Tiny, Cheap ($35!) Raspberry Pi PC Available For Pre-order
The Model B Raspberry Pi is the basic credit card sized computer board with a Broadcom BCM2835 System-On Chip running Linux, that plugs into a TV and a keyboard to create a miniature ARM-based PC that can be used for many of the things a desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays High-Definition video.
The Raspberry Pi will initially be sold in one, uncased configuration the Model B which has two USB slots, 256MB of Ram, an HDMI connector, a SD memory card slot and an Ethernet port. It costs $35 (£22). This will be followed later in 2012 by the $25 (£16) Model A, which has a single USB port.
element14.com says that following the launch of Raspberry Pi Board B this week, they’ve seen incredible levels of interest, and that initial stock quickly sold out, but that they will be one of the first sites to have more Raspberry Pi’s in stock for those who haven’t ordered yet. If you haven’t pre-ordered yet ypu can register your interest on their Website so they can let you know as new units become available.
The Raspberry Pi Features:
• Broadcom BCM2835 700MHz ARM1176JZFS processor with FPU and Videocore 4 GPU
• GPU provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 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 the Fedora version of Linux
• 10/100 BaseT Ethernet socket
• HDMI socket
• USB 2.0 socket
• RCA video socket
• SD card socket
• Powered from microUSB socket
• 3.5mm audio out jack
• Header footprint for camera connection
• Size: 85.6 x 53.98 x 17mm
Price £21.60 (About $35)
For more information, visit:
http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi
or
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=raspberrypi
