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University of Cambridge Offers Free Online Raspberry Pi Course

Posted by samzenpus on from the learn-all-about-it dept.

Barence writes "The University of Cambridge has released a free 12-step online course on building a basic operating system for the Raspberry Pi. The course, Baking Pi — Operating Systems Development, was compiled by student Alex Chadwick during a summer interning in the school's computer lab, and has been put online to help this year's new recruits start work with the device. The university has already purchased a Raspberry Pi for every new Computer Science student starting in 2012."

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  1. Do they have a course on how to order one... by supremebob · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And actually get it delivered to you? I ordered mine back in mid June, and I'm STILL waiting for it.

    Latest ETA was late September.

  2. Re:"operating system" by inasity_rules · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ever try to write an OS? In assembler? I did. Got as far as memory management before I gave up. I had a text graphics driver and all too. The device may be simple. Programming it and what can be done with it is not. All you need is imagination. And move them to a C compiler fast. Assembly gets hectic too quickly. Sure minuet did it, but those guys are certifiably insane. My kind of insane, but insane nevertheless...

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