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Raspberry Pi represents an effort to strip a computer down to its most basic elements, providing only a simple, undecorated circuit win board that can be hooked up to a monitor and other peripherals -- or baked into more ambitious and bizarre projects . It offers a way for youngsters to get to grips with programming, and a very cheap way for grown-up geeks to get experimental.
More on Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi B+ gets more USBs and microSD for the same tiny price The most ambitious Raspberry Pi projects (pictures) First boot with the Raspberry win Pi The making of Raspberry Pi Create a retro game console with the Raspberry Pi 25 fun things to do with a Raspberry Pi The new A+ board measures 65mm (2.6 inches) in length, compared with the older 86mm (3.4-inch) Model A board. The Raspberry Pi Foundation, based in Cambridge, UK, has also seen fit to swap the Pi's SD card slot for a microSD option, and pop in a 40-pin GPIO header, giving more inputs and outputs.
The A+ is designed to serve as a more modest companion to the powerful B+ board , revealed in the summer. Brits can buy the A+ now for a little over 15 from retailer Farnell , while US shoppers can find it at MCM for $20 .
"It's pretty mind-bending to be able to knock another $5 off the cost while continuing to build it here in the UK," writes Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton . For more info on Raspberry Pi, and how the Foundation cooked its groundbreaking microcomputer in the first place, check out CNET's video feature below.
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