Raspberry Pi Foundation: digital making for everyone!

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1. Raspberry Pi Foundation Digital making for everyone! Ben Nuttall Raspberry Pi Foundation UK Charity 1129409
2. Ben Nuttall • Raspberry Pi Community Manager • Based in Cambridge, UK • Creator of gpiozero python library • Columnist on opensource.com • github.com/bennuttall • twitter.com/ben_nuttall • ben@raspberrypi.org
3. Raspberry Pi Foundation • Educational charity founded in 2009 • Aims to democratise computing • Owns Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd, who make the Raspberry Pi computer
4. A computer (1981)
5. A computer (2010)
6. ICT Lessons
7. Cambridge University Computer Lab
8. A device to re-ignite the spark... • Programmable device – Programmable by default – Hackable – nothing hidden/closed • Plug into TV and keyboard – Easy to plug-and-play at home • Modern programming language – Python not BASIC • Physical computing element – Connect to real world • Cheap – Don’t mind breaking it – Easily replaceable – The cost of a textbook (textbooks are about £20, right?) • Small – Carry in your pocket / throw in your bag – Embed it inside something
9. Raspberry + Python
10. Broadcom Arm chips in mobile phones
11. Prototypes of a general purpose computer
12. It runs Linux! • You can run Python … or anything else! • It’s now a low-end general purpose PC • Build on top of well supported kernel & distros • Access to hardware & I/O • Lots more learning potential
13. Raspberry Pi Blog (2011)
14. Get your stickers! £1 for charity
15. Get your stickers! £1 for charity
16. Beta boards on Ebay
17. Raspberry Pi (2012) 700MHz single core CPU VideoCoreIV 3D GPU 256MB RAM $35
18. Raspberry Pi Model B Launch 29 February 2012 10, 000 in stock 2 online distributors Both websites crashed
19. Raspberry Pi Model B Launch 29 February 2012 10, 000 in stock 2 online distributors Both websites crashed 100, 000 orders on first day
20. Business model • Raspberry Pi Trading hires engineers, designs hardware, and licences Raspberry Pi design to two distributors • Distributors order from factory, sell & ship around the world, and make royalty payment to RPTL • Raspberry Pi Trading profits go to Raspberry Pi Foundation to fund education programmes
21. Community
22. Awesome projects
23. Awesome projects
24. Awesome projects
25. Awesome projects insπred insπred
26. Open source software libraries
27. Made in the UK
28. Sony Pencoed
29. Foundation grows • Foundation hires educators and community members • Develops teacher training programme, online learning resources, does more outreach work • In 2015, RPF merges with Code Club to support their work in after-school clubs • In 2017, RPF merges with CoderDojo to support their work in youth coding clubs
30. Product evolution 2012 2012 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2017 2017 Pi 1 Model B Pi 1 Model A Compute Module 1 Pi 1 Model B+ Pi 1 Model A+ Pi 2 Pi Zero Pi 3 Compute Module 3 Pi Zero W $35 $25 $30 $35 $20 $35 $5 $35 $30 $10
31. Raspberry Pi
32. Our mission “Putting the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world”
33. We do this by providing... • Low-cost, high-performance computers • Outreach and education programmes • Free resources and teacher training
34. 15 million Raspberry Pis sold
35. Raspberry Pi in Schools
36. Raspberry Pi at home
37. Raspberry Pi in industry
38. Current models • Raspberry Pi 3 • 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 @ 1.2GHz • 1GB RAM • $35 • Raspberry Pi Zero / Zero W • 32-bit single-core ARMv6 @ 1GHz • 512MB RAM • $5 / $10
39. Raspbian OS
40. GPIO Pins – General Purpose Input/Output
41. Physical computing • Flashy lights • Motors & robots • Photo & video • Sensors • Internet of Things • Engaging and empowering
42. Free learning resources • Free resources to teach, learn and make with Raspberry Pi • Freely licensed, CC BY-SA • Source available on GitHub • raspberrypi.org/resources
43. Digital making curriculum
44. Picademy • Free teacher training & professional development • Network of certified educators • Cross-curricular • Courses run regularly in UK & US • New: £1M funding from Google • raspberrypi.org/picademy
45. Raspberry Jam • Independently organised community events • Family-friendly • Mix of meetup / conference / workshop styles • raspberrypi.org/jam
46. Code Club • Free volunteer-led after school clubs for children aged 9-13 • Projects provided using Scratch, HTML and Python • Training and support provided for volunteers • codeclub.org.uk
47. The MagPi • Monthly 100-page magazine • Available to buy in shops or online • Also available free online • CC BY-NC-SA • Nov 2015 - free Pi Zero • May 2017 - free AIY projects kit
48. Raspberry Pi Foundation Digital making for everyone! Ben Nuttall Raspberry Pi Foundation UK Charity 1129409