Whats New on the B+ •Dual step-down (buck) power supply for 3.3V and 1.8V •5V supply has polarity protection, 2A fuse and hot-swap protection •New USB/Ethernet controller chip •4 USB ports instead of 2 ports •40 GPIO pins instead of 26. The top/first 26 pins match the original layout, 9 additional GPIO and 2 EEPROM Plate identification pins •Composite (NTSC/PAL) video now integrated into 4-pole 3.5mm headphone jack •MicroSD card socket instead of full size SD •Four mounting holes in rectangular layout •Many connectors moved around Whats Not New on the B+ •Same basic size, 85mm x 56mm •Same Processor, Broadcom SoC running at 700MHz (can be overclocked) •Same RAM, 512MB soldered on top of the Broadcom chip •Same power connector, microUSB •Same software - identical operating systems will work fine, just make sure you have versions that are later than June 2014 •First 26-pins of GPIO are the same •Same HDMI port •Audio part of the A/V jack is the same •Same Camera and DSI Display connector
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:21:54 +0000