New lower cost Raspberry Pi goes on sale in Europe

Available now to customers in Europe, the Model A is described as a 'stripped down' version of the Model B Raspberry Pi, with no Ethernet, only one usb port and 256MB ram. The board is priced at £15.95 and is designed to consume roughly a third of the power of the Model B, although its developers say they are working to get this even lower. Raspberry Pi co founder Eben Upton said: "We're really pleased to finally be able to offer the Model A board. The lower power consumption and reduced height make it a great fit for so many of the projects that people are building with their Pis; and we're excited to be able to make access to computing available at the price we have been aiming at since we incorporated The Raspberry Pi Foundation as a charity." Upton continued: "The Model A Raspberry Pis will be shipping from our distributors very soon, and customers will have them in their hands from February onwards. This is the realisation of our long standing ambition to provide the world with a $25 computer."