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Raspberry Pi 4 Overview and Demo

Date and Time

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Location

MIT Building E-51, Room 315

Presenters

Brian DeLacey - CryptographicHistory gmail com

Summary

A review of the latest release of the Raspberry Pi

Abstract

This event has been cross-posted as a Raspberry Jam Session! This will be the first ever “BLU Jam Session”. Here's an overview of what we plan to cover:

1. A board level review of the main RPi4 components
2. A side by side comparison with other RPi models
3. A review of power and performance on the RPi4
4. We will dig into the latest distribution of Raspbian
5. We'll take a rack of RPis on a software test drive
6. We'll poke around the GPIO and other “attachables”
7. Audience Participation - What have attendees done with their RPis? What's the newest RPi4 really good for? What's missing? What's it offer?
8. Q&A

Meeting Notes

Attachments

  1. Raspberry Pi 4: Your tiny, dual-display, desktop computer
  2. Raspberry Jam
  3. Single Board Computers (ExplainingComputers.com)
  4. Brian's slides (pdf)


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