An introduction to the Raspberry PI computer. More information and a video of the accompanying lecture by Professor Alan Mycroft from the Raspberry Pi foundation is available here: http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/openspires/2012/03/31/a-taste-of-raspberry-pi-for-open-education-week-at-oxford-university/that supports this slideshare

1. Raspberry Pi
An Introduction
Open Education Week
Oxford University Computing Services
http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk

2. Introduction
• The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized
computer that plugs into your TV and a
keyboard, which can be used for many of the
things that your average desktop does -
spreadsheets, word-processing, games and it
also plays high-definition video.
• The Raspberry Pi charitable foundation wants
to see the device being used by kids all over
the world to learn programming and
electronics.

3. Computing in Schools
What educational material will be available?
The Raspberry Pi charitable foundation is working with
partners to get software materials developed, as
well as with the open source community.
Computing at School.org.uk are writing a user guide
and programming manual, the foundation is aware of
books being planned and written around the Raspberry
Pi, and enthusiasts have already started to produce
some excellent tutorials including video.
The foundation is also working with partners to use it as
a teaching platform for other subjects, including design,
art, languages and maths.

4. Background
• 6+ years
• Pi Foundation
• Cambridge Uni
• Programmers
• Education
• Industry support

5. USP ?
• Model A - $ 25
• Model B - $ 35
• Why so cheap ?
• SoC - System on a chip, a computer on a
single low voltage chip
• Linux OS

6. A Naked Pi

9. A 3D printed protype case available for free to
reuse by http://marcoalici.wordpress.com/
on Shapeways.com. .. Thanks Marco

10. Operating System
• Linux on a bootable SD card
• Fedora
• Debian
• ArchLinux

11. Programming
• By default, supporting Python as
the educational language.
• Any language which will compile
for ARMv6 can be used with the
Raspberry Pi, though; so you’re not
limited to using Python.
• For primary age SCRATCH game
maker is bundled

12. Scratch
scratch is free from MIT .. thanks MIT !

13. Scratch

14. Python Code
http://teampython.wordpress.com/category/pi

15. What kind of projects ?
• Video DJ Mixer integrated Media player for
your TV to fight the rampant Lego Robot
Monster who is detected by your Home
monitoring webcam network which
reports also from the Weather Station that
uses the Car Super Bramble Computer to
tell the School Notice-board that the Solar
powered Wireless Rocket Widget should
be sent back to earth ...

19. Tinkering
• GPIO pins if you’re after an
interesting electronics project.
• Gertboard - A GPIO expansion board from
the foundation for electronics projects
• USB Devices / Ethernet / Hubs / AV out
• Can be powered by 4 x AA batteries ...

20. Your own pocket
laboratory
Thanks to everyone at the Raspberry Pi Foundation -
Alan Mycroft, Liz, Eben and the wider community
#raspberry_pi
Open Education Week
Oxford University Computing Services
http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk