Raspberry Pi Model B
Now w/ 512 MB RAM, 2 USB Ports and Ethernet
The Raspberry Pi (short: RPi or RasPi) is an ultra-low-cost credit-card sized computer board
which was conceived with the primary goal of teaching computer programming to children.
It's also a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does,
like spreadsheets and word-processing, it even plays high-definition video.
Or you can use it as a small server for applications like
 mpd
or
ownCloud.
Or as a gaming or emulation system (for example built into a C64 case with the
Keyrah interface).
Or something entirely different, it's up to you. :-)
The system must be booted from an SD card
(suitable
card images are freely available), other mass storage devices can be connected via USB.
Features:
- SoC: Broadcom BCM2835 (CPU, GPU and SDRAM)
- CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core (ARM11 family)
- GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenVG 1080p30 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High-Profile decoder
- Memory (SDRAM):
256 512 Megabytes (MiB)
- Video output: Composite RCA, HDMI
- Audio output: 3.5 mm, HDMI
- Mass storage: SD/MMC slot
- USB: two USB2.0 ports
- Network: 10/100 Ethernet RJ45
- Power supply: 5V/700 mA (3.5 W) via microUSB
- Dimensions: 85.6 mm x 53.98 mm
Note:
We offer boards made by element14
(picture on top of page) and by RS Components
(right hand side). The technical specifications of both versions are
identical, both are Rev.2 boards with 512 RAM (and both are made
in the UK).
In case you are looking for a board with even less power requirements
than the Model B, you should also have a look at the
Raspberry Pi Model A
and
Model B+.
(The B+ also offers additional connectivity.)
New Out Of Box Software: NOOBS
We no longer offer cards with Raspbian or XBMC or RiscOS, since they
are now all included in the marvellous new software package
NOOBS.
NOOBS currently features the following operating systems:
- Raspbian
- RaspBMC
- OpenELEC (XBMC)
- Archlinux
- Pidora
- RiscOS
Raspbian is already present on the card (vanilla version and a version
that boots directly into Scratch), the other operating systems must be
loaded from the internet.
You simply select one of these operating systems for installation, and it
will be booted on the next start. The operating system can be changed any
time later, just hold the Shift key while booting. If you'd like to order
a card pre-installed with NOOBS, please select it in the configuration menu.
Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the
Raspberry Pi Foundation.
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