wraggster
May 22nd, 2012, 11:24
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/raspberrypimakefairelead01.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/21/raspberry-pi-hands-on-and-eben-upton-interview-at-maker-faire-v/)Unless you've been hiding under a rock lately, we're pretty sure you've heard about the Raspberry Pi (http://www.engadget.com/tag/RaspberryPi/) by now -- a $25 credit-card sized PC that brings ARM/Linux to the Arduino (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Arduino/) form factor. As a refresher, the system features a 700MHz Broadcom BCM2835 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/BCM2835/) SoC with an ARM11 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ARM11/) CPU, a Videocore 4 GPU (which handles HD H.264 video and OpenGL ES 2.0) and 256MB RAM. The board includes an SD card slot, HDMI output, composite video jack, 3.5mm audio socket, micro-USB power connector and GPIO header. Model A ($25) comes with one USB port, while Model B ($35) provides two USB ports and a 100BaseT Ethernet socket. Debian (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Debian/) is recommended, but Raspberry Pi can run most ARM-compatible 32-bit OSes.
This past weekend at Maker Faire (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MakerFaire/) Bay Area 2012 we ran into Eben Upton, Executive Director of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and took the opportunity to spend some quality time with a production board and to discuss this incredible PC. We touched upon the origins of the system (inspired by the BBC Micro, one of the ARM founders (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/20/the-engadget-interview-arm-co-founder-john-biggs/)' projects), Moore's law (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Mooreslaw/), the wonders of simple computers and upcoming products / ideas -- including Adafruit's Pi Plate (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/26/adafruit-wants-to-help-you-hack-your-raspberry-pi/) and Raspberry Pi's prototype camera add-on (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/19/raspberry-pi-camera-add-on/). On the subject of availability (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/raspberry-pi-begins-shipping/), the company expects that "there will be approximately 200,000 units in the field by the end of June". Take a look at our hands-on gallery below and our video interview after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/21/raspberry-pi-hands-on-and-eben-upton-interview-at-maker-faire-v/
This past weekend at Maker Faire (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MakerFaire/) Bay Area 2012 we ran into Eben Upton, Executive Director of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and took the opportunity to spend some quality time with a production board and to discuss this incredible PC. We touched upon the origins of the system (inspired by the BBC Micro, one of the ARM founders (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/20/the-engadget-interview-arm-co-founder-john-biggs/)' projects), Moore's law (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Mooreslaw/), the wonders of simple computers and upcoming products / ideas -- including Adafruit's Pi Plate (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/26/adafruit-wants-to-help-you-hack-your-raspberry-pi/) and Raspberry Pi's prototype camera add-on (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/19/raspberry-pi-camera-add-on/). On the subject of availability (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/raspberry-pi-begins-shipping/), the company expects that "there will be approximately 200,000 units in the field by the end of June". Take a look at our hands-on gallery below and our video interview after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/21/raspberry-pi-hands-on-and-eben-upton-interview-at-maker-faire-v/