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RS Components announces first stocks of new Raspberry Pi Model A+ combining latest advances with economical feature set
Smaller, lower-power board with HAT-compatible 40-pin GPIO as featured on Model B+ is more expandable, more embeddable and more mobile
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 14 November 2014:
RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, is now stocking the new and improved Raspberry Pi Model A+, which combines enhanced value and ease of use with smaller size and lower power consumption for applications such as industrial controls, remote monitors, and multimedia devices.
The Raspberry Pi Model A+ has the 40-pin GPIO connector introduced on the Model B+, with the same pin-out and mounting holes for standard Hardware Attached on Top (HAT) accessories allowing users to add extra functions quickly and easily. In addition, the Model A+ utilises the Model B+ power architecture to achieve lower power consumption than the earlier Model A. With smaller board dimensions of 65mm x 56mm, compared to 86mm x 56mm for the Model B+, the new Model A+ is more easily embeddable and better suited to mobile or battery-powered applications.
While bringing improvements derived from the Model B+, the Model A+ provides an economical feature set with 256MB RAM and a single USB connector offering adequate resources for numerous industrial and consumer projects.
The Raspberry Pi Model A+ is available to order now for immediate shipping from RS Components. Visit the website at /web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi for more information about all Raspberry Pi boards and accessories.
About RS Components
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers. With operations in 32 countries, we offer around 500,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping more than 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include semiconductors, interconnect, passives and electromechanical, automation and control, electrical, test and measurement, tools and consumables.
Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2014 had revenues of £1.27bn.
For more information, please visit the website at //www.rs-online.com
Further information is available via these links:
Twitter: @RSElectronics; @alliedelec; @designsparkRS
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Relevant Links:
Electrocomponents plc
www.electrocomponents.com
RS Components
www.rs-online.com
DesignSpark
http://www.designspark.com
