a whole new computer for just 35 bucks
really well kind of I'm not quite talking about a desktop or a laptop with
all the bells and whistles I'm talking
about the little single board computer the Raspberry Pi a tiny credit card
sized device with so many uses that it's
possibly the biggest British Invasion since the Beatles now at first glance
the Raspberry Pi doesn't seem very impressive especially when you get to
the spec sheet you get a quad core ARM CPU that doesn't support all the same
instructions as a desktop or a laptop x86 CPU a single Gigabyte of RAM four
USB 2 ports one HDMI port an Ethernet
Jack a Micro SD slot for storage Wireless end Bluetooth and a 3 and half
mm combined video and headphone jack oh
well at least they got that part right which is
good anyway you can try to use the pi as
a general purpose PC for web surfing and YouTube and whatnot but we don't really
recommend this as the default Linux drro
that serves as the Pi's operating system called raspian isn't that great for
everyday use you can actually learn more about that in our review of the
Raspberry Pi on our other channel here what really makes the pie interesting is
not only a couple of slots for mounting a small camera and an LCD display think
like the kind you'd find on the back of a digital camera but the 40 pin general
purpose input and output or gpio which
allows you to connect the P to everything from weather stations to
robots this functionality was originally built into the pie so it could be used
to teach computer science and programming to relatively young students
but is the main reason that it's become so popular among do-it-yourselfers of
all ages for home projects imagine a DIY
media stick with more power and flexibility than a chomecast thanks to
op Source media Centric os's like Cody
or a dirt cheap Home Server solution when you connect a USB stick or an
external hard drive if you're looking for something beyond the realm of
everyday Computing though you can buy special lowlight cameras for the p and
have a simple but effective home surveillance server you can hook it up
to your home's entrance to create a smart door lock or even a brewing
controller for home beer making delicious indeed projects range from pet
feeders to real working food dispensing robots to even Raspberry Pi controlled
drones but I'd be remiss though if I didn't mention the RAS Pi's gaming
potential I mean no you're not going to be able to run crisis at Mac settings
but it turns out the pi is a great platform for retro games of All Sorts as
open source projects like retrod are capable of running games for everything
from the Atari to the Nintendo 64 many users have even gone as far as
to build custom enclosures for the P turning it into a fully portable retro
gaming machine supporting more consoles than you'd find at Radio
Shack back when that still existed of course a lot of those
projects require you to have a little patience and learn a thing or two about
Linux but with 10 million Raspberry Pi
shipped since its debut in 2012 and even
kids producing some really cool projects there's nothing stopping you from making
something as crazy as your own Fallout Pip Boy especially as there are plenty
of custom cases accessories and how-to Guides Online just don't try to eat it
as it is not a real dessert it is pie not
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