4. What do you
get for $40?
● Connects to stuff you
already have
● Robust
● Cost → Design
5. Open
● Free and Open Software Stack
– Linux
– Languages (Scratch, Python, Java, C/C++,...)
● Fully Documented Hardware
– GPIO Pins
– Build your own
– Hardware ecosystem (piface, picobbler,....)
6. Raspberry Pi vs Arduino
● Linux and multiple
lang
● Limited IO
● Single Design
● Reasonable low
power
● Growing ecosystem
● No OS, C
● Good IO
● True open HW →
Multiple
implementations
● Really Low power
● Huge ecosystem
7. Learning
● Designed to kick start UK secondary school CS
● Programming
● Hardware Interfacing
● “Unfinished” to encourage or force hacking
– Boot to console
– Python IDLE & Scratch on X desktop
– Basic camera add on
8. Doing
● Science (manage sensor nets,...)
● Home Servers (media, backup, Asterix,...)
● Automotive projects
● Robotics
● PC Replacements
● Home automation
9. Make $$
● Create add on products → Ecosystem
● Upgrade existing products
● Create new products
● Port your software
Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charity, is cool with
you making $$$. Go for it!
10. Local Projects
All these projects are by Melbourne based
hackers with various levels of expertise.
14. Local Groups
● Melbourne Raspberry Jam
– City and Richmond meetings. See meetup.com
● Melb PC in Mount Waverley
● Microcontroller Group
– http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-MXdBjUze/
15. Further info
● Foundation – http://www.raspberrypi.org/
● Wiki – http://elinux.org/RPi_Hub
● StackExchange –
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/
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