Raspberry Pi – A Big Revolution In Technology
The raspberry pi brought revolution in technology. It gives us excellent innovation in the field of technology. The Raspberry pi is the first smallest computer developed in United Kindom. It is developed by Raspberry Pi Foundation. This smallest computer size is equal to the credit card.It is not only smallest single board computer, is also inexpensive. It was an initial sale in just $10 rupes.
In very start, Raspberry Pi Foundation used it for teaching basic computer science in developing countries. Because the buying power of peoples in developing countries is low, therefore it was decided to build the cheap computer that purchased low budget people.
According to Raspberry Pi Foundation : We provide low-cost, high-performance computers that people use to learn, solve problems and have fun. We provide outreach and education to help more people access computing and digital making. We develop free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things with computers, and train educators who can guide other people to learn.
Basic Raspberry Pi Specification
Operating System
It is supported various operating systems. Some of these are
Raspbian
Ubuntu MATE
Snappy Ubuntu Core
Windows 10 IoT Core
RISC OS
Debian
Arch Linux ARM
CPU
It is basically supported following central processing unit
1.2 GHz 64-/32-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
Memory
Raspberry Pi provide following memory support
1 GB LPDDR2 RAM at 900 MH
Storage
It is supported following micro card.
MicroSDHC slot
Graphics
It provides the following graphics support.
Broadcom VideoCore IV at higher clock frequencies (300 MHz & 400 MHz)
Power
800 mA
Raspberry Pi Models
Different type of Raspberry Pis models has been developed. These models have the different specification in term of features. Lets see some of these models.
RASPBERRY PI 1 MODEL A
Model A is the lower-spec variant of the Raspberry Pi.
256 MB of RAM.
1 USB port
RASPBERRY PI 1 MODEL A+
It has been replaced Raspberry Pi 1 model A with A+. It is cheap as compared to model A and provides some extra features. It is good using for embedded products.
RASPBERRY PI ZERO
It is the cheapest mini computer.The Raspberry Pi Zero is half the size of a Model A+. It can be utilized for any project due to its low cost and features.
1Ghz, Single-core CPU
512MB RAM
Mini HDMI and USB On-The-Go ports
Micro USB power
HAT-compatible 40-pin header
Composite video and reset headers
RASPBERRY PI 1 MODEL B
Model B is the higher-spec variant of Raspberry Pi 1.
512 MB of RAM.
2 USB ports
100mb Ethernet port
RASPBERRY PI 1 MODEL B+
It has been replaced model B in July 2014. It is the final version of original raspberry pi.It provides extra features as compared to model B.
4 USB ports
40 GPIO pins
Full HDMI port
Ethernet port
Micro SD card slot
VideoCore IV 3D graphics core
RASPBERRY PI 2 MODEL B
It is more advanced small computer as compared to raspberry pi model B+. It provides the following features to their users. It is known as the second generation raspberry pi.
900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU
1GB RAM
4 USB ports
40 GPIO pins
Full HDMI port
Ethernet port
Micro SD card slot
VideoCore IV 3D graphics core
RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B
It is the latest model of raspberry pi. It is more advanced and feature-enrich products as compared to previous models.It is also known as the third generation raspberry pi model.
A 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
1GB RAM
4 USB ports
40 GPIO pins
Full HDMI port
Ethernet port
Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video
Camera interface (CSI)
Display interface (DSI)
Micro SD card slot (now push-pull rather than push-push)
VideoCore IV 3D graphics core
Raspberry Pi projects
As we know that in start, raspberry pi single board computer used for the purpose of teaching computer science. But with the passage of time its demand increase in different scientific projects. This single board computer now a days mostly uses as the embedded device in multi-projects.Raspberry pi brings revolution in technology and different projects are made on it. Lets see some of the famous raspberry pi projects.
Stratux
Stratux is a project which uses raspberry pi 3 single board computer. Stratux is used to provide information about the various aircraft in the sky around you.
3D SCANNER
Raspberry pi uses in 3D scanners. By using 3D scanner can capture a complete 360 degrees image of any object up to and including a human-sized one.
Xbox Zero
Raspberry pi zero is using in Xbox Zero. Terence Eden put raspberry pi zero inside an original Xbox controller.
Whatsapp
Whatsapp is a well-known instant chat application. You can run this application on a raspberry pi. For installation, you need to enter few line of code.
