Computers keep getting more powerful, smaller, and now much cheaper. Enter the Raspberry Pi computer. The picture above is about the size on an iPhone and all for $35. It's being billed as a way for people to begin developing and programming. (Something I wish I was doing more of myself.) Michelle, was thinking that this could make the idea of every child in a classroom having a computer a reality.
The model B, which was released first, sold out within minutes of release.
Specs for the model B include
- Broadcom BCM2835 700MHz ARM1176JZFS processor with FPU and Videocore 4 GPU
- GPU provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p3D
- H.264 high-profile decode GPU is capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure
- 256MB RAM
- Boots from SD card, running Raspberry Pi Fedora Linux Remix
- 10/100-BaseT Ethernet port
- HDMI port
- USB 2.0 port
- RCA video port
- SD card slot
- Powered from microUSB port
- 3.5mm audio out jack
- Header footprint for camera connection
- Size: 85.6 x 53.98 x 17mm
There is a group developing it for use as a media center, which I think is an awesome use for a $35 computer.
You should buy one too. Of course, first they have to become available.
Foundation - http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Purchase and resources - http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi
News link - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-Eben-Upton-RS-Components-Premier-Farnell-Linux,14851.html
1 comment:
I want one! Hook me up! :) Thanks for finding such cool stuff! I love you!
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