Eric Thompson
Why is the Raspberry Pi significant to me?
The story starts with a kid named Eric
Early 80s - learn to program
Mid 80s - connect to the outside world
Early 90s
- Degree in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University
- Learned more programming languages
- Learned Unix and the command line
- Built PCs for myself and family
Mid 90s
First professional job
VersaLogic Corp
2000s
What happened to that Eric kid?
(And really how is this Pi related?)
Late 2000s
Learned about the Maker Community and Arduino
Low Voltage Labs
2009 - First product an Arduino Shield
Raspberry Pi
- Inexpensive $35
- Ran full OS - Linux!
- GPIO - connect to the real world again
Raspberry Pi Projects
Raspberry Pi Projects
First Raspberry Pi Product
Product ideas 2014
Pi Traffic Light
40-pin GPIO
Low Voltage Labs on Amazon
Future ideas
Bad habit of building boards
Future ideas
Build a real HAT
Future ideas
(not totally Pi related)
Soldering Kit Products
Custom products
