Raspberry Pi began producing microcomputers for ventilators. For only $ 5!

U.S. ventilator manufacturers have begun to opt for Zero boards because of their low cost,

efficiency and the company's ability to produce them quickly with a short delivery time.That being said , Raspberry has been producing these boards since 2015, however, their popularity for medical services has only now begun to grow.

Now ventilators with microprocessor fromRaspberry Pi has not been tested yet - first, scientists will test such devices on animals, and only after that clinical trials will begin. It is not yet known when such devices will appear in American hospitals.

The Pi Zero is equipped with a single-core Broadcom BCM2835 processor with a clock frequency of 1 GHz and 512 MB of RAM.

Now in 185 countries of the world there are about 2million cases of infection with this infection. 80% of all cases occur in nine countries - the USA, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, China, Iran and Turkey. At the same time, in China, where the virus came from, there is a significant reduction in the epidemic. Since the end of 2019, 120 thousand people have died from coronavirus infection, more than 457 thousand people have been cured. In Russia, there are a total of 21 120 patients with coronavirus infection, 170 patients died, 1694 were cured.

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