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Thursday
Nov222018

Review: ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter kit

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

 

One of the most amazing products in technology today is the Raspberry Pi 3 B+. This is a credit-sized computer that’s powerful and capable enough to run various Linux distributions and even Windows 10 ioT core for creating Internet of Things projects.

The ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter Kit is an exceptional value for anyone looking to get into this cool and affordable type of computing or programming.  This starter kit has the main board has the Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz, dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2/BLE, faster Ethernet, improved thermal management and PoE capability via a separate PoE HAT.

You also get a case complete with heatsinks to keep the Raspberry Pi safe and easy to connect to external devices. Also included is a 32GB Micro SD Card preloaded with operating systems, a power supply powerful enough to support overclocked chips or an external hard drive.

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is Faster The model B + is faster than the previous Pi 3. It has a faster processor, more wireless network speed, and faster Ethernet communication. · 1.4GHz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU · Dual-band 802.11ac wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.2 · Faster Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet over USB 2.0) Additionally, the dual-band wireless LAN comes with module compliance certification. This makes it easy to use the Pi in various projects or builds.

ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter Kit is very easy to put together and requires virtually no tools. Just find a display, keyboard, mouse or trackpad and decide what OS to install. I’ve used Ubuntu and Mint Linux, dabbled with Windows 10 ioT. There’s no end to the number of Raspberry Pi projects.

The ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter Kit makes an ideal present for anyone with tech inclinations and who might want an affordable means to learn to code or for making unique projects. I’m looking to use my ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter Kit as an adjunct to my Chromebook for learning Python programming and web development as per instructions here.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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