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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.
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
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.
Operating System
Linux on a bootable SD card
Fedora
Raspbian
Debian
ArchLinux ARM
Programming
By default, supporting Python as the educational language.
Any language which will compile for ARMv6 can be used with the Raspberry Pi.