What is Raspberry Pi?

It was developed for young children and people who do not have access to computers, but that doesn't mean users like us can't also buy and use this mini computer.

Users like us can set up a Web Server on it, use it for a game server, use it as a media center, or turn it into a retro gaming machine to play old games.

Even though it's small, I can very easily tell you that it's quite a powerful board.

Even though it doesn't have high-end hardware, I've read in English sources that it's even used for rendering models in 3D modeling programs like Blender by connecting it.

However you program this board, it will give you outputs according to that; you can very easily use it for making smart home appliances, a home security system, as a personal computer, or as a portable presentation computer. 

If you want to think a bit out of the box, if you can efficiently use the sensor connections on it, you can even create an assistive device for cars (Lane tracking system, car security system...).

As its operating system, Raspberry runs an OS called Raspbian from an SD card, but if you wish, it is possible to use this mini PC with different operating systems like Ubuntu or Android.

With a program called Raspberry Pi Imager you can install ready-made operating systems, or if you want to tinker with the board a bit, you can try installing any OS you find on the internet. Of course, the important point here is that, since it is an ARM-based board, the OS you install should support ARM.

You can go here to check out the RPI Imager program.

To go to the official Raspberry website, just click here.

With its release in 2020, the latest model on the market is the Raspberry Pi 4, but almost every two years a new version is launched.

In the beginning, the RAM was in MB size, but with the Raspberry Pi 4 models, it has gone up to 8GB.