{"id":20407,"date":"2020-06-15T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20407"},"modified":"2020-06-16T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T12:30:11","slug":"new-laptop-learning-system-from-elecrow-crowpi2-coming-soon-to-kickstarter-powered-by-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20407","title":{"rendered":"New laptop learning system from Elecrow – CrowPi2 – on Kickstarter now! Powered by Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Launched today on Kickstarter is the CrowPi2<\/a>. Billed as an “All in one STEAM education platform & Raspberry Pi laptop to Learn, Explore and Have Fun”, the CrowPi includes an 11.6″ 1920×1080 resolution IPS screen and a removable unit which includes a wireless keyboard and trackpad. (They also include a wireless mouse, but I’m not sure why<\/em> if they’ve got the trackpad, but anyway…)<\/p>\n

TL;DR – Take me to the Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beneath this removable unit is a whole host of sensors, widgets and blinkies to do projects with.<\/p>\n

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Included in the main body of the CrowPi is a 2MP camera and a microphone (very handy) as well as stereo speakers. The Raspberry Pi is installed upside down in the base of the CrowPi, plugged into the unit using the 40-pins of the GPIO.<\/p>\n

A big headline of the CrowPi 2 is that it is compatible with both the Raspberry Pi 3 and\u00a0<\/em>Raspberry Pi 4, which means you can use whichever Pi you happen to have spare. The kit comes with HDMI adapters for both.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the promotional page<\/a>, the CrowPi2 comes with over 70 lessons covering Scratch, Python, AI and Minecraft. There are also an additional 30+ projects and Python games to explore the Raspberry Pi. There is also offline account management to help you to save progress and achievements.<\/p>\n

Price-wise, the CrowPi 2 is pretty competitive, considering what you get. There are three kits: Basic (starting at $139 for super earlybird, rising to $169 for earlybird and then to $259 for retail), Intermediate ($239\/$259\/$359) and Advanced ($289\/$329\/$439). Each one comes with more bits and pieces than the last, and the Intermediate and Advanced include a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB. All these prices are subject to change ahead of the Kickstarter campaign, which should be launching tomorrow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For more information, and to sign-up to the notification email list, visit this page on the Elecrow site<\/a>. Visit the Kickstarter here.<\/a><\/p>\n