EoL note for 2B #4231
EoL note for 2B #4231
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| Oh, I guess this PR ought to update https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#flagship-series too 🙂 |
That is the section it updates. |
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Oooooppps!!! 🤦♂️ 🤦 Maybe I was confusing it with the CM3 EoL stuff? 🙃 I guess that Pi 2B is so low-volume that it's probably not worth updating https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/processors.html ? |
I did the same thing. |
| *Model A* indicates a lower-cost model in a smaller form factor with no Ethernet port, reduced RAM, and fewer USB ports to limit board height. | ||
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| IMPORTANT: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revisions 1.1 and 1.2 have reached End-of-Life (EoL) due to the discontinuation of the core SoC used in these products. The official EoL date was 16 October 2025. Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revision 1.3 offers the same mechanical footprint, improved thermal design, and a BCM2837B0 processor, and so is recommended for existing designs. For more information, see the official https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-009284-PC-2[Obsolescence Notice]. | ||
| IMPORTANT: Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revisions 1.1 and 1.2 have reached End-of-Life (EoL) due to the discontinuation of the core SoC used in these products. The official EoL date was 16 October 2025. Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revision 1.3 offers the same mechanical footprint and a BCM2837B0 processor, and so is recommended for existing designs. For more information, see the official https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-009284-PC-2?disposition=inline[Obsolescence Notice]. |
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I think that @mudge told me that you can leave off the ?disposition=inline as long as the URL starts with /documents/... ?
| This is the Broadcom chip used in the Raspberry Pi 3 Models A+, B+, and the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+. The underlying architecture of the BCM2837B0 is identical to the BCM2837 chip used in other versions of the Raspberry Pi. The Arm core hardware is the same, only the frequency is rated higher. | ||
| This is the Broadcom chip used in the later models of the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, Raspberry Pi 3 Models A+, B+, and the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+. The underlying architecture of the BCM2837B0 is identical to the BCM2837 chip used in other versions of the Raspberry Pi. The Arm core hardware is the same, only the frequency is rated higher. | ||
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| The Arm cores are capable of running at up to 1.4GHz, making the 3B+/3A+ about 17% faster than the original Raspberry Pi 3. The VideoCore IV runs at 400MHz. The Arm core is 64-bit, while the VideoCore IV is 32-bit. |
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Probably not worth mentioning that Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ and Raspberry Pi 2 Model B rev 1.3 only run the Arm cores at up to 1.2 GHz?
| Ohh.... apologies for the unwanted feature-creep, but it's just occurred to me that if we're documenting that Pi 2B is now moving to BCM2837B0, then it probably makes sense to also document that Pi 3B has also moved to BCM2837B0 (see https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-001029-PC-1 , which says that this happened back in January 2019!) |
| * https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/bcm2836/bcm2836-peripherals.pdf[BCM2836 Arm-local peripherals] | ||
| * https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0500/latest/[Cortex-A53 MPCore Processor Technical Reference Manual] | ||
| IMPORTANT: This SoC is discontinued. Raspberry Pi devices that include this chip reached End-of-Life on 16 October 2025. For more information, see https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-009284-PC-2?disposition=inline[Raspberry Pi 2 Model B revisions 1.1 and 1.2 Obsolescence Notice 1] and https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-009286-PC?disposition=inline[Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 and Compute Module 3 Lite Obsolescence Notice 2]. |
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If we're being totally complete, it's probably also worth linking to https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-001029-PC-1 ?
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And should probably mention BCM2837B0 in the "Raspberry Pi 3 Model B" section in documentation/asciidoc/computers/raspberry-pi/introduction.adoc too? (sorry!)
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| So just to clarify the situation (as I understand things):
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Co-authored-by: Andrew Scheller <andrew.scheller@raspberrypi.com>
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