SBCs represent a really important part of technology related to computing, and this type of computer built on a single board allows any user to carry out large-caliber projects, even with such limited power as the older versions have. But there are others that offer exceptional performance for what they are, and one of them is clearly the Raspberry Pi 5one of the best that we can find on the market, to which we can now incorporate its new accessories officers to improve its qualities.
When it comes to finding the perfect combination for our Raspberry, we are probably thinking about choosing to incorporate any type of accessory that allows us to increase its capabilities, but we must be clear that there may be certain problems, mainly related to compatibility. To avoid these problems, the company behind the creation of this device will begin to offer a series of accessories that will allow you to easily expand performance thanks to the fact that they will offer support and direct compatibility for the latest model of your SBC, allowing users to avoid everything. related to additional settings.
The Raspberry Pi 5 will have greater capabilities thanks to its new official accessories
During the last few months we have seen how the creators of Raspberry have wanted to offer users the ability to greatly increase the performance of the latest model they have launched on the market, the Raspberry Pi 5launching new accessories that we can incorporate into it. We could see this a few months ago when they announced that they would offer a device that they called Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT +, which allows connecting PCIe units to the company’s SBC to implement additional functions, either at the storage level or another type of expansions.
This represents a great performance improvement, since it not only offers the ability to connect M.2 NVMe Gen 2 SSD units, but also allows the use of other types of expansion cards that can enhance some aspects such as artificial intelligence. Now, to offer the greatest possible support, the brand has announced that users will be able to obtain an SSD expansion kit without having to resort to third parties, that is, we will be able to buy a pack of the M.2 HAT + device along with an SSD 256 GB or 512 GB with a price of €40 and €55 (MSRP) respectively.
The SSDs arrive with notable improvements, and they are models compatible with PCIe Gen 3, that is, they offer greater speed compared to others that we can find designed for this device, since the Gen 3 speed can be activated through the user interface. In terms of speeds, we can find that the 256 GB NMVe drive offers 40,000 IOPS with 4 KB random reads and 70,000 IOPS with 4 KB random writes, while the 512 GB model offers 50,000 random read IOPS and 90,000 IOPS from random writing, greatly improving the performance that the Raspberry can have when compared to an SD card.
