The Pros And Cons Of Raspberry Pi

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We all know that when computers were first built, they were the size of a living room. They basically could do one thing, compute. Computers have come a long way from being as large as a living room to the size of an iPad. However, they just got smaller…really small. Welcome to the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi is a powerful computer in a tiny package. The Raspberry Pi will get you Internet, Word Processing, spreadsheets, games, media streaming, and most of the necessary things that larger computers will do. The Raspberry Pi 3 is the third generation Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi is a 1.2 GHz 64-bit quad-core computer. It has 1GB RAM, 4 USB ports, an Ethernet port, Wireless LAN, and Bluetooth. All of that would make a good laptop or tablet but Raspberry Pi is actually the size …show more content…

Try using your iPhone to act as the brains of a robot, or getting your PS3 to play a game you’ve written. There are significant barriers to doing that which a lot of children can’t overcome. Kids don’t learn programming,” said Upton. “Plenty of kids aren’t even aware that programming the home PC is possible.” “The Raspberry Pi is cheap enough to buy with a few weeks’ pocket money. The equipment you need to make it work is a TV, an SD card, a mobile phone charger, a keyboard and a mouse,” said Upton. “It is small enough to put in a pocket and take to a friend’s house. If something goes wrong, it’s no big deal – you just swap out a new SD card and your Raspberry Pi is factory-new again. All the tools, environments and learning materials that you need to get started learning how to program your Raspberry Pi are waiting for you as soon as you turn it on.” The industry has already grown up around Raspberry Pi. There are add-ons for robotics, wireless applications, home automation, entertainment systems, telephones, and much more. Once the programming language is learned, the possibilities become pretty well

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