Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
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Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
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Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#2We all knew this was coming, but my question is what's the topology? The same as the regular Pi5, with the RP1 southbridge built-in and only one PCIe lane exposed for the user, or does the CM5 leave off the RP1 and break out all five PCIe lanes for user shenanigans? They have a bare chip supply chain set up from the RP2040, so they could sell the RP1 separately for those who want to integrate it onto their carrier boards.
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#3I've been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#4The trouble with these CM's is by the time you get your hands on CM5 and engineer your custom carrier board for it (because they change the pinout every time), Pi 6 has come out.
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#5I've been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)
What's something you do with these compute modules (CM)?
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#6I've been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)
Eben Upton was refusing to be drawn on specifics when Jeff Geerling and others chatted to him [1] about roadmaps recently. Nevertheless, the rumor is that CM5 will be drop-in compatible with the CM4, the details of that have been available via their NDA portal [2] for a few months now, but I think even this leak on Twitter (just a box with a label) is a breach of an NDA / embargo, so we might not know officially for a little bit yet?
[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-compu...
[2] https://pip.raspberrypi.com/categories/945-forward-guidance
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#7I've been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)
What's something you do with these compute modules (CM)?
They get installed in stuff like the Home Assistant Yellow, or the Timecard Mini.
https://www.home-assistant.io/yellow/
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/time-card-mini-adds-p...
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#8Here's the official CM4 => CM5 technical guidance:
https://pip.raspberrypi.com/categories/945-forward-guidance
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#9We all knew this was coming, but my question is what's the topology? The same as the regular Pi5, with the RP1 southbridge built-in and only one PCIe lane exposed for the user, or does the CM5 leave off the RP1 and break out all five PCIe lanes for user shenanigans? They have a bare chip supply chain set up from the RP2040, so they could sell the RP1 separately for those who want to integrate it onto their carrier bo…
It looks like the CM5 still has one PCIe lane.
https://pip.raspberrypi.com/categories/945-forward-guidance
Re: Raspberry Pi CM5 seen in the wild
#10I've been waiting for this, now, the question is, is this a drop-in replacement for the CM4? If so, these will sell really well (and will have shortages)
What's something you do with these compute modules (CM)?
Build products with them. I know of a few musical instruments with CM3s, for instance.