Raspberry Pi
Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technologies
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi is a compact, low-cost single-board computer designed for education, prototyping, and embedded systems. It enables rapid development of IoT, automation, and hardware-integrated applications.
What is it?
Raspberry Pi is a series of single-board computers developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It combines a processor, memory, networking, and I/O interfaces on a small, energy-efficient board.
What does it do?
Raspberry Pi allows developers to run a full operating system and build hardware-integrated applications. It supports GPIO, sensors, displays, and peripherals, making it suitable for prototyping and production use. For the hardware side of such prototypes, Adafruit offers open-source electronics and sensors.
Where is it used?
Raspberry Pi is widely used in IoT projects, industrial automation, smart devices, kiosks, digital signage, robotics, edge computing, and educational environments.
When & why it emerged
Raspberry Pi was introduced in 2012 to promote computer science education and affordable computing. It later became a popular platform for rapid prototyping and embedded system development.
Why we use it at Internative
We use Raspberry Pi for hardware-integrated solutions and proof-of-concept systems where flexibility, low power consumption, and fast iteration are required.