Raspberry Pi has transformed the world of computing. This single-board computer has opened new avenues for millions of budding developers all across the globe. But what was the prime idea behind the tiny little device and how did it receive such worldwide acclaim?
Jagmeet Singh of OSFY tried to get the answers to these questions in an exclusive conversation with Raspberry Pi creator, Eben Upton. Read on for the edited excerpts.
Q How did you get the idea to design Raspberry Pi?
When I was a child, I had two different small computers — BBC Micro and Amiga. At the time that I went to university and started computing, both the computers were quite common for people of my age in the UK. So to engage a hobbyist’s interest and to step into the computer industry, I planned to develop Raspberry Pi.
Raspberry Pi filled the space that was left empty by machines like BBC Micro and Amiga. It was really an attempt to provide kids with the same experience that we used to have back in the 1980s.
Q What is the real mission behind Raspberry Pi? Is it just to give the world an affordable computing experience or also to open new avenues for Internet of Things (IoT) developments?
The mission is quite simple and it is to give young people access to a computer science education experience. We didn’t design Raspberry Pi for the industrial control space, but it turns out to be very well designed for industrial control and the IoT world.
We just want to create a new generation of people who are excited about computing and computer programming. Mainly, we are targeting people who are not just the end users of computers but are also potential creators. They are the users who understand computing at a very deep level.
Q Raspberry Pi is already helping students learn new code. How can it be an impactful device in the education sector?
This story is from the August 2016 edition of Open Source For You.
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