2. What
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized
computer that plugs into your TV and a
keyboard. It is a capable little computer
which can be used in electronics projects,
and for many of the things that your
desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-
processing and games. It also plays high-
definition video. Single-board computer
developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi
Foundation with the intention of
promoting the teaching of basic computer
science in schools.
3. WHO
Eben Upton ,Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and
Alan Mycroft of Cambridge; Pete Lomas of
Norcott Technologies; and David Braben,
co-author of the famous BBC Micro game
Elite, teamed up in 2006 to found the
Raspberry Pi Foundation. This charitable
organization's primary goal is to create low-
cost, programmable computers and to get
them into as many hands as possible,
particularly those of children. Their price
goal was $25 per device.
4.
5. COMPONENTS
•ARM CPU/GPU-This is a Broadcom BCM2835 System
on a Chip (SoC) that's made up of an ARM CPU and a
Videocore 4 GPU.
•GPIO- These are exposed general-purpose input/output
connection points.
•RCA- An RCA jack allows connection of analogTVs and
other similar output devices.
•Audio out-This is a standard 3.55-millimeter jack
•USB-Model A has one, and Model B has two.
•HDMI- This connector allows you to hook up a high-
definition television or other compatible device using an
HDMI cable.
•Power-This is a 5v Micro USB power connector.
•SD card slot-This is a full-sized SD card slot. An SD card
with an OS installed is required for booting the device
•Ethernet-This connector allows for wired network access.
6.
7. Model A Model B
COST US 25$ US 35$
RAM 256 512
USB 2.0 PORTS 1 2
POWER RATINGS 300mA 700mA
ETHERNET NO YES
•The Raspberry Pi measures roughly 3.4 inches by 2.1 inches
(8.6 centimetres by 5.3 centimetres).
•The chip has 256 MB of RAM, runs at 700 MHz and
includes a 1080p-capable GPU.
•Beagle Board and Panda Board are it’s competitors.
8. OS
•AROS
•Haiku
•Linux
•Android 2.3
(Gingerbread)
•Android 4.0 (Ice
Cream Sandwich)
•Arch Linux ARM
•Debian ARM
•Raspbian
•Firefox OS
•Puppy Linux
•Gentoo Linux
•GoogleChromium
OS
•openSUSE
•PiBang Linux
•Raspberry Pi
Fedora Remix
•Slackware ARM
(formerly
ARMedslack)
•QtonPi
•WebOS
•OpenwebOS
•Plan 9 from Bell
Labs
•RISCOS
•Unix
•FreeBSD
•NetBSD
•Windows CE
