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Turn a $35 Raspberry Pi into a Chromebox with Chromium OS for SBC

Google’s Chrome OS operating system may not exactly be open source, but it’s based on the open source Chromium OS. And if you know what you’re doing, you can adapt Chromium OS into an operating system that can run on all sorts of devices. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can let other developers do […]

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Playing with Kano’s Raspberry Pi 3-based Computer Kit for kids

The Kano Computer Kit is a kid-friendly computer designed to teach kids not only how to turn on a computer and play games, but also how to code and how to understand hardware. Each kit includes a Raspberry Pi computer, a wireless keyboard and touchpad, a case, speaker, cables, and easy-to-understand guides for getting started, […]

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Raspberry Pi 3 is hot… or hotter than the Raspberry Pi 2

The new Raspberry Pi 3 single-board computer is the same size and price as last year’s Raspberry Pi 2. But the new model has an updated processor which is said to offer a 60-percent performance boost over the older model. Unfortunately, with more power comes… more heat. While that might not be a problem for […]

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Raspberry Pi 3 now available for $35 (WiFi, Bluetooth, and 64-bit CPU)

As expected, the Raspberry Pi foundation has launched a new version of their low-cost single-board computer. The new Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is a $35 computer with a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core, 64-bit processor, built-in 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1, and a design that makes it fully compatible with accessories and software designed for […]

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Raspberry Pi 3 to feature on-board WiFi, Bluetooth

A few weeks ago Swedish site SweClockers reported that a Raspberry Pi 3 was on the way. Now it looks like we have confirmation… courtesy of the FCC. Update: It’s official: the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is now available for $35, and it features 80.211n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, and a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor.  A […]