New modular laptop comes complete with inventor’s kit and extensive ecosystem

RS Components is to supply the latest-generation pi-top modular laptop, launched by the pi-top organisation, featuring enhancements to assist learning and boost usability. The latest pi-top comes with a 1080p full-HD 14-inch display, up to eight hours battery life, a full-sized sliding keyboard, and the Raspberry Pi 3 with state-of-the-art compute capability and extra power for maker projects. The laptop is supplied with the display installed in the chassis, ready to assemble by connecting the device and accompanying hardware using the cables supplied. Users can then take advantage of the pi-top ecosystem, comprising software, accessories and teaching/learning aids, to understand computer science and coding principles, and build their own maker projects. The sliding keyboard provides access to the device and a magnetic board-mounting rail, which allows users to push their learning further by expanding the hardware. The advanced inventor’s kit, supplied with the new pi-top, provides expansion opportunities including LED lights, modular microphones and speaker accessories, and pi-topPROTO+ – a HAT-compatible board containing a breadboard for solder-less prototyping of electronic circuits. “The pi-top modular laptop is delivered as a straightforward self-build project that gives a good grasp of computer-science basics, and a launchpad for rich learning experiences in software and hardware,” said Simon Duggleby, Senior Product Marketing Manager at RS. “The latest version is more powerful, with greater usability, and on its official global launch day, today, we are ready to fulfil customers’ orders.”