This morning, I\u00a0was\u00a0surprised to receive a package at work (which is unusual first thing on a Monday morning). Anyway to my surprise it was the Raspberry Pi that I had ordered\u00a0just over three months ago – awesome!<\/p>\n
Now, when this computer was described as tiny they really meant it. This thing has a footprint smaller than my Samsung Galaxy S III (in fact, the circuit board is smaller than just the screen on the SGS III). Check out the video to see for yourself.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I unbox the Raspberry Pi (Model B) and also show you around the computer itself and most of the major components. The unit that I received does not have a case but I might get a clear one off eBay. Also, this computer does not ship with a power supply cable so you’ll need to source that yourself (most mobile phone chargers will work as long as it is rated between 700mA and 1200mA at 5V).<\/p>\n
The Raspberry Pi also comes without any onboard storage so you’ll need to source an SD card to fill in that gap. That said, you wouldn’t expect a desktop motherboard to have onboard storage either. You do get two USB ports, an HDMI port and an Ethernet port which should provide the IO basics to get things going – just supply a keyboard, mouse and network cable to get going (or a USB Wi-Fi adapter if you have one).<\/p>\n
Anyway, here’s the video of the unboxing and preview:<\/p>\n