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J. CoburnBuild Your Own Car Dashboard with a Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6080-7_1

1. Raspberry Pi History

Chapter goal: Learn about the main Raspberry Pi boards and their (brief) history. Understand the key differences between different Pi models, and why certain features were introduced.
Joseph Coburn1 
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Alford, UK
 

First introduced in 2012, the Raspberry Pi has seen five major version releases across 13 form factors. Dozens of derivatives and knockoff clones exist, and a huge number of different modules, accessories, cases, and projects exist to help you use the ultimate tech tool. I’ve personally used Raspberry Pis to build business operation dashboards and display real-time server statistics and for face ...

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