The classic Raspberry Pi is a powerful single-board computer with an ARM CPU in a credit card format.

When the Raspberry Pi model 1 came on the market it was still equipped with a single core SoC with a clock frequency of 700MHz and a RAM of 256MB as well as 512MB.

In the course of time, several different versions such as the Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 4 as well as different designs (Model A, B and Compute Modules) have appeared. Currently, the "Mini PCs" are available with a multi-core CPU up to 1.8GHz clock speed and up to 8GB RAM.

The selection of available Raspberry modules has been further expanded, so there are now also somewhat smaller versions such as the Raspberry Pi Zero (W) with less power and fewer connections or the Raspberry Pi Pico with an RP2040 controller, which ranks roughly in the performance range of the STM32 processors.

While the developer boards of the "Arduino family" are primarily intended for learning about electronics, the Raspberry Pi is better suited for projects in the field of computer science. Thanks to the 40-pin GPIO headers of the Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Zeros, the Raspberries combine the world of electronics with the more advanced elements from the fields of information technology.

Due to its high performance and lush features, the Raspberry Pi can also take on demanding tasks.

Thus, projects with image recognition or image processing and with elements from the fields of machine learning and AI applications can be realized without any problems. The Raspberry Pi is also often used as a home server or media center.

In addition to the Raspberry Pi Model B and the Raspberry Pi Pico, our product range also includes extensive accessories such as sensors, GPIO expanders, displays or actuators that are compatible with the Raspberry Pi.

Since a Linux operating system is used as the underlying platform, virtually all available programming languages can be used in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi.

Python was already relevant when naming the Raspberry (Raspberry Python Interpreter) and so Python is without a doubt the ideal programming language for use with the Raspberry Pi.

Preconfigured images for the SD card and a large number of freely available libraries make it easy to implement your own ideas.

The Raspberry is ideal for demanding, complex or power hungry projects. There are a lot of project instructions available, e.g. for surveillance solutions with object or face recognition, drone controllers (pi0drone), solutions for 3D printers like Octoprint, autonomous rovers, smart home solutions like OPENHAB, sorting machines like Blackpicker or media servers like Libre- or OpenELEC with Kodi.

Sophisticated and complex projects can be realized with the Raspberry.

In addition to the Raspberry Pi, you need an SD card with 32GB or 64GB of storage as well as a power supply and in some cases a display adapter.

Various operating systems are available for the Raspberry, as well as pre-configured images for the SD card.