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[[File:Rasberry pi card.jpg|thumb|right|A Rasberry Pi printed circuit card]]'''Rasberry Pi''' is an educational single-board computer designed for students and hobbiests. Raspberry Pi Foundation developed it in the United Kingdom by the to promote the teaching of basic computer science in schools and developing countries.
==History==
Previously, in 1981, Acorn had worked with the British Boardcasting System to make a low-cost computer available in the United Kingdom for student, but that hardware was out-of-date. The group that resulted in the Rasberry Pi, wanted to create a new computer and also market it under the BBC Micro name, but Acorn own the rights to that name through 2011.<ref name="rpi_bbcsucc">{{cite web|title=Raspberry Pi • View topic - Raspberry Pi as the successor of BBC Micro |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5118 |date=22 April 2012|accessdate=September 4, 2016|publisher=raspberrypi.org |quote=The Foundation trustees tried very hard to get an agreement to use the BBC Micro name, right up to May 2011. /../ Eben touched on the subject a bit during his speech at the Beeb@30 celebration at the beginning of the month: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/970 starting at time index 11:30}}</ref> So, the project picked a different name, Raspberry Pi.
In 2006, early concepts of the Raspberry Pi were based on the [[Atmel]] [[ATmega]]644 microcontroller, which had publicly available schematics.<ref name="ubergizmo build your own">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/10/build-raspberry-pi-minicomputer/ |title=Build your own prototype Raspberry Pi minicomputer |publisher=ubergizmo |date=24 October 2011 |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |author=Wong, George}}</ref> Foundation [[trustee]] [[Eben Upton]] assembled a group of teachers and computer enthusiasts to devise a new computer to inspire a new generation of students.<ref name="guardian reboot computing">{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/09/raspberry-pi-computer-revolutionise-computing-schools?newsfeed=true |title=Raspberry Pi device will 'reboot computing in schools' |work=The Guardian |date=9 January 2012 |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |author=Moorhead, Joanna |location=London}}</ref> Pi's model A, model B and model B+ are references to the original models of the British educational [[BBC Micro]] computer, developed by [[Acorn Computers]].<ref name="raspberrypi model names">{{cite web |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/raspberry_pi/page3.html |title=Psst, kid... Wanna learn how to hack? |publisher=The Register |date=28 November 2011 |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |author=Williams, Chris}}</ref> The first model was released in February 2012. In May 2014, the three millionth Pi shipped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-at-buckingham-palace-3-million-sold/ |title=RASPBERRY PI AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 3 MILLION SOLD |accessdate=September 4,2016}}</ref>
==Software==
The Foundation provides [[Raspbian]], a Debian based [[linux distribution]] for download, as well as third party [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], [[Windows 10 IoT Core|Windows 10 IOT Core]], [[RISC OS]], and specialised [[OpenELEC|media center]] distributions.<ref name="raspberrypi downloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads|title=Raspberry Pi downloads|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|accessdate=Sept 4, 2016}}</ref> It promotes [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]] as the main programming language, with support for many other languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/|title=Usage - Raspberry Pi Documentation|website=www.raspberrypi.org|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Hardware and accessories==
The board contains USB and HDMI ports that will allow connection to keyboard and monitors. Raspberry Pi also sells a camera and expansion boards.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Computers]]
==History==
Previously, in 1981, Acorn had worked with the British Boardcasting System to make a low-cost computer available in the United Kingdom for student, but that hardware was out-of-date. The group that resulted in the Rasberry Pi, wanted to create a new computer and also market it under the BBC Micro name, but Acorn own the rights to that name through 2011.<ref name="rpi_bbcsucc">{{cite web|title=Raspberry Pi • View topic - Raspberry Pi as the successor of BBC Micro |url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5118 |date=22 April 2012|accessdate=September 4, 2016|publisher=raspberrypi.org |quote=The Foundation trustees tried very hard to get an agreement to use the BBC Micro name, right up to May 2011. /../ Eben touched on the subject a bit during his speech at the Beeb@30 celebration at the beginning of the month: http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/970 starting at time index 11:30}}</ref> So, the project picked a different name, Raspberry Pi.
In 2006, early concepts of the Raspberry Pi were based on the [[Atmel]] [[ATmega]]644 microcontroller, which had publicly available schematics.<ref name="ubergizmo build your own">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/10/build-raspberry-pi-minicomputer/ |title=Build your own prototype Raspberry Pi minicomputer |publisher=ubergizmo |date=24 October 2011 |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |author=Wong, George}}</ref> Foundation [[trustee]] [[Eben Upton]] assembled a group of teachers and computer enthusiasts to devise a new computer to inspire a new generation of students.<ref name="guardian reboot computing">{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/09/raspberry-pi-computer-revolutionise-computing-schools?newsfeed=true |title=Raspberry Pi device will 'reboot computing in schools' |work=The Guardian |date=9 January 2012 |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |author=Moorhead, Joanna |location=London}}</ref> Pi's model A, model B and model B+ are references to the original models of the British educational [[BBC Micro]] computer, developed by [[Acorn Computers]].<ref name="raspberrypi model names">{{cite web |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/raspberry_pi/page3.html |title=Psst, kid... Wanna learn how to hack? |publisher=The Register |date=28 November 2011 |accessdate=September 4, 2016 |author=Williams, Chris}}</ref> The first model was released in February 2012. In May 2014, the three millionth Pi shipped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-at-buckingham-palace-3-million-sold/ |title=RASPBERRY PI AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 3 MILLION SOLD |accessdate=September 4,2016}}</ref>
==Software==
The Foundation provides [[Raspbian]], a Debian based [[linux distribution]] for download, as well as third party [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], [[Windows 10 IoT Core|Windows 10 IOT Core]], [[RISC OS]], and specialised [[OpenELEC|media center]] distributions.<ref name="raspberrypi downloads">{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads|title=Raspberry Pi downloads|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|accessdate=Sept 4, 2016}}</ref> It promotes [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Scratch (programming language)|Scratch]] as the main programming language, with support for many other languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/|title=Usage - Raspberry Pi Documentation|website=www.raspberrypi.org|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Hardware and accessories==
The board contains USB and HDMI ports that will allow connection to keyboard and monitors. Raspberry Pi also sells a camera and expansion boards.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Computers]]