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How did the Raspberry Pi get its name?
How did the Raspberry Pi get its very famous name? And who came up with the idea to call a budget computer after an item of food?
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Wiring diagram software
I am looking to document a hardware project my company is putting together. It consists of a Raspberry Pi prototype board and some basic circuitry.
The tutorials on raspberrypi.org have very nice wiring diagrams; for example, the image below. I…
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Are there 3D data available of the official Raspberry Pi case?
I have a project, where I want to use the official Raspberry Pi case. However, I have to make some changes to it and I was wondering, if the Raspberry Pi foundation made the 3D data of the case publicly available such that one can 3D print it at…
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Raspberry Pi Feature Requests?
Is there any place where the user base/community can submit feature requests to the Raspberry Pi Foundation?
I would like to submit the idea that in addition to PXE (upcoming feature in future hardware) these things would literally take over the…
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Has the Rasberry Pi website taken on a new theme?
I was just popping over to the Raspberry Pi blog/official site to check out the news about a ported GPU driver (which can be read here) and I noticed that the site looks ... different.
Take a look at the screenshot:
Is this just me, or did they…
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Is this a real raspberry pi 3 B or is it counterfeit?
Is this a real raspberry pi 3 B or is it counterfeit?
Hello,
I recently purchased what I believed was a Raspberry Pi 3 B. Now I am suspicious that it may not be.
lscpu shows as below. But Raspberry Pi 3 B is supposed to have armv8, no?
Architecture:…
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Are the Rpi CPUs fabbed specifically for Raspberry Pi Foundation, or are they "off the shelf" components?
I'm curious if these are identical parts to those found in other electronic devices, or if they are fabbed specifically for the Rpi. Most interested in the latest 3 and 4s, but the history of it would also be welcome.
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Is there an official Raspberry Pi site for computer scientists?
I understand that the official Raspberry Pi site is https://www.raspberrypi.org/.
But it's designed for children, which makes me feel awkward visiting it and scrolling through the children's themes. I also understand that many, if not most users of…
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