Raspberry Pi 5: accessible now!

Three weeks in the past, we unveiled the most recent era of our flagship product: Raspberry Pi 5. Since then, we’ve shared insights into the general architecture of the platform, the RP1 I/O controller, the software stack, the image signal processor, and a few of our official equipment, together with the case, and the forthcoming up to date PoE+ HAT.

Behind the scenes, we’ve been working arduous with our pals on the Sony UK Expertise Centre in Wales (the place your Pi is baked) to ramp up the manufacturing and manufacturing take a look at processes. Issues have gone just a little sooner than anticipated, and we’re blissful to announce that the primary mass-production models will ship to clients this week. As promised, we’ll be beginning with subscribers to The MagPi and HackSpace magazines, who’ve taken benefit of the Precedence Boarding promotion.

By the tip of subsequent week, all current Precedence Boarding orders could have shipped, and each Approved Reseller in a rustic the place our compliance paperwork has been signed off by the authorities could have acquired preliminary inventory of each 4GB and 8GB variants, so these of you who’ve pre-ordered will begin to see parcels arriving in your mailboxes. We’re persevering with to extend our manufacturing charge, with the purpose of fulfilling all backorders, and getting Raspberry Pi in inventory in any respect our Accepted Resellers, by the tip of the yr – by then we anticipate you to have the ability to simply purchase one straight off the shelf.

We’ve been excited to see the response of early customers to Raspberry Pi 5, and might’t wait to see what you do when you get your fingers on it. Tell us if you begin tinkering with yours!