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Just noting that according to the Pi Foundation/Pi Trading, they do sell 44% of their boards to industrial customers[1], so education is definitely a primary go
by geerlingguy 6y ago
Just noting that according to the Pi Foundation/Pi Trading, they do sell 44% of their boards to industrial customers[1], so education is definitely a primary goal, but they do have a much broader audience, and I'm sure that influences some of the decisions about what hardware and price points to target.
[1] https://www.raspberrypi.org/for-industry/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/for-industry/
- justin66 6y agoThat figure is amazing. I interviewed in person at a leading industrial automation company over five years ago. They were looking for someone to work on ARM stuff and I was (naively) proud of the work I'd done with the original Raspberry Pi in school. The hiring manager had never even heard of the Pi...
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y agoThings have changed a lot since then. One of the well-known names in industrial automation, Opto-22, now has adapters to connect their hardware to raspberry pi. And they're not the only one. http://developer.opto22.com/pi/ http://developer.opto22.com/pi/