Raspberry Pi is too yesterday, and a bit heavier in today's everything must be thinner, slimmer and light weight world.
Welcome Tessel, a true hardware development platform for true programmers.
The small Tessel board runs JavaScript right on the device. Expansion modules for the board will be available so you can plug and play Bluetooth & RFID connectivity, sensors, Arduino shield compatibility, or a Micro SD card into your project as needed.
Additional features of the Tessel platform include:
• Node js packaged module support (HTTP, async, etc)
• 16-pin GPIO
• ARM Cortex-M3 LPC1830, 32mb SDRAM and 32mb Flash