INTRODUCTION TO "RASPBERRY PI"

INTRODUCTION TO "RASPBERRY" Name - ->"Raspberry Pi".... Introduction: The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard, which can be used for many of the things that your average desktop does - and it also plays high-definition video. • The Raspberry Pi charitable foundation wants to see the device being used by kids all over the world to learn programming and electronics. Operating System • ->Linux on a bootable SD card • Fedora • Debian • ArchLinux Other pre-rolled projects exist like XMBC Media Center Programming • ->By default, supporting Python as the educational language. • Any language which will compile for ARMv6 can be used with the Raspberry Pi, though; so you’re not limited to using Python. Tinkering • ->GPIO pins if you’re after an interesting electronics project. • Gertboard - A GPIO expansion board from the foundation for electronics projects • USB Devices / Ethernet / Hubs / AV out • Can be powered by 4 x AA batteries ... After Raspberry Pi is released for a few hours, its 10,000 initial stocks are completely sold out. The invention of small size personal computers has raised a new revolution in the IT industry, which started a new competition. Advantages : 1.Although Raspberry Pi is as small as the size of a credit card, it works as if a normal computer at a relatively low price. it is possible to work as a low-cost server to handle light internal or web traffic. Grouping a set of Raspberry Pi to work as a server is more cost-effective than a normal server. If all light traffic servers are changed into Raspberry Pi, it can certainly minimize an enterprise’s budget. Disadvantages: 1.Even though Raspberry Pi can perform different tasks, there are some limitations due to its hardware. Because of its processor, it cannot run X86 operating systems. Some common ones like Windows and Linux distros are not compatible. In addition, some applications which require high demands on CPU processing are off-limits. “Model B took 107 ms to complete one calculation of the purely synthetic prime number test; a mid-range desktop Core 2 Duo E8400 took only 0.85ms.” (Collins, 2012) Users must not use normal computer standards to judge Raspberry Pi. It can work as a personal computer, but cannot replace it.