Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Who uses Raspberry Pi? Who are the vendors?
Users
- Businesses
- engineering professionals
- educational institutions
Vendors
- element14/Premier Farnell http://downloads.element14.com/raspberryPi1.html?isRedirect=true&ICID=raspberrypigroup_Europe)
Prevelence
1.4000 Raspberry
Pis are being made every day.
2.users includes young students, business people, engineering professionals and educational institutions.
2.users includes young students, business people, engineering professionals and educational institutions.
More links:
Tech Republic: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/10-coolest-uses- for-the-raspberry-pi/505
whatis.techtarget: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Raspberry-Pi-35-computer
Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
Official Website: http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Future of Raspberry Pi
1. setting up media centre
2. pair the Pi with touch-screen
3. home automation projects (e.g remote controlled air conditioning and lighting)
4. in-car tablet computer based on the Pi with touch screen
5. Pi-based internet radio
6. Controlling robots
7. a low-cost, off the shelf alternative to the bespoke hardware used normally in spacecraft and satellite systems
8. use the Pi to spot meteorites blazing across the Antipodean skies
9. Pi controlled coffee machine designed to conjure up the perfect brew via a few typed commands
2. pair the Pi with touch-screen
3. home automation projects (e.g remote controlled air conditioning and lighting)
4. in-car tablet computer based on the Pi with touch screen
5. Pi-based internet radio
6. Controlling robots
7. a low-cost, off the shelf alternative to the bespoke hardware used normally in spacecraft and satellite systems
8. use the Pi to spot meteorites blazing across the Antipodean skies
9. Pi controlled coffee machine designed to conjure up the perfect brew via a few typed commands
Two Versions
Model A
- $25
- 256mb memory
- single USB 2.0
- no network connection
Model B
- $35
- 256mb
- memory
- two USB 2.0
- Ethernet connection
Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages
- Very inexpensive: only $25
- Has a simple server that can handle light internal or web traffic
- Tools are free unlike Microsoft system
- Can open every application without the internet
- Can be used as a low-cost developing platform
- Can be used as a troubleshooting tool
Disadvantages
- Potentially changing setup
- Demands knowledge of Linux
- Limited out-of-the-box performance
What is Raspberry Pi?
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized single-board computer that can be pluged into TV and a keyboard. It was originally conceived as a tool for teaching computer programming to young students. The official programming language is Python and any language which will compile for ARMv6 can be used with Pi. It can be used for many of the things that a desktop PC does, such as spreadsheets, word-processing and games as well as play high-definition video. It is developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and its default operating system (OS) is Fedora distribution of Linux.
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