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See the Buying Guide on how to order one, or visit the Raspberry Pi Foundation Home Page

About


The Raspberry Pi (short: RPi or RasPi) is an ultra-low-cost ($25-$35) credit-card sized Linux computer which was conceived with the primary goal of teaching computer programming to children. It was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409). The foundation exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing. The device is expected to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world (Read more).

Raspberry Pi is manufactured and sold in partnership with the worldwide industrial distributors Premier Farnell/Element 14 and RS Components.


 * You can get the latest news from the Foundation Home Page, the Twitter Feed or in the forums.
 * For Raspberry Pi frequently asked questions see the R-Pi FAQ or the Raspberry Pi Foundation's FAQ page.
 * Both manufacturing partners provide community areas for more technically focused discussions, articles, FAQs and related information:
 * Premier Farnell: Element 14 Raspberry Pi Group
 * RS-Components: DesignSpark - Raspberry Pi


 * Products are RoHS, CE, FCC, CTick, CSA and WEEE compliant . In common with all Electronic and Electrical products the Raspberry Pi should not be disposed of in household waste.  Please contact the distributor from whom you purchased your Raspberry Pi device for details regarding WEEE in your country.
 * Price: 25USD Model A, 35USD for Model B, excluding taxes, postage and packaging. For information about availability and shipping see the Buying Guide.

History

 * Confused about seeing different versions of the board? Visit the History of the Raspberry Pi Hardware for information about the past versions.


 * RegHardware's very detailed analysis is well worth a read. Wikipedia also has an entry.


 * Russell Davis (aka forum admin ukscone) has a series of blog articles recording his perspective of the Raspberry Pi story in several parts from the beginning.


 * You will often hear mention of the BBC Micro Computer when people talk about the purpose of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. See this article on the history of the BBC Micro Computer.


 * Here's a video from the Financial Times, with three different groups evaluating the raspberry pi: http://video.ft.com/v/1498254373001/Taste-testing-the-Raspberry-Pi (March 2012)

Getting Started
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Buying Guide
Where can I get one and for how much?
 * The Raspberry Pi can no longer only be purchased via their official distribution partners - detailed information can be found on the RPi Buying Guide page.


 * Additional accessories, peripherals and merchandise will also be available through the Raspberry Pi Shop, aswell as The Pi Hut's Raspberry Pi Store


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Basic Setup
First little Raspberry Pi Steps...
 * Ensure you have all the equipment you need to go with your Raspberry Pi.
 * Become familiar with the board layout and connect it ready for power up.
 * If you have not been provided with a pre-setup SD card you will need to prepare one with your chosen Operating System distribution
 * Note: On the Debian OS after you log in you need to type startx at the prompt to get a graphic desktop.


 * Having problems? Try the Troubleshooting page.


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Beginners Guide
You've just got your new Raspberry Pi device - what now?
 * Beginners Guide


 * Learn about the basics with the H2G2 - Introducing the Raspberry Pi entry.

Raspberry Pi YouTube Tutorials
 * Get started with some basic projects and tutorials:

Another set of video tutorials

Easy GPIO Hardware & Software - in-progress at the moment Example projects/tuts which can be linked from here (or from within a beginners guide page perhaps): Setup XBMC media centre Programming tutorials (Liams YouTube etc) Easy GPIO (when complete or similar thing). Also links to some basic linux user guides.


 * Take a look through the Community section, which contains a range of beginner and advanced tutorials and guides, as well as groups to help you find like-minded developers.


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Hardware & Peripherals

 * The Model B is more advanced than the Model A - see RPi Hardware.
 * The RPi can be plugged into a suitable TV or monitor.
 * The unit will support a range of devices, peripherals and accessories.
 * The Low-level interfaces allow the use of optional Expansion Boards in a wide range of projects.
 * For more advanced issues including see Advanced Setup.
 * Setting up peripherals - examples/HowTos
 * List of boards and user feedback
 * Power Supply construction - HowTo
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Software & OS Distributions
The Raspberry Pi will run a range of OS Distributions and run a variety of software.
 * See Software for an overview, and OS Distributions for supported operating system and pre-configured 'images'.
 * Main OS distributions include Debian ARM,  Fedora,  KidsRuby and Puppi from Puppy Linux.
 * Advice is also available if you want to compile a kernel or test the Pi's performance.
 * The Raspberry Pi supports a wide range of programming languages, with many tutorials available.
 * Information about installing specific applications is available through the link.
 * Extensive (boot) configuration info (config.txt) is available here.
 * Monitor your Raspberry Pi with Raspcontrol here
 * High level application synthesys from Simulink and Embedded Coder in form of Simulink (Embedded Coder) Target for Raspberry Pi development board (in early development).


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Documentation
Documentation relating to the Raspberry Pi can be found here.

Frambozenier.org Documentation Project Datasheets

Example documents which can be linked from here (or sub page): Official Datasheets White Papers User Manuals Recommended books (perhaps)

RPi Troubleshooting
Head over to the troubleshooting page for help fixing common problems.

RPi Bugs
Head over to the bugs page for a list of known bugs.

RPi Model B 3D CAD files
Theses are various 3D CAD Versions in both RAR and ZIP.


 * CATIA V5 RAR http://sdrv.ms/JqdhMb
 * CATIA V5 ZIP http://sdrv.ms/LjyLGD
 * ProE RAR http://sdrv.ms/KCv1hZ
 * ProE ZIP http://sdrv.ms/KCvhxq
 * STEP RAR http://sdrv.ms/KCvv7T
 * STEP ZIP http://sdrv.ms/JMhv18
 * SketchUp http://scc.jezmckean.com/item/581
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Community
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Projects, Guides & Tutorials

 * An important source of information and guides is the Official Forum.
 * Knowledgeable users may want to review and help out with the Tasks page.
 * Get started by following some of the many Tutorials.
 * Common tasks and useful tips are available through the Guides page.
 * Projects can be found, and added to, on the Projects page.


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Schools, Universities, Clubs & Groups

 * The Raspberry Pi Foundation's aims include encouraging education. Several groups including Computing At School aim to bring Computing Science back into schools.
 * Go to the Education Page to add your project and find helpful links.


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Supporting Communities
The Raspberry Pi Community is steadily growing:
 * The Official Raspberry Pi Forum
 * Element 14 Raspberry Pi Group, community site of Premier Farnell
 * DesignSpark, community site of RS-Components
 * 'Frambozenbier' (Raspberry Pi Homebrew)
 * Stack Exchange Forum
 * Raspberrymod and RPiforums Un-Official Raspberry Pi Discussion Boards
 * Non-official community of Raspberry Pi in spanish language
 * World Of Pi A forum based on all things Raspberry Pi.
 * RPi Community Magazine - User contributed eMagazine, get involved!
 * RaspberryPi Osdev - Hardware specific OS-development community, sitting in freenode.net#raspberrypi-osdev.
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