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Comparing the photos to my Pi 2, it doesn't seem very different. There's an extra IC near the microsd card, a connector beneath the HDMI port, and a few other small changes.

But nothing that looks like an antenna. Any idea where that might be?

Edit: as lovelearning pointed out, there is a small ceramic-looking piece in the upper-left of the top side, near the GPIO pins and LVDS display connector. That might be it.



Look for a cutaway ground plane as a hint to where the antenna may be.

http://imgur.com/a/z9bDR

Wifi antenna and chip set highlighted.


That is it, and the connector beneath the HDMI port is the same (but mounted) JTAG connector as the RPi2.

I don't know what is the chip, though.

Also noticed a 2-pin header between the 40-pin one and the upper USB ones: it looks like the "RUN" from the Rpi Zero.

EDIT: The 2-pin "RUN" header already existed on the RPi2, where the ceramic antenna is now located on the RPi3.


There is a big Diode D5 near the micro-USB power connector.


Also worth noting: the new IC and the suspected ceramic antenna are in about the same place on opposite sides of the pcb. So I think that lends some credence to the idea that is is an antenna.

Man they can make small antennas these days...


First thing that came to mind. All the wifi ready SBC have a very easy to spot chip and some form of visible antenna. I'm almost thinking the shots were just for gross form factor approximation.



According to FCC report they are using a chip antenna.


Second last "internal" photo, top left corner next to the ribbon connector. That thing that looks like a long cap SMD is the chip antenna (just guessing).




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