It’s officially been just over a year since the Raspberry Pi first went on sale, and the tiny US$35 computer has been flying off shelves ever since. The small credit card-sized machine immediately sold out after it first went on sale on Feb. 29 last year.
To celebrate such a successful year for the Raspberry Pi, the company has introduced a limited edition “Blue Pi” Raspberry Pi board. Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that they’re only making 1,000 Blue Pi boards, and they actually won’t be up for sale. They’ll be given to various charity organizations, and a few will be given away to some lucky winners.
The company is simply asking Twitter users to tweet at @RSElectronics with the hashtag* “#bluepi” and mention a suggestion for uses for a Blue Pi board.
Every week, the top 10 entries will be selected by manufacturing distributor RS Electronics and the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and those 10 winners will be sent a Blue Pi. Easy! However, if you don’t win the first time, RS Electronics will be conducting giveaways* and other events until June.
In the package, there is Raspberry Pi system made with a blue circuit* board, a blue-tinted case to put the Raspberry Pi in for protection, a certificate of authenticity, and a blue box that everything will come in.(SD-Agencies)
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