Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is a small inexpensive computer created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in Cambridge, UK. The computer is credit card sized and uses an ARM CPU.

It is capable of running the Linux Operating System, but for the DMD Extender custom software has been written. The software is supplied on an SD card and plugged into the Raspberry Pi.

You can obtain a Raspberry Pi worldwide from the following companies...

• Farnell / Newark / Element 14
• RS / Allied Electronics
• Other smaller retailers for Raspberry Pi Zero.

Visit www.raspberrypi.org for more information.

There are many models of Raspberry Pi - below is a list to help you choose.

Since Version 2 of the DMD Extender only the following models are compatible with the DMD Extender...

• Zero (Recommended)
• Zero W
• Pi 1 Model A+
• Pi 1 Model B+

Please note that DMD Extender Version 2 is the only model sold by Dr Pinball.

The following models of Raspberry Pi are no longer manufactured but are compatible with version 0.7 of the DMD Extender...

• Model B Revision 1
• Model A Revision 2
• Model B Revision 2

Please note that DMD Extender Version 0.7 is no longer sold by Dr Pinball.

The following models are NOT compatible with the DMD Extender...

• Raspberry Pi 2
• Raspberry Pi 3
• Raspberry Pi 4
• Raspberry Pi Compute Module.