RasQberry: Quantum Computing is the Coolest Project for Raspberry Pi

Jan Lahmann
Qiskit
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20 min readJul 21, 2020

Please note that the IBM Quantum Experience is now the IBM Quantum Composer and Lab.

Quantum computers typically operate at temperatures close to zero Kelvin (minus 273.15 °C, or −459.67 °F). So if we could turn a Raspberry Pi into a quantum computer, this must be the “coolest” project for Raspberry Pi.

Inspired by the Qrasp project developed by Hassi Norlen, this post describes in detail how to install and run Qiskit — IBM’s open source quantum computing software framework— on a Raspberry…

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IBM Quantum Ambassador; Member of the IBM Academy of Technology; working as an IBM CTO with airlines