The Story of Raspberry Pi and Their Mini-Computer

The Raspberry Pi foundation is a non-profit computer company straight from the UK. They are all about teaching people how to code with easy-to-use and cheap computers that anyone can get their hands on.

However, their computers might not be what you have in mind. They are monitor-less circuit boards with ports galore and don’t even think about Windows or macOS. The raspberry pi runs a Linux based operating system, Raspberry OS and is specifically designed with programming and projects in mind.

Recently, I purchased a £90 personal computer kit with their latest computer, the Raspberry Pi 400, included in the set. The 400 is different to other Raspberry Pi’s yet still nowhere near the usual computers of today. Remember the Commodore 64? Yes, the Raspberry Pi 400 is a powerful coding computer in a keyboard!

The Cambridgeshire-based charity started when concerns arose around the decline in numbers and skills of students applying for Computer Science degrees. So, in 2008 Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang and Alan Mycroft formed the Raspberry Pi Foundation and started work on a tiny and affordable computer. Many prototypes came about but their first product finally launched three years later in 2012 and sold two million units within two years of mass production.

That was all about the Raspberry Pi Foundation, follow for more on business, computer science, fintech, the environment and more! Goodbye.