, which can better utilize the performance of the Raspberry Pi 4/5 motherboard and improve security and interactive experience.

Raspberry Pi OS now uses Wayfire as the lightweight Wayland compositor for the Raspberry Pi OS desktop.

Another major change in the new version of Raspberry Pi OS is the default use of PipeWire for audio processing. In addition, it also introduces an optimized version of the Firefox browser, enhanced network capabilities, and more.

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Upton reveals that monthly production of Raspberry Pi has recently increased from 400,000 to 600,000, 800,000, and 1 million and that this level can be “sustained until the remaining customer backlog is eliminated and we return to a state of adequate supply.

There are some early signs that supply is returning to normal, at least for some models of Raspberry Pi. UK-based Raspberry Pi distributor Pimoroni announced today that it has lifted purchase restrictions on the 2GB and 4GB Raspberry Pi 4, as well as the Raspberry Pi Zero W (excluding the recently launched Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W).

Even if inventory returns to normal, consumers will still have to deal with the fallout from supply shortages; the 2GB Raspberry Pi 4’s previous “temporary” price increase still hasn’t been restored to its original price, and Upton’s past statements have implied that the company has delayed development of the Raspberry Pi 5 in order to allow inventory of existing models to return to normal (the Raspberry Pi 4 was introduced more than four years ago). (the Raspberry Pi 4 was launched more than four years ago).

While waiting for Raspberry Pi supplies to return to normal, enthusiasts have turned to a variety of other hardware to perform some of the lightweight tasks that the Raspberry Pi excels at, but some of the alternative devices don’t apply to hardware and software projects that were designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi.

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation

Eben Upton said, “The Raspberry Pi team is now increasing the production and sales of Raspberry Pi, and expects to sell 800,000 units in June and 1 million units in July.” He also said, “It’s been a painful two years since we experienced the Raspberry Pi supply shortage in 2021, but we are confident that the shortage is behind us.”

▲ Image source Raspberry Pi Foundation

Raspberry Pi sold only 600,000 units in May 2023; and in the first quarter of 2023, the Raspberry Pi also sold only 800,000 units, which became the lowest quarter of Raspberry Pi sales since 2015. According to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, “This is due to the lack of follow-up sales caused by the previous Raspberry Pi promotion during the Christmas holidays in 2022”.

Eben Upton commented that “2023 will be our strongest year ever for Raspberry Pi and corresponding module sales, thanks to the raw material stock provided by our partner Sony, and the rebound in market demand after a slow first quarter”.

The Raspberry Pi is a miniature single-board computer developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the UK to promote basic computer science education in schools with low-cost hardware and free software. Each generation of the Raspberry Pi series of computers uses Broadcom’s ARM architecture processor, and today’s models (Raspberry Pi 4B) have between 2GB and 8GB of memory, use a TF card as system storage media (the initial generation used an SD card), are equipped with a USB interface and HDMI video output (with support for sound output), have built-in Ethernet/WLAN/Bluetooth connectivity (depending on the model), and have a built-in Ethernet/WLAN/Bluetooth connection. (depending on the model), and multiple operating systems are available.

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The biggest change in the Raspberry Pi OS 2023-05-03 version is that the kernel has changed from the long-term supported Linux 5.15 LTS to the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS, which will bring better performance to the Raspberry Pi computer.

Existing Raspberry Pi OS users executing the rpi-update command in a terminal emulator will be upgraded to run Linux kernel 6.1 LTS. Linux 6.1 LTS is now the default kernel on new Raspberry Pi OS images.

Various applications have been updated in the new Raspberry Pi OS version, most importantly Chromium 113, which is the default browser for Raspberry Pi OS, and not only includes all the latest security updates, but the new version brings WebGPU support by default, which is expected to improve Web GPU support. App performance and overall browsing experience.

The new Raspberry Pi OS release also includes Raspberry Pi Imager 1.7.4, RealVNC Viewer 7.0.1.48981, RealVNC Server 7.0.1.49073, Mathematica 13.2.1, and Matlab 23.1.0, and also brings an updated VLC hardware acceleration patch, available at Provides better performance when playing video files.

The libcamera and libcamera-apps components have also been updated in new Raspberry Pi OS releases to improve IMX296 sensor tuning, improve audio resampling and encoding handling using the libav library, improve Qt preview window rendering performance, improve thumbnail rendering, add support for 16 -bit supports Bayer in DNG writer, adds handling of generalized statistics, and fixes an overflow that would cause the AGC algorithm to compute incorrectly.

