The Raspberry Pi is now in the hands of enthusiasts around the
world, but still has some way to go before it becomes a common
addition to school classrooms. That’s why the Raspberry Pi
Foundation wanted to get the tiny PC launched–so the software
running on it can be improved and expanded upon by the growing
community around it. It’s not just software that the Raspberry
Pi enables, though. Conor O’Neill over at his blog Cross
Dominant has demonstrated you don’t actually need to add much to
form a great, and altogether cheap hardware and software
development workstation. Connor decided the Raspberry Pi and
Arduino should be brought together, but wanted to do it on a
budget. So he bought a $79 ARDX Arduino Starter Kit, hooked it
up to the Raspberry Pi, and for a display he found a trusty old
Philips 14-inch CRT TV. Total cost $104 if you don’t count the
TV, which many of us probably still have stored away somewhere.
By combining the two boards Connor was able to get access to
everything he needs to experiment w