The production of the Raspberry Pi has begun, so has the organization behind the cheap pc let me know. For the production had to go abroad to be gone, so the delivery probably a bit longer and wait.
According to the Raspberry Pi Foundation are the first models at the end of January ready for use. There are a total of ten thousand, in which it is not yet clear when the cheap pc’s to customers are shipped. Previously said the organization of delivery at the end of January. At present, it is only the more expensive of the two models are created, which have 256MB of memory and an ethernet connection.
The organization allows some misfortunes to have had the set-up of the production line. It was not possible to use the device in the United Kingdom to produce, despite the wishes of the creators; the Raspberry Pi is a British initiative. For the cheap pc is fled to China and Taiwan. Production in the Uk would be the Raspberry Pi in any case more expensive to make, because manufacturers more money and more taxes must be paid.
The cheapest variant costs $ 25 and features a Broadcom BCM2835 chip, based on an ARM11 core, which at a clock speed of 700MHz. The ram is 128MB. Further, the circuit board includes a ethernetcontroller, and a csi-connector for connection of a camera module. The more expensive variant must have a $ 35 dollar application and has a double amount of ram and a ethernet connection on board.
