Rasberry Pi tips

Identify Raspberry Pi model

$cat /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1 $cat /proc/cpuinfo ... Hardware : BCM2835 Revision : a01041 Serial : 00000000xxxxxx
Model and PCB Revision RAM Hardware Revision Code from cpuinfo
Model B Rev 1 256MB 0002
Model B Rev 1
ECN0001 (no fuses, D14 removed)		 256MB 0003
Model B Rev 2 256MB 0004
0005
0006
Model A 256MB 0007
0008
0009
Model B Rev 2 512MB 000d
000e
000f
Model B+ 512MB 0010
0013
900032
Compute Module 512MB 0011
Compute Module 512MB 0014 (Embest, China)
Model A+ 256MB 0012
Model A+ 256MB 0015 (Embest, China)
Model A+ 512MB 0015 (Embest, China)
Pi 2 Model B v1.1 1GB a01041 (Sony, UK)
Pi 2 Model B v1.1 1GB a21041 (Embest, China)
Pi 2 Model B v1.2 1GB a22042
Pi Zero v1.2 512MB 900092
Pi Zero v1.3 512MB 900093
Pi Zero W 512MB 9000C1
Pi 3 Model B 1GB a02082 (Sony, UK)
Pi 3 Model B 1GB a22082 (Embest, China)

Model/Revison list from https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk

sudo raspi-config

Information about config.txt:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/

  • apt-get upgrade will not change what is installed (only versions),
  • apt-get dist-upgrade will install or remove packages as necessary to complete the upgrade
  • apt upgrade will automatically install but not remove packages.
  • apt full-upgrade performs the same function as apt-get dist-upgrade.
  • apt-get clean
  • apt-get autoremove

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