The upcoming 25 USD Raspberry Pi computer model in Europe

On February 4, the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that they had just released a cheaper version of the "tiny" Raspberry Pi computer to the European market, and not long after that they would arrive in places. remaining in the world.

The version is called the Raspberry Pi Model A, with a selling price of only $ 25 at the RS Components retail distribution system and Premier Farnell / element14 in Europe.

About configuration, Raspberry Pi Model A is equipped with the same 700MHz processor as the Model B which is more expensive, but Model A only has 1 USB port, no Ethernet port and only half of the RAM compared to the original version. head.

The advantage of Model A is that the device consumes only 1/3 of its power compared to the Model B, so one can consider introducing Model A into battery or solar projects.