Highly Unofficial “Raspberry Pi 3B Mini,” Customized for TPCast, Appears for Sale
https://www.hackster.io/news/highly-unofficial-raspberry-pi-3b-mini-customized-for-tpcast-appears-for-sale-becd68d67a48

Cut-down single-board computer packs the same power as a Raspberry Pi 3, but in a more compact footprint.

An unusual customized Raspberry Pi variant, designed for use in video streaming applications, has surfaced for sale — and it’s been dubbed, extremely unofficially, the “Raspberry Pi 3B Mini.”

Traditionally, Raspberry Pi has been very protective of its board designs. While it’s entirely usual to see Raspberry Pi-shaped single-board computers (SBCs) on the market — many of which simply riff on the fruit theme and call themselves Banana Pi, Orange Pi, or the like — they’re based on completely different systems-on-chips (SoCs).

https://blog.hackster.io/the-raspberry-pi-is-staying-in-britain-2353a9aca202

Microsoft wants Windows 10 to run on every type of computing device and the company has been lately trying to make Windows more modular. Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM initiative brought the company’s desktop operating system to devices with Snapdragon chipsets.

It looks like you can now finally install a full version of Windows 10 intended for ARM devices on Raspberry Pi 3.

The MakeUseOf Raspberry Pi Unofficial Guide can be downloaded from
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-things-small-package-your-unofficial-raspberry-pi-manual/

SD cards with NOOBS preinstalled are available from many of our distributors and independent retailers, including Pimoroni, Adafruit, and Pi Hut.

Alternatively, NOOBS is available for download on the Raspberry Pi website: raspberrypi.org/downloads

Once you’ve downloaded the NOOBS zip file, you’ll need to copy the contents to a formatted SD card on your computer.

To set up a blank SD card with NOOBS:

Format an SD card which is 8GB or larger as FAT. See the instructions given below.
Download and extract the files from the NOOBS zip file.
Copy the extracted files onto the SD card that you just formatted, so that this file is at the root directory of the SD card. Please note that in some cases it may extract the files into a folder; if this is the case, then please copy across the files from inside the folder rather than the folder itself.
On first boot, the “RECOVERY” FAT partition will be automatically resized to a minimum, and a list of OSes that are available to install will be displayed.

If you are a Windows user, we recommend formatting your SD card using the SD Association’s Formatting Tool, which can be downloaded from sdcard.org.

Compute Module Datasheet
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/computemodule/datasheet.md

The latest version of the Compute Module is the CM3+. This is the recommended Compute Module for all current and future development.

The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 + (CM3+) are DDR2-SODIMM-mechanically-compatible System on Modules (SoMs) containing a processor, memory, eMMC Flash (except “Lite” version) and supporting power circuitry. These modules allow a designer to leverage the Raspberry Pi hardware and software stack in their own custom systems and form factors. In addition the modules have extra I/O interfaces over and above what is available on the Raspberry Pi model A/B boards, providing more options and fostering rapid development for the designer. The Compute Module 3 + 8GB has a 200 pin SODIMM design and contains 8GB of on-board eMMC flash memory.

Broadcom BCM2837B0 Cortex-A53 64-bit 1.2GHz SoC
1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM Memory
8GB eMMC flash memory storage on-board
Production life guaranteed until January 2025
H.264, MPEG-4 decode (1080p30), H.264 encode (1080p30), OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0 graphics
Compatible with NOOBS_3_0_0