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Small computers find an industrial niche

14 Nov 2019 Margaret Harris
This article first appeared in the 2019 Physics World Focus on Computing

When Eben Upton developed the Raspberry Pi in 2012, he expected the no-frills, single-board computer to appeal mainly to schoolchildren. Consumers had other ideas. Margaret Harris spoke to him about how simple computers like the Raspberry Pi are becoming integral parts of the emerging industrial Internet of Things

Eben Upton with the Raspberry Pi computer he developed.
Keeping it simple Eben Upton with the Raspberry Pi computer he developed. (Courtesy: Raspberry Pi Trading)
The Internet of Things (IoT) means different things to different people. What’s your definition? I

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