The games developer David Braben showed a Raspberry Pi. In essence that is a complete PC squeezed on a small circuit board and has a HDMI on one end and USB on other. The idea is simple – plug in cables and start with Linux. If you think it is just a toy you may be surprised. Here are the hardware specifications:
- 700MHz ARM11
- 128MB of SDRAM
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
- Composite and HDMI video output
- USB 2.0
- SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
- General-purpose I/O
- Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)
- 12 MPixel camera
The big question is “How much?” Answer: $25 (twenty five dollars).
David came up with the idea because as a child he had ICT and in fact it was typing class. He is now trying to give kids a better chance to get into computing, programming and become true integral part of their life skills.
Here is a video showing Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi hardware with cables and camera
Ubuntu running on Raspberry Pi.
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