RPi Buying Guide

1st Production Run & Release

 * 1) The foundation are building an initial run of 10,000 Model-B units.
 * 2) Due to extreme demand, the units will be NOT sold directly from the shop.
 * 3) You may buy a Raspberry Pi from Farnell or from RS Components
 * 4) A limit of one unit per person - unfortunately this also means no combined shipping for this batch (demand depends how long this will be enforced)
 * 5) Normal unlimited sales should take place quickly after.

What You Get In The Box
This is unconfirmed until units start to ship:

1. Pre-Assembled Raspberry Pi board

2. Quick Start Guide (likely to be paper copy of )

Note:

1. The board will be supplied assembled (since most of the components are not suitable for home builds, including the BGA package mounted SoC and PoP memory).

2. The board will NOT have GPIO or JTAG header pins (are not supplied, although may be available from the shop later on).

3. The board will NOT have CSI and DSI connectors fitted (needs confirmation).

4. All other connectors will be assembled in place.

Accessories
Some accessories will be made available from the shop: See Typical Hardware You Will Need for details about other items you may require.
 * USB Power Supply (UK/EU/US Compatible)
 * Pre-Prepared System SD-Card (software will be provided to prepare your own) -size is unconfirmed
 * Cases (will be available in a few months - i.e. Q2 2012)
 * AddOn/Expansion Boards (will be available later on - i.e. GertBoard due soon)

Price
Although the foundation is UK based, the guide price of the units are in USD since the RPi components are sourced in USD$.

The price is $25USD (~£16GBP) for model A, and $35USD (~£23GBP) for model B.

Items will be subject to local Tax (i.e. UK will have 20% VAT added) and shipping cost is not included.

Shipping & Importing
Raspberry Pi will ship worldwide to the best of their ability (ie subject to UK export and local import laws).

Countries that may block the import due to their local laws include China (products imported or re-imported into China require a CCC certificate).

This author is unaware if development boards such as the Raspberry Pi require a CCC certificate. Countries that are currently subject to UK (including EU and UN) export restrictions include North Korea, Iran, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Zimbabwe. A full list and further details are provided at

For shipping costs, please refer to the websites of the authorised resellers.

Distribution & Official Resellers
You may buy a Raspberry Pi from Premier Farnell or from RS Components

Note that Premier Farnell also trades worldwide under the names Farnell, Element14, Newark Electronics and MCM Electronics.

Note that RS Components also trades worldwide under the names Electrocomponents, Allied Electronics and DesignSpark.

If you see the units for sale from other sources (in particular eBay), it is likely that they are at BEST hopeful resellers, or SCAM sites, either way units will not be available any sooner through other channels.

Clones & Copies
The foundation plans to release all the required schematics and plans to reproduce the RPi hardware, so clones and copies will be welcome.

However, since the unit is built around the Broadcom SoC, the interested party will require suitable sized orders to obtain them. The foundation were fortunate enough to be supported in this aspect by Broadcom to enable the project to be feasible.