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What is the Raspberry Pi educational computer?

"The Raspberry Pi is a single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Scheduled for public release in January 2012, the foundation plans to release two versions priced at USD $25 and $35 . It is intended to stimulate the teaching of basic computer science in schools." Source: Wikipedia

What hardware and software does it use?

The design is based around a Broadcom BCM2835 SoC, which includes an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor, VideoCore IV GPU, and 128 or 256 megabytes (MiB) of RAM. The design does not include a built-in hard disk or solid-state drive, instead relying on a SD card for booting and long-term storage. This board is intended to run Linux based or RISC OS operating systems.

 

New Datasheets Available...

A new set of datasheets are currently being reviewd by the Raspberry Pi foundation for us. As soon as they have been approved they will be posted here.

The datasheets have been designed to give a quick one page or two page overview of the important key facts. We will also be producting some mini-guides and more in depth tutorials to support these.

If you would like to help write a guide for us, or to publish your own tutorial please contact us at:

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We are always looking for new content. If you would like to write a datasheet for us, create a tutorial or create your own mini guide then please get in touch with us at the email address above.

 

The $25 ARM GNU/Linux computer that could change the world

There isn’t much any small group of people can do to address problems like an inadequate school curriculum or the end of a financial bubble. But we felt that we could try to do something about the situation where computers had become so expensive and arcane that programming experimentation on them had to be forbidden by parents; and to find a platform that, like those old home computers, could boot into a programming environment.

 

Over the next few years, Eben, having left the university for industry, worked on building prototypes of what has now become the Raspberry Pi in his spare time.

 

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