What is raspberry pi?

It is a low-cost board designed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Manufactured to stimulate the teaching of computer science in schools or at home. Its main objective is to run a Linux distribution or RISC OS.

• Broadcom BCM2835 SoC (CPU, GPU, DSP, and SDRAM) “MODEL B” Processor / CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core (ARM11 family) Video Card (GPU): Broadcom VideoCore IV, OpenGL ES 2.0, 1080p30 h.264 / MPEG-4 AVC high-profile decoder Memory (SDRAM): 512 Megabytes (Mb) Video output: Composite RCA and HDMISudio output: 3.5mm jack and HDMILector card: SD, MMC, SDIO card slotNetwork card 10/100 Ethernet RJ45.Storage via SD / MMC / SDIO card slot

As we can see among its features it incorporates an ARM processor, a graphics card that is capable of playing full hd video, 512 megabytes of RAM, RJ45 ethernet output, card reader and two USB connectors. Without a doubt one of the most powerful boards on the market.

For its operation we need an SD card, recommended 8GB that are cheap, a Mini USB cable and power adapter.

There are millions of projects on the net. The ones I see most interesting are: Media Center, Arcade, Home Automation, robot control, computing, even a coffee maker and a download server.

We have the official download area at the following link: click here.

Where can I buy it?

There are two electronic component sales websites that distribute the Raspberry Pi: RS Components and Farnell by

25.92 pounds and 33.47 pounds respectively. The estimated time is 3-5 weeks depending on availability. I bought my Raspberry Pi at Farnell and it took me only two weeks. With shipping costs it cost me € 46.