BCM2763 Micro DB (Prototype Raspberry Pi)

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Predecessor to the Raspberry Pi, and the first item demoed under the name in May 2011.
Designed by Roger Thornton, it resembles a USB stick and initially ran an Arm v6 build of Ubuntu 9.04.
Although not the commercial design, it was enough to capture the imagination of the future Pi community.

Manufacturer: Raspberry Pi
Date: May 2011

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