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Description of Rasberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a small, inexpensive computer capable of many tasks like word processing, spreadsheets, and games. It plays high-definition video and can be used to teach programming. The Model B+ features a faster processor, Ethernet port, more USB ports, and easier microSD storage. It provides connectivity and ports for hardware projects while remaining low-cost at under $50.

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Description of Rasberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a small, inexpensive computer capable of many tasks like word processing, spreadsheets, and games. It plays high-definition video and can be used to teach programming. The Model B+ features a faster processor, Ethernet port, more USB ports, and easier microSD storage. It provides connectivity and ports for hardware projects while remaining low-cost at under $50.

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Description: Who wants pi?

The Raspberry Pi has made quite a splash since it


was first announced. The credit-card sized computer is capable of many of the
things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and
games. It also plays high-definition video. It can run several flavors of Linux
and is being used to teach kids all over the world how to program Oh yeah,
and it does all that for under $50.

The secret sauce that makes this computer so small and powerful is the
Broadcom BCM2835, a System-on-Chip that contains an ARM1176JZFS with
floating point, running at 700MHz, and a Videocore 4 GPU. The GPU provides
Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 H.264 high-
profile decode and is capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24 GFLOPs of
general purpose compute. Whats that all mean? It means that if you plug the
Raspberry Pi into your HDTV, you could watch BluRay quality video, using
H.264 at 40MBits/s.

But wait, theres more. The new Model B+ also has a 10/100 Ethernet port so
you can surf the web (or serve web pages) from right there on the Pi. The
system volume no longer lives on an SD card but instead a microSD card, so
its even easier to prepare, run and debug several different operating systems
on the same hardware. This means no more large SD cards and no more
deceptively difficult to handle adapters Most Linux distributions for the Pi will
happily live on a 2GB microSD card but larger cards are supported.

The Model B+s FOUR built-in USB ports provide enough connectivity for a
mouse, keyboard, or anything else that you feel the RPi needs, but if you want
to add even more you can still use a USB hub. It is recommended that you use
a powered hub so as not to overtax the on-board voltage regulator. Powering
the Raspberry Pi is easy, just plug any USB power supply into the micro-USB
port. Theres no power button so the Pi will begin to boot as soon as power is
applied, to turn it off simply remove power. The four built-in USB ports can
even output up to 1.2A enabling you to connect more power hungry USB
devices (This does require a 2Amp micro USB Power Supply).

On top of all that, the low-level peripherals on the Pi make it great for
hardware hacking. The 0.1" spaced 40-pin GPIO header on the Pi gives you
access to 26 GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI as well as 3.3 and 5V sources. The first 26
pins are identical to the Model B to provide 100% backward compatibility for
your projects.

Features:

Broadcom BCM2835 SoC

700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core CPU

Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU


512 MB RAM

4 x USB2.0 Ports with up to 1.2A output

Expanded 40-pin GPIO Header

Video/Audio Out via 4-pole 3.5mm connector, HDMI, or Raw LCD (DSI)

Storage: microSD

10/100 Ethernet (RJ45)

Low-Level Peripherals:

o 27 x GPIO

o UART

o I2C bus

o SPI bus with two chip selects

o +3.3V

o +5V

o Ground

Power Requirements: 5V @ 600 mA via MicroUSB or GPIO Header

Supports Debian GNU/Linux, Fedora, Arch Linux, RISC OS and More!

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