The Raspberry Pi, the “famous” $25 or $35 microcomputer, has been of particular interest to us in recent years, constituting an implementation that best expresses the “low-worlds”. A true “revolution”, which has taken its place in the home of every enthusiastic DIY hobbyist, it can, however, serve a wide variety of needs with its unique philosophy.
Now you can take a fascinating look at its construction, by stepping inside the place where Raspberry Pis are “born”. More than 1.75 million units have been sold so far, with 1 million of them being built in South Wales. The BBC visited the factorywhere the famous credit card- are assembled from scratch.
A brief but comprehensive tour of the factory reveals that the machine that assembles the Pi’s basic components assembles around 400,000 pieces every day . Each “sheet” – made up of six separate Pi boards – is then first handed over to a worker, who assembles the rest of the device’s components by hand. Once the soldering process is complete, another worker breaks the individual boards apart and the machine then goes into a testing process.
Watch the very interesting BBC video here
Source: digitallife.gr
