Raspberry Pi 500+ Personal Computer

The Raspberry Pi 500+ is the upgraded version of the standard Raspberry Pi 500. The membrane keyboard gives way to a high-quality mechanical keyboard with replaceable keycaps and individually addressable RGB LEDs. System memory goes up from 8GB to 16GB, and the computer comes with a 256GB SSD on which the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS is already installed.

Mechanical keyboard

The keyboard uses Gateron KS-33 Blue low-profile switches. They have long travel and fast actuation, so typing is comfortable and smooth. In the box you will find a keycap puller, which you can use to remove the default keycaps and fit others of your choice.

SSD storage

The built-in 256GB Raspberry Pi SSD offers very fast boot times and fast, reliable data transfer. If you need more space, you can open the case with the included tool and fit a different, larger-capacity SSD.

RGB lighting

Beneath the mechanical switches are bright, crisp LEDs. You can choose one of the preset lighting patterns or program each LED individually for a look that is entirely your own.

Key features

• Quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor at 2.4GHz, with 512KB L2 cache and 2MB shared L3 cache
• VideoCore VII GPU
• 16GB LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM
• 802.11ac Wi-Fi at 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz
• Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• 256GB SSD with Raspberry Pi OS pre-installed
• Micro SD card slot with support for SDR104 high-speed mode and the command queuing extension
• 2 × USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
• 1 × USB 2.0 port
• Gigabit Ethernet
• Two micro-HDMI ports
• 78-, 79- or 83-key mechanical keyboard (depending on the regional version)
• 40-pin GPIO header
• Kensington lock slot
• 5V/5A DC power via a separate USB-C power supply
• Power button on the keyboard
• Keyboard layout: US