Microsoft supports Raspberry Pi 2 with a free version of Windows 10.

A full Windows 10 PC for just $35? That statement could be true when Windows 10 for IoT ships.

Microsoft, today announced that it will be supporting the Raspberry Pi 2 with a free customized copy of Windows 10 for the powerful extremely low-cost device that’s available for $35 starting today. This is part of Microsoft’s IoT (Internet of Things) vision which involves having Windows 10 running on the smallest of chipsets and boards. Microsoft will hand out Windows 10 to the Maker community to its Windows Developer Program for IoT towards the fall season.

Details aren’t yet clear of what you will be able to take advantage of in Windows 10, but the device does use an ARM (v7) based processor suggesting that this version of Windows 10 will only run modern universal apps. The device also includes a quad-core CPU clocked at 900 Mhz, a GPU clocked at 250 Mhz and 1GB LPDDR2 of SDRAM which is significantly more powerful over its first iteration. The architecture is now based on ARMv7. Of course, hardware is only half the story, the ability to install Windows 10 IoT on this will boost the device with a powerful OS.

Of course, to what extent you could use this as a full PC, we don’t know. Microsoft had said they will share more details about Windows 10 on Raspberry Pi in the coming months. You can purchase the Raspberry Pi 2 starting today for $35.