El Raspberry Pi Project announced the launch of the new «Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5", a compact and portable version of the RPi 5 with a reduced size of only 55 x 40 mm and which houses the BCM2712 SoC, which is also used in the Raspberry Pi 5.
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 It features four 8-bit ARMv76 Cortex-A64 cores at 2.4 GHz, and a VideoCore VII graphics accelerator. In addition, It has two HDMI video outputs with support for 4Kp60 resolution. The video accelerator supports Vulkan 1.3 and OpenGL ES 3.1 graphics APIs, and has the ability to decode H.265 (HEVC) video in 4Kp60 quality.
In terms of connectivity, the Compute Module 5 includes a PCI Express 2.0 interface, two four-channel MIPI DSI interfaces (one for display and one for camera), Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0 ports, one 30-pin GPIO, 6 UARTs, 5 I2Cs, 5 additional UARTs, 4 PWM, 5 SPI and support for SDIO 2.0.
The device It is available in versions with different memory capacities RAM (1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB SDRAM) and eMMC Flash storage (0GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB), with wireless support options including 2,4GHz and 5,0GHz Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth 5.0 BLE. Additionally, the Compute Module 5 offers a wider operating temperature range of -20 to 85°C, improving the ability to operate in extreme environments compared to its predecessor, which only supported a range of 0°C to 80°C.
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 It is fully compatible with the previous model, the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, thanks to its matching board connector, making it easy to integrate with most accessories designed for the Compute Module 4. key differences in the pin distribution include the addition of two USB 3.0 ports and the removal of two dual-channel MIPI interfaces.
To expand capabilities from Compute Module 5, Raspberry Pi has also launched the Compute Module 5 IO Board, a board that adds additional I/O ports. This board includes two full-size HDMI 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+, two USB 2.0 ports, a MicroSD card slot, PCI Express Gen 2, 40-pin GPIO, camera and display slots, a battery for the built-in clock, and a connector for a cooler.
Additionally, the Raspberry Pi project has introduced the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, an improved version of the Pico 2 board, now equipped with Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi (2,4 GHz 802.11n), thanks to the Infineon CYW43439 chip. This modification, marked with the “W”, It maintains all the features of the original model, but offers wireless connectivity.
The microcontroller The Raspberry Pi Pico 2350 W's RP2 includes an ARM Cortex-M33 processor Dual-core with DSP and 150MHz floating-point unit, as well as two optional RISC-V-based Hazard3 cores that can be used instead of the ARM Cortex-M33 cores. The chip has 520KB of built-in RAM, supports QSPI PSRAM memory modules external and provides advanced security capabilities. The plate comes with 4MB QSPI Flash memory and is fully compatible with previous Pico models, both in terms of hardware and software, facilitating the development of embedded applications.
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W offers hardware protection against fault injection attacks. Besides, ands supports Arm TrustZone technology, which provides a secure environment for verifying the start of digital signatures, and speeds up the calculation of SHA-256 hashes. Also includes a reliable random number generator (TRNG), which is essential for applications requiring high security. In addition, the microcontroller has 8 KB of write-only programmable memory, which allows data to be stored in a way that cannot be modified or deleted after it has been written, providing an additional layer of security.
For network connectivity, Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W offers the lwIP network stack, which is included in the Pico SDK. This stack supports applications developed in both C and MicroPython firmware, allowing the integration of networking capabilities into a wide range of embedded projects and applications.
Finally, it should be mentioned that the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 It is available in several price configurations, ranging from $45 to $135, depending on the amount of memory and the option of Wi-Fi support, and a variant with 16 GB of RAM will be launched next year, while the Pico 2 W is priced at $7, $2 more than the non-Wi-Fi version.