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| Raspberry Pi announces Zero 2 W |
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new version of the Raspberry Pi Zero W wireless mini board called the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with significantly improved performance, additional features and a slightly higher price tag of $15.
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W microcontroller is the successor to the Raspberry Pi Zero W. It is the third version of the Raspberry Pi Zero series, which has sold nearly 4 million times worldwide since its introduction six years ago.
Similar to the $35 Raspberry Pi 3 version, the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W also uses the BCM2710A1 chipset from Broadcom.
The performance of the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W appears to be comparable to that of the Raspberry Pi 3 series, but the performance of the single-board microcomputer is five times that of the Raspberry Pi Zero W.
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W wireless card uses a 1GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor, which the company claims is five times faster than before.
It also has 512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM. The card is also compatible with smart home applications and other IoT projects.
Although it is as small as the original Raspberry Pi Zero. But he has great abilities. It is equipped with 2.4GHz IEEE 802.11 b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2 interface, USB 2.0 interface and MicroSD card slot.
There's also a mini HDMI port, a CSI-2 camera port, and a 40-pin HAT-compatible I/O port, as well as OpenGL ES 1.1 graphics, OpenGL ES 2.0, H.264, and MPEG encoding.
The new Raspberry Pi motherboard supports Ubuntu Server 21.10
The foundation said in a blog post that all cases and accessories designed for the Raspberry Pi Zero should work perfectly with the new board. Including our cases and cables. In fact, they are the same size as the Raspberry Pi Zero and the Raspberry Pi Zero W.
In addition, the organization has released an official new USB power adapter for the new model for $8. This power supply can power your Raspberry Pi 3B or Raspberry Pi 3B+.
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2W is now available to buy in the UK, EU, US, Canada and Hong Kong for $15.
Canonical also announced that the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W will support the recently released 32-bit version of the Ubuntu Server 21.10 Impiish Indri operating system, and 64-bit support will be rolling out this weekend.
Additionally, Canonical announced that support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) will also arrive in early November. Additionally, you can follow the tutorial to install Ubuntu Core 20 OS for all your IoT needs.