Raspberry Pi Blog
Today we’re announcing the next generation of our Power over Ethernet (PoE) HAT. Compared to its predecessor, the Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT delivers more power, implementing the 802.11at PoE+ standard; and it runs cooler, thanks to various design improvements. Best of all, we’ve been able to keep the original affordable price of $20.
The current global semiconductor shortage — which you’ll almost certainly have read about by now — is constraining our supply of the original PoE HAT. In general, we’re weathering the shortage very well, and the supply of mainline Raspberry Pi computers, Zeros and our other products have not been affected (we’re very good at pipelining). Unfortunately, the first-gen PoE HAT uses silicon that’s in short supply.
The old HAT will remain in production, but we are taking the unusual step of announcing this new product before we have stock in channel, so that industrial customers can consider migrating to the new PoE+ HAT, which will have shorter lead times. The Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT will be available from our Approved Resellers in early June. (Visit our Products page to be automatically directed to your local Approved Reseller when you select a product.)
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