Stadium makes power supply for Raspberry Pi 3

Stadium Group plc

("Stadium", the "Company" or the "Group")

Stadium manufactures dedicated power supply for new Raspberry Pi 3

Stadium Group Plc (AIM: SDM), a leading design-led integrated technology group, specialising in Wireless, Power and Human Machine Interface solutions, announces that its fully owned subsidiary Stontronics is the only approved external power supply manufacturer for the new Raspberry Pi 3, a credit-card-sized single-board computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which was launched on 29 February 2016.

The new power supply has been specifically designed for the launch of the third-generation Raspberry Pi board, as it requires more power to support the new Broadcom processor chipset that powers the Raspberry Pi 3.

As sole manufacturer of the officially approved Raspberry Pi 3 power supply, Stontronics has designed the new power supply to meet the updated and expanded US Department of Energy (DoE) Level VI Energy Efficiency requirements, which became effective last month. The new DoE standard mandates more stringent energy efficiency levels for a greater number of external power supply types. According to DoE estimates, these new requirements will save consumers up to $3.8 billion and cut emissions by nearly 47 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide over 30 years, which is equivalent to the annual electricity use of 6.5 million homes.

Charlie Peppiatt, Chief Executive Officer of Stadium, commented: "The Raspberry Pi Foundation chose Stadium as the only approved manufacturer of the power supply because of Stontronics' expertise in semi-custom design and ability to handle all required third-party approvals to deliver a fully approved Raspberry Pi branded product."

Gordon Hollingworth, Director of Engineering at the Raspberry Pi Foundation commented: "In addition to the Company's experience and strong credentials as a power supply vendor and designer, Stontronics also had existing relationships with RS Components and Farnell. This is an important aspect, as both companies are key to the Raspberry Pi distribution strategy and are on the strictly-limited list of official distributors of the Raspberry Pi platform."

Both colour variants (T5875DV / T5989DV-RS) of the new Raspberry Pi 3 power supply are now in stock via RS Components and Farnell.

The Raspberry Pi 3 and power supply can be seen here (photo credit: raspberrypr.org) -

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8756Q_-2016-3-2.pdf

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About Stadium Group plc (www.stadiumgroupplc.com)

Stadium Group plc is a leading provider of design-led integrated electronic technologies to the global electronics market with design and manufacturing operations in the UK and Asia. The Company consists of two divisions:

1. Technology Products (44% of revenues H1 2015) - incorporating a portfolio of value-adding complementary products, design and integration capabilities in the areas of:

§ Power - custom and standard power product solutions from 1W to 10kW

§ Wireless - design, integration & manufacture of M2M (machine-to-machine) wireless solutions

§ Interface and Displays - intelligent HMI (human machine interface) integrated solutions

2. iEMS (56% of revenues H1 2015) - Integrated Electronic Manufacturing Services (iEMS) to global original equipment manufacturers.