What is the Raspberry Pi and what can you do with it?
The Raspberry Pi is a very small computer,
the size of a credit card.
But it is quite powerful and it can run a lot of applications.
So what can you do with this ball?
And this is where the Raspberry Pi truly shines.
Here are some examples of projects you can easily make with a Raspberry Pi,
began to automate your home.
Make your personal devices smarter with IoT or Internet of Things.
You can also build a retro gaming console.
Create a security, are an alarm system,
host server for a web or mobile application.
You can even run a Minecraft server on your Raspberry Pi program.
Robots, such as robotic arms, drones,
hex Apple's mobile robots,
et cetera, create a smart mirror.
You can also install different operating systems.
For example, raspberry by OS,
you going to Windows, IoT and much,
much more, or simply use the Raspberry Pi as your own portable computer.
And of course, this list is far from being exhaustive.
You can find much more projects online and you can
also get inspired to create your own capstone projects.
One great thing about Raspberry Pi is the community.
So what does the community bring to you?
Well, for example, you can see what other people do with their Raspberry Pi.
You can ask questions,
get some help for more advanced to users.
You can also collaborate with other users on similar projects and progress together.
Raspberry Pi is created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
The goal of the foundation is to make computers and digital
making available for everyone across the world.
For less than $40,
you can get the Raspberry Pi Board and the complete setup with computer screen,
keyboard and mouse would cost you less than a $100,
which is a very good first step when you compare this price with
the price of any other computer or laptop available on the market.
The first raspberry pie board was released in 2012.
Then the foundation has continued to develop
new iterations to make the board more powerful and more functionalities,
make it easier to use.
Developed the community. In 2015,
the Raspberry Pi to was released with much more computation power than the first one.
Then the Raspberry PI three came in 2016 with again more computation power.
And this time the Wi-Fi feature was directly integrated in the board.
So you don't have to use a Wi-Fi USB dongle anymore.
Today. The latest version is the Raspberry Pi for released in 2019.
This new version is really great,
much better performance than the version three.
A few changes in the external collectors to make it compatible with
modern applications and an increased amount of RAM.
In fact, we've raspberry by four.
You can even choose the amount of RAM you want.
The Raspberry PI 23 had one gigabyte of RAM,
which was already good.
Now, for the Raspberry PI four,
you can choose between two gigabytes,
four gigabytes, and even eight gigabytes of RAM,
which is huge for that board.
At the beginning, the Raspberry Pi four was also the
labelled with one gigabyte of RAM, but not anymore.
Now, what can you find on the ball?
Here? You have the CPU run Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips,
and all of the components required to make the Raspberry Pi work.
And let's focus on the connectors.
You have one Ethernet port with gigabyte ethernet.
For USB ports, including two USB,
three ports in blue,
one USB-C port to power on the board,
to micro HDMI ports.
We've 4K video support for two external displays.
A jack, audio output ports.
One display, both for the Raspberry Pi touchscreen,
one port for the Raspberry Pi camera module,
a MicroSD slot on the back of the board.
And actually you will install the operating system directly on a macro.
And finally, you have a 40 pins are GPIO header
that we will use a lot dreamy scopes to control different hardware components.
With Python programming, GPIO means General Purpose Input, Output.
This header is the same for the Raspberry Pi 2B,
3B, and the Raspberry Pi four.
All right, and now you should have a slightly better idea of what is the Raspberry Pi.
It's built bows and the applications you can do with it.