Open Hardware & RISC-V

Raspberry Pi highlights global 'Powered by' certified products across six countries

Key Takeaway

Raspberry Pi's accreditation program now spans industrial and consumer applications from aerospace computing to self-service laundry kiosks, with featured products using Raspberry Pi 4, Compute Module, and Raspberry Pi 5.

Summary

Raspberry Pi has published a showcase of six commercial products that have earned its 'Powered by Raspberry Pi' accreditation, demonstrating the platform's reach across industrial, aerospace, audio, and consumer markets in Europe, Asia, and Australia. The featured products include Sweden's Elk Audio DSP platform built on 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 and Compute Modules, Germany's YUMA-X-FCC airborne Linux computing platform for non-TSO avionics prototyping, France's Horace 2 photo booth running Raspberry Pi 5 with Node-RED, Finland's Handlet 5-inch battery-powered tablet, South Korea's Beebot OS laundry kiosk management system, and Slovakia's STL.one check-in terminal.

The 'Powered by Raspberry Pi' program, which standardizes compliance testing and regulatory procedures for manufacturers, serves as a quality mark intended to distinguish certified products in the marketplace. The showcase emphasizes how Raspberry Pi hardware functions as both a prototyping platform and a production-ready compute element, with several featured companies explicitly noting the device's role in reducing iteration costs before commercialization.

Hardware configurations and deployment architectures

  • Elk Audio DSP platform: Built on 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 with quad-core processing, offering multichannel audio I/O, synthesis engines, samples, and effects; available as Raspberry Pi development board, Compute Module system-on-module, and Stomp dev kit with source code access.
  • YUMA-X-FCC avionics: Linux-based airborne computing platform with dual u-blox GPS (with dead reckoning), 3D accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, barometer, 5G/LTE modem, wireless LAN, and dual Gigabit Ethernet for autopilot, flight data recording, and navigation applications.
  • Horace 2 photo booth: Raspberry Pi 5 with Node-RED orchestration, dual Raspberry Pi High Quality Cameras, live 2K video streaming, and dye-sublimation printing producing prints in under 30 seconds; 35kg foldable design with 1.5m and 85cm height variants.
  • Handlet tablet: 5-inch battery-powered portable computer using Raspberry Pi 4 with 2GB RAM, ruggedized VESA-mountable case with accessible microSD slot, speaker, and 40-pin GPIO; available as pre-assembled or hobbyist build-it-yourself kit.
  • Beebot OS kiosk system: Raspberry Pi-based IoT management platform controlling washing machines, processing member card recognition and payments, and transmitting operational telemetry to a centralized network via embedded marketing screens.

Why it matters

The accreditation program provides a structured path for open-hardware-derived commercial products to navigate regulatory compliance, which has historically been a barrier between prototype and market for small manufacturers. For the Linux and embedded developer community, these deployments demonstrate sustained demand for Raspberry Pi as a production compute platform rather than merely an educational or hobbyist tool, reinforcing the ecosystem's investment in mainline kernel support and long-term availability guarantees.

Original reference: www.raspberrypi.com →