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What’s a Raspberry Pi?
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.
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Raspberry Pi can connect to your HDTV (HDMI) or old box having RCA input (composite) and turns it into a full-featured computer that can run various distributions of Linux Operating System (download links below).
[from Wikipedia]:
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of stimulating the teaching of basic computer science in schools.
The Raspberry Pi has a Broadcom BCM2835 system on a chip (SoC), which includes an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor VideoCore IV GPU.
The Foundation provides Debian and Arch Linux ARM distributions for download. Also planned are tools for supporting Python as the main programming language, with support for BBC BASIC, (via the RISC OS image or the "Brandy Basic" clone for Linux), C, and Perl.
Raspberry Pi Linux Specs:
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SoC |
Broadcom BCM2835 (CPU, GPU, DSP, SDRAM, and single USB port) |
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CPU: |
700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core (ARM11 family) |
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GPU: |
Broadcom VideoCore IV, OpenGL ES 2.0, MPEG-2 and VC-1 (with license), 1080p h.264/MPEG-4 AVC high-profile decoder and encoder |
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Memory (SDRAM): |
512 MB (shared with GPU) as of 15 October 2012 |
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USB 2.0 ports: |
2 (via integrated USB hub) |
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Video outputs: |
Composite RCA (PAL and NTSC), HDMI (rev 1.3 & 1.4), raw LCD Panels via DSI 14 HDMI resolutions from 640×350 to 1920×1200 plus various PAL and NTSC standards. |
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Audio outputs |
3.5 mm jack, HDMI |
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Onboard storage: |
SD / MMC / SDIO card slot |
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Onboard network: |
10/100 Ethernet (RJ45) via USB hub |
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Low-level peripherals: |
8 × GPIO, UART, I2C bus, SPI bus with two chip selects, +3.3 V, +5 V, ground |
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Power ratings: |
700 mA (3.5 W) |
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Power source: |
5 volt via Micro USB or GPIO header |
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Size: |
85.60 mm × 53.98 mm (3.370 in × 2.125 in) |
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Weight: |
45 g (1.6 oz) |
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Operating systems: |
Debian GNU/Linux, Raspbian OS, Fedora, Arch Linuc ARM, RISC OS, FreeBSD, Plan 9 |
Accessories Details:
Video: You can opt video option as per type of your display. R-Pi is having 2 video output options: RCA Composite Video and HDMI.
1.) RCA Composite Video: This cable may be used to connect to a legacy TV having color coded input connector options - Yellow, White, Red.
2.) HDMI Cable: This cable is used to connect to HD TV/Display using HDMI port.
3.) HDMI to VGA Adapter: This adapter is used when you want to connect your VGA monitor using HDMI Port of Raspberry Pi.
Audio: R-Pi has two options for Audio output - HDMI and 3.5mm Audio Jack.
1.) Phono-RCA Cable: This cable has 1x3.5mm Jack at one end that connects to R-Pi and other end 2xRCA Stereo Audio that can connect to most of the stereo speaker systems.
2.) HDMI Cable: HDMI Video Cable can transmit Video and Audio both.
Networking: R-Pi can easily connect to your existing network using two supported options: Wired and Wireless.
1.) Wired - RJ45 Ethernet Cable: This cable is used for Wired connection to your network using Ethernet Port of Raspberry Pi.
2.) Wireless - USB Wireless Adapter: This ultra small sized adapter - Netgear USB Micro WNA1000M can be connected to USB Port of Raspberry Pi and connects to your Wi-Fi network.
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References:
Quick Start Guide
Raspberry Pi Foundation official website and forums
Broadcom BCM2835 – Embedded Multimedia Applications Processor [datasheet]
A Good Resource on General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) at eLinux
Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout
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. What's 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, there's more. The 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 lives on an SD card, so it's easy to prepare, run and debug several different operating systems on the same hardware. Most Linux distributions for the Pi will happily live on a 2GB SD card but larger cards are supported.
The Model B's two built-in USB ports provide enough connectivity for a mouse and keyboard, but if you want to add more you can 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. There's no power button so the Pi will begin to boot as soon as power is applied, to turn it off simply remove power.
On top of all that, the low-level peripherals on the Pi make it great for hardware hacking. The 0.1" spaced GPIO header on the Pi gives you access to 8 GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI as well as 3.3 and 5V sources. Mating ribbon cables can be found in the related products below.
Dimensions: 85.60mm x 56mm x 21mm
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As typical of modern computers, generic USB keyboards and mice are compatible with the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi use Linux-kernel based operating systems.
The design is based around a Broadcom BCM2835 SoC, which includes an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor, VideoCore IV GPU, and 512 Megabytes of RAM. The design does not include a built-in hard disk or solid-state drive, instead relying on an SD card for booting and long-term storage. This board is intended to run Linux kernel based operating systems.
The Raspberry Pi® is a single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video.
Features:
Downloads & Resources
Quick Start Guide
Download (Operating System)
Raspberry Pi Forum
Please note that this product is imported on order and delivery may take upto 15 days.
Raspberry Pi® is a trademark of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
The Raspberry Pi® is a single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of stimulating the teaching of basic computer science in schools. The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. The design is based around a Broadcom BCM2835 SoC, which includes an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz processor, VideoCore IV GPU, and 128 or 256 Megabytes of RAM. The design does not include a built-in hard disk or solid-state drive, instead relying on an SD card for booting and long-term storage. This board is intended to run Linux kernel based operating systems.
This is the Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB RAM model with two USB ports and a 10/100 Ethernet controller. Please note some boards are made in the UK, some in China. WE DO NOT KNOW IN ADVANCE WHICH ONES YOU MAY RECEIVE!
As typical of modern computers, generic USB keyboards and mice are compatible with the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi use Linux-kernel based operating systems. The Raspberry Pi does not come with a real-time clock, so an OS must use a network time server, or ask the user for time information at boot time to get access to time and date info for file time and date stamping. However a real time clock (such as the DS1307) with battery backup can be easily added via the I2C interface.
