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		<description><![CDATA[Move over LEGO brick! Here comes Raspberry Pi, and it is going to change the face of robotics forever! Raspberry Pi is Linux machine the size of a credit card. Plug in your television and a keyboard and you have a fully-functional computer for $25. YES!!! TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS!!!! Models: There are two models, Model A [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Move over LEGO brick!<br />
Here comes Raspberry Pi, and it is going to change the face of robotics forever!</p>
<p>Raspberry Pi is Linux machine the size of a credit card.  Plug in your television and a keyboard and you have a fully-functional computer for $25.<br />
YES!!!<br />
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS!!!!</p>
<p><img src="http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/raspi_blue_white.png" alt="Layout of the Raspberry Pi ARM GNU/Linux Box Computer" /></p>
<p>Models:<br />
There are two models, Model A and Model B.<br />
Model A has 256MB RAM, 1 USB port and no Ethernet (network connection).<br />
Model B has 256MB RAM, 2 USB ports and an Ethernet port.</p>
<p>Specs:<br />
It relies on a System on a Chip (SoC).  The particular SoC used is <a href="http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835" title="Broadcom BCM2835" target="_blank">Broadcom BCM2835</a>.  The Broadcom BNC2835 is a High Definition 1080p Embedded Multimedia Applications Processor.  It relies on the <a href="http://www.arm.com/products/processors/classic/arm11/arm1176.php" title="ARM1176 Processor" target="_blank">ARM1176 (ARM1176JZF-S) Processor</a> which has a floating point processor and runs at 700 MHz.  Moreover, the SoC has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore" title="Videocore 4 GPU" target="_blank">Videocore 4 GPU</a>, which is capable of BluRay quality playback, using H.264 at 40MBits/s. The Broadcom BNC2835 has a fast 3D core accessed using the supplied OpenGL ES2.0 and OpenVG libraries.  The GPU is capable of 1 Gpixel/s, 1.5 Gtexel/s or 24 GFLOPs of general purpose computing.</p>
<p>Size:<br />
The Raspberry Pi is SMALL!<br />
The card is slightly larger than 85.60 mm x 53.98 mm x 17 mm due to the fact that the SD card and connectors project over the edges. It weighs with a mass of 45g.  The Raspberry Pi is low power and runs on 4 AA cells.</p>
<p>Programming:<br />
Fedora, Debian and ArchLinux are supported and other distributions will be supported later.  Python is the official educational language.</p>
<p>I cant wait to get my hands on one of these and begin interfacing directly with the LEGO motors and sensors!</p>
<p><img src="http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/PC2365272-1024x768.jpg" alt="A photograph of the Raspberry Pi" /></p>
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