Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Reset
In the revision 2.0 Raspberry Pi, a reset circuit was implemented, as shown in Figure
3-4
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To
complete the reset circuit, attach a push button to pins 1 and 2 of P6, as shown in Figure
3-3
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Figure 3-3.
Model B Rev 2.0 P6
Figure 3-4.
Reset circuit
To actuate the reset, P6 pin 1 is short-circuited to P6 pin 2. This resets the BCM2835
SoC chip. This is something you will want to avoid using while Raspbian Linux is up and
running. Use reset as a last resort to avoid losing file content.
