Pete Lomas to map out Raspberry Pi’s future at Electronics Design Show
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When Raspberry Pi was launched around 18 months ago, demand for the credit card sized board outstripped the manufacturing capacity to such an extent that customers were rationed to one each and had to wait quite a few weeks before they could start to explore its abilities.
Now manufacturing capacity issues have been addressed and the device has seen a couple of upgrades, the Raspberry Pi Foundation – the board's driving body – is looking to the future.
Talking with Pi designer Pete Lomas earlier this year, he told me there hadn't been the success hoped for in the educational sector, conceding 'it's a difficult sector to address'. "The journey has sometimes been a tough one," Lomas noted, "but it's been a journey with some significant successes, including the repatriation of manufacturing to the UK and the associated job creation."
Lomas will address the question of where Raspberry Pi goes from here in his keynote address to the Electronics Design Show Conference, being held in Coventry on 2 and 3 October.
"What does the future hold for the Raspberry Pi project? How close are we to meeting our original goals; were our ambitions the right ones? Have we managed to build an awareness and interest in engineering, or has the status quo remained? And crucially, how do we move forward in engaging with tomorrow's engineers?"
For more on the conference and on Lomas' keynote, go to www.electronicsdesignshow.co.uk
