Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi
	Various Raspberry Pi computers
Also known as	RPi, Raspi
Type	Single-board computer
Release date	29 February 2012
Operating system	Linux (incl. Raspberry Pi OS); FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; Plan 9; RISC OS; Windows 10; Windows 10 IoT Core; QNX; and OS-less embedded RTL's[clarification needed];
Storage	MicroSDXC slot, USB mass storage device for booting
Website	www.raspberrypi.com

Raspberry Pi (/paɪ/) is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in collaboration with Broadcom. To commercialize the product and support its growing demand, the Foundation established a commercial entity, Raspberry Pi Holdings, a public company that trades on the London Stock Exchange.^[3]

The Raspberry Pi was originally created to help teach computer science in schools,^[4]^[5]^[6] but gained popularity for many other uses due to its low cost, compact size, and flexibility. It is now used in areas such as industrial automation, robotics, home automation, IoT devices, and hobbyist projects.

The company’s products range from simple microcontrollers to computers that the company markets as being powerful enough to be used as a general purpose PC.^[7] Computers are built around a custom designed system on a chip and offer features such as HDMI video/audio output, USB ports, wireless networking, GPIO pins, and up to 16 GB of RAM. Storage is typically provided via microSD cards.

As of 2024, over 60 million units had been sold,^[3] making it the best-selling British computer of all time, surpassing the ZX Spectrum in 2015.^[8]

^ Upton, Liz (30 April 2015). "Windows 10 for IoT". Raspberry Pi.
^ "Raspberry Pi hardware". Raspberry Pi.
^ ^a ^b Cooban, Anna (11 June 2024). "Why investors are going gaga over a tiny, $35 computer | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
^ Cellan-Jones, Rory (5 May 2011). "A£15 computer to inspire young programmers". BBC News.
^ Price, Peter (3 June 2011). "Can a £15 computer solve the programming gap?". BBC Click. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ Bush, Steve (25 May 2011). "Dongle computer lets kids discover programming on a TV". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
^ Cunningham, Andrew (8 January 2024). "What I learned from using a Raspberry Pi 5 as my main computer for two weeks". Ars Technica. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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[auto-1] Upton, Liz (30 April 2015). "Windows 10 for IoT". Raspberry Pi.

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[:52-3] Cooban, Anna (11 June 2024). "Why investors are going gaga over a tiny, $35 computer | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[4] Cellan-Jones, Rory (5 May 2011). "A£15 computer to inspire young programmers". BBC News.

[5] Price, Peter (3 June 2011). "Can a £15 computer solve the programming gap?". BBC Click. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

[6] Bush, Steve (25 May 2011). "Dongle computer lets kids discover programming on a TV". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

[7] Cunningham, Andrew (8 January 2024). "What I learned from using a Raspberry Pi 5 as my main computer for two weeks". Ars Technica. Retrieved 18 May 2025.

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