Apple Time Capsule A1470 (3 TB, ME182LL/A)
Apple A1470 (3 TB, ME182LL/A)
Availability: now
FCC approval date: 10 June 2013
(Est.) release date: 11 June 2013
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $400
UPC: 885909707850 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Type: base station, NAS
FCC ID: BCGA1470
IC ID: 579C-A1470
Power: 100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 1.5 A
Connector type: C7
CPU1: Broadcom BCM53019 (2 cores)
FLA1: 32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br /> (Micron MT25Q256A)
RAM1: 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (SK hynix H5TC4G63AFR)
Expansion IFs: USB 2.0
USB ports: 1
WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4360
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM4360
WI2 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL
ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM53019
Switch: Broadcom BCM53019
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 3
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1
abgn+ac
Flags: CMOS battery
802dot11 OUI: none specified
| CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI2 chip1 brand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Time Capsule A1470 (2 TB, ME177LL/A) | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| Apple Time Capsule A1470 (3 TB, ME182LL/A) | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.
3x3 MIMO Base Station
The FCC test report indicates the firmware used during testing was 6.10.56.166.
- Transmit beam forming is supported on 802.11ac
Comparison
| Generation | 1st Gen (early 2008) |
2nd Gen (early & mid 2009) |
3rd Gen (late 2009) |
4th Gen (mid 2011) |
5th Gen (mid 2013) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | A1254 | A1302 | A1355 | A1409 | A1470 | ||||||
| Number | MB276LL/A | MB277LL/A | MB764LL/A | MB765LL/A | MB996LL/A | MC343LL/A | MC344LL/A | MD032LL/A | MD033LL/A | ME177LL/A | ME182LL/A |
| Hard drive | 500GB | 1TB | 500GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 3TB | 2TB | 3TB |
| CPU | Marvell 88F5281 | Marvell 88F5281 | Marvell 88F5281 | Marvell 88F5281 | Broadcom BCM53019 | ||||||
| Flash | 16 MB | 16 MB | 16 MB | 16 MB | 32 MB | ||||||
| RAM | 128 MB | 128 MB | 128 MB | 128 MB | 512 MB | ||||||
| Wi-Fi | Marvell | Atheros AR9220/AR9223 | Marvell | Broadcom BCM4331 | 2x Broadcom BCM4360 | ||||||
| Network | Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n | Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n | Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac | ||||||||
| Protocol | Bonjour, IPsec, L2TP, PPTP | Bonjour, IPsec, L2TP, PPTP, PPPoE, DHCP, DNS | |||||||||