The new Raspberry Pi OS release also updates the picamera2 library, accepts an MJPEG server example using a hardware MJPEG encoder, shows an example of two camera previews in a single Qt application, H.264 encoder accepts SPS header frame time interval capability, renders Proper profile/level, support for constant quality parameters, and new Exif DateTime and DateTimeOriginal tags added.

The new Raspberry Pi OS release also addresses some bugs, including occasional bugs in the CPU temperature plugin, X11 server crashes when changing screen orientation, and X11 server DPMS not working, and adds some new language translations.

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Sony’s press release is as follows: “Through this strategic investment, the companies strengthen their relationship with each other and provide the global Raspberry Pi community with a development platform based on SSS edge artificial intelligence solutions.”

The two parties will jointly develop and advance AITRIOS, an AI-based sensing platform that serves as an “edge” between data and the cloud.

The exact size of the investment was not disclosed, but Raspberry Pi co-founder and CEO Eben Upton said a similar amount would be raised in 2021 when it raised $45 million.

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French company MakeMyBoard recently launched a development board called Thunderberry5, claiming to be “the first Raspberry Pi-like SBC based on Qualcomm AI-CPU, similar to the SBC of Raspberry Pi”.

The development board uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon QCS610 octa-core chip, which includes 2 Gold cores clocked at 2.2GHz and 6 Silver cores clocked at 1.8GHz.

The graphics part uses 845MHz Adreno 612, with 4GB of LPDDR4 memory and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage, and supports Android 10 or Yocto embedded Linux distributions.

At present, the official price and release date of this SBC have not been announced.

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He said that Raspberry Pi 2021 purchased 500 wafers. he said should be 12-inch wafers) capacity, each wafer can produce 21,000 to 22,000 RP2040 chips (size of about 2mm2), a total number of more than 10 million.

According to the report, a wafer can produce about 2,000 30mm2 bare chips, and like Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and Raspberry Pi, 4 in 45mm2 chips (respectively BCM2710 and BCM2711) can only make 1400.

During the show, he talked about possible overseas expansion when asked about the Raspberry Pi store. According to Upton, India has a large Raspberry Pi community and it could be a viable location for a future store. If the next Raspberry Pi store is located in India, it would mean that it would be the first Raspberry Pi store not located in the UK.

Publicly available information indicates that the current Raspberry Pi store is located on the first floor of the Grand Arcade shopping center in downtown Cambridge, which opens in February 2019 and offers accessories for the Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi, and more. Of course, the Raspberry Pi Store is more than just a sales store, there are often events, parties, and even developer conferences there.

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The Camera Module 3 camera module brings support for HDR and autofocus with a closest focusing distance of up to 5 cm, as well as phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and contrast detection autofocus.

▲ Camera Module 3

Additionally, the new module has a sensor resolution of 11.9MP (compared to 8.1MP in the previous generation). HDR support means the Camera Module 3 can take multiple exposures of the same scene and combine them so that both darker and brighter parts of the image are properly exposed.

The Camera Module 3 with a standard field of view FOV starts at $25 (currently about 170 CNY), while the ultra-wide-angle version with a 102-degree field of view starts at $35 (currently about 237 CNY). Raspberry Pi also launched an infrared version designed for night photography.

▲ Camera Module 3 super wide-angle version

In addition, Raspberry Pi also launched a new camera module High-Quality Camera that supports M12 bayonet lenses, equipped with a 12.3MP Sony IMX477 sensor, and added support for “fisheye lenses and other professional lenses”, starting at $50 ( Currently about 339 RMB).

▲ High Quality Camera with M12 bayonet

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Camera Module 3 brings support for HDR and autofocus, with the closest focus distance of 5 cm, as well as support for phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and contrast detection autofocus.

▲ Camera Module 3

HDR support means Camera Module 3 can take multiple exposures of the same scene and combine them so that both the darker and brighter parts of the image are properly exposed.

The Camera Module 3 starts at $25 (currently about RMB 170) for the standard FOV and $35 (currently about RMB 237) for the ultra-wide angle version with a 102-degree FOV. The Raspberry Pi is also available in an infrared version designed for night photography.

▲ Camera Module 3 Ultra Wide-Angle Version

In addition, Raspberry Pi also launched a new camera module High-Quality Camera with an M12 mount lens, equipped with a 12.3MP Sony IMX477 sensor, adding support for “fisheye lens and other professional lenses”, starting at $50 (currently about RMB 339).

▲ The M12 mount High-Quality Camera…

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