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Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that can connect to keyboards, monitors and TVs. It was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation as an affordable way to teach computer programming to children and students. While lower powered than a standard desktop, it runs Linux and can be used for basic tasks like word processing as well as programming and electronics projects. The Raspberry Pi uses low-cost components like an ARM processor and SD card storage to keep the price around $35, making it an inexpensive platform for learning about computers.

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Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that can connect to keyboards, monitors and TVs. It was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation as an affordable way to teach computer programming to children and students. While lower powered than a standard desktop, it runs Linux and can be used for basic tasks like word processing as well as programming and electronics projects. The Raspberry Pi uses low-cost components like an ARM processor and SD card storage to keep the price around $35, making it an inexpensive platform for learning about computers.

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Raspberry Pi

Introduction
• The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized
computer
• It can be plugged into your TV and a
keyboard, and can be used for many of
the things that your average desktop
does - spreadsheets, word-processing,
games and it also plays high-definition
video.
Introduction

• measuring
approximately 9cm
x 5.5cm
History
The Raspberry Pi is the work of the Raspberry Pi
Foundation, a charitable organisation.

UK registered charity (No. 1129409), May 2009

 It's supported by the University of Cambridge


Computer Laboratory and tech firm Broadcomm
Motivation
Computer science skills increasingly important
Decline in CS student numbers
Access to computers
Computers are the tool of the 21st century
Computer Science is concerned with much more
than simply being able to use a computer.
Children should understand how they work and
how to program them
What is Raspberry Pi?

• The Raspberry Pi is a fully featured micro-


computer squashed onto a circuit board
measuring approximately 9cm x 5.5cm.
Features

• Ultra low-cost (Model A $25, Model B $35)


• Ultra low-power ~1W
• Credit-card sized, fanless, instant start-up
• Complete easy-to-program computer
Features

• Provide a fun environment for experimenting


with programming and electronics
• Inexpensive, simple, open and easy to
maintain computer for schools
• Fun computer for children to experiment
with at home(programming, robotics, etc...)
Technology
• The Raspberry Pi has a Broadcom BCM2835
system on a chip (SoC),which includes an
ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor
• Video Core IV GPU
• originally shipped with 256 megabytes of RAM,
later upgraded to 512MB.
• It does not include a built-in hard disk , but uses
an SD card for booting and long-term storage.
Hardware
• 10/100 BaseT Ethernet socket
• HDMI socket
• USB 2.0 socket
• RCA video socket
• SD card socket
• Powered from microUSB socket
• 3.5mm audio out jack
• Header footprint for camera connection
Operating System
• Linux on a bootable SD card
• Fedora
• Raspbian
• Debian
• ArchLinux ARM
How to make it work!
Programming

• By default, supporting Python as


the educational language.

• Any language which will compile


for ARMv6 can be used with the
Raspberry Pi.
Price
• Model A - $ 25
• Model B - $ 35
• Why so cheap ?
• SoC - System on a chip, a computer on a
single low voltage chip
• Linux OS
Applications
• Can be used for making super computers
Applications
Raspberry Pi Medical Device Input Shield
Applications
• Solar Raspberry Pi Power Pack
Applications
• Voice-Activated Coffee Machine
• Raspberry Pi Dynamic Bike Headlight
Prototype
Applications
• It can make your Old TV in to a smart TV. (You can
play Videos, 3D Games, Music, Browse Internet and
much more.
• Raspberry Pi can Act as Full HD 1080p Media Player.
• Its a Mini Computer which just cost Rs.2,350/-
• You can connect a Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse
and use it as a normal computer.
• Its Graphics Capabilities is better than Apple
Products.
Raspberry Pi Vs Akash

• Aakash is a low-cost tablet, and Raspberry Pi is an


ultra-cheap, customizable computer.
• Both tech innovations have education and
economy as their central goals.
• Aakash could fundamentally change the way Indian
students and most of rural India connects with the
Internet.
Raspberry Pi Vs Akash

• The Raspberry Pi, directed at budding computer


engineers in the U.K., could alter the way the
next generation thinks about coding and building in
the computer universe.
• Both the Aakash and Raspberry Pi run on ARM-
based processors, the British processor that runs
the vast majority of the world’s mobile phones,
smartphones and tablets.
Raspberry Pi Vs Akash
• The first generation Aakash is said to run an ARM
11-based processor from Conexant running at
366Mhz.
• The Raspberry Pi uses an ARM 11-based
processor from Broadcom running at 700Mhz plus
a separate graphics processing unit.
• The processor in the Raspberry Pi has about twice
the graphics performance of the iPhone 4S and
even bests Nvidia’s Tegra 2.
Raspberry Pi Vs Akash
• The Raspberry Pi can connect to a television or a
computer monitor via the commonly used
composite RCA and HDMI video interfaces.
• Akash tablet runs on an Android 2.2 OS.
• The Raspberry Pi computer will run a number of
Linux-based operating systems including Red Hat’s
Fedora as well as Debian, the basis for the popular
Ubuntu distribution, and Arch.
Disadvantages
• It does not have a Hard Disk associated with it for
permanent storage pf files,we have to connect one
externally or have to use SD card for the purpose.
• The RAM is a POP package on top of the SoC, so
it’s not removable or swappable.
• There is no Real time clock associated with the
board.Adding an RTC is expensive. You can add
one yourself using the GPIO pins.
Future developments

● Tablet version
● Interesting low-cost screen technologies
emerging
● Brambles! (Networks of Raspberries)
Raspberry Pi 2020
● Exploit process scaling and keep price
constant:
– 8 cores, improved GPU, 8GB main memory
– WiFi, camera, matchbox sized case
– holographic laser projector, virtual keyboard
– FPGA logic on main SoC, high speed links, ….
– < $25
REFERENCES
• Electronics For You, November 2012, Page 18
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
• http://www.raspberrypi.org
• http://www.element14.com/community/groups/ra
spberry-pi
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