maharajamd

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I searched for a previous thread on this and didn't come up with much.

I see now that ICS can be installed on this little thing. And that it will output HD video and good audio codecs.

Anyone grab one yet? I know the wait time can be long.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Whiskers

Neat concept, I got a Android on a stick device that works ok. Fun.

CGFebTSX04

I considered it when it was first announced. Then they botched the whole release and its very difficult to get a hold of one now at price. They also released a gimped version and then shortly followed it up with a model B updated one. Would be a fun toy to tinker with both Android and Linux though.

BraveDemon

^ Werd. I heard about this awhile back, and was considering making a Android Media Box. Decided against it after the pricing.

maharajamd

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$35? Lol

700 mhz ARM, 512 memory...

BraveDemon

^ That's just for the board. You do know you need other components right? Back when I was looking to build one, the SD class 10 cards weren't that cheap.

maharajamd

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SD card and a power supply. And a neat little case if you want it.

So that brings the total to...$50? Lol

maharajamd

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Wow. I google searched for this thread because I knew there was one. And now that I'm here, I see that I made it. Lol :/

So I'm ordering a Raspberry PI B today.

After thinking about what to do for my home theater setup I decided, for now, to go this direction.

I'll be installing a debian distro that's been stripped down and auto installs and boots to XBMC. This is called raspBMC.

I'll post updates as I go.

AdamNJ

I bought one in December 2012 and following instructions online made it into Apple Airplay middleman, allowing my brother to be able to print from his iphone/ipad using perfectly fine existing printers. No reason to buy a new 'airplay printer' just because apple can't build in standards like sending PCL output to any IP address. I spent maybe 60 bucks for Rpi, sandisk sd card, usb power adapter and usb cable from monoprice, small case.

maharajamd

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Yea. This will be doing a lot of things for me. Airplay being one of them. I will be selling my aTV3 to pay for this.

It's a damn shame how Apple has handled the aTVs software.

Legend2TL

Just picked up B+, installed Raspbian and ran some Python programs last night.
Pretty cool little Linux computer, gotta get a case for it off eBay.
Noticed there's a few new other small single board computers coming out from Intel and others.
Great concept for education or messing around at home.

svtmike

I have a Raspberry Pi and a couple of Arduinos. The Arduinos are much simpler but much less capable. Am using the Pi to control some LED strips to provide night time floor lighting for our dogs; have everything prototyped and just need some quality time to finish the job.

Legend2TL

Gotta create some cool app for it, great little fun platform.
Have you seen the computer module version?
Compute Module | Raspberry Pi

maharajamd

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I ditched mine on Craigs not a week or two after I got it. It just couldn't handle XBMC as well as I wanted it too.

My rooted FireTV is amazing though.

If media center / xbmc is your goal, look elsewhere, IMHO.

nfnsquared

https://acurazine.com/forums/technol.../#post15260358

maharajamd

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Yea those are nice. I paid $80 for the fTV though. And it plays whatever I throw at it just fine. Runs the heaviest XBMC skins just fine. Plus comes with all the Amazon perks which I already have via Prime.

That would be a much better choice if emulating is your thing though.

CUNextTuesday

Currently have a pi running xbmc in the living room.. it's good for streaming content that's hardwired to the network (roommate has TBs of media), but the airplay sucks. >_<

maharajamd

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Curious, what XBMC skin are you using? Confluence? Amber?

CUNextTuesday

Confluence

Anachostic

Looks like I might be jumping on the Pi wagon soon.

Raspberry Pi 2 - quad-core 900Mhz, 1GB ram, still $35.
Raspberry Pi 2 on sale now at $35 | Raspberry Pi

Runs Windows 10, with a free license
Microsoft Windows on Devices ? Raspberry Pi 2

97BlackAckCL

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elessar

Apparently the Pi 2 has a hardware glitch where, if you hit one of the chips on it with a xenon flash or laser pointer, the whole thing shuts down:

http://hackaday.com/2015/02/08/photo...raspberry-pi-2

Somebody needs to use a couple of these things to build little tanks with frickin' laser pointers on them, and the faulty chips exposed. Now THAT would make for a cool game of laser tag!

justnspace

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^^ 'Battlebots' is coming back to TV this summer





'Battlebots' is coming back to TV this summer

elessar

Yeah that works!

Legend2TL

Damn, my Pi B+ I got in December is already obsolete

Legend2TL

Raspberry Pi now has a $60 7-inch touchscreen display | Ars Technica

thoiboi

Oh man... sounds like a worthy carputer....

Legend2TL

^ +1 that's what I was thinking

doopstr

Neat

doopstr

New Pi released.
Pi Zero $5 :wow:

tiguy99

May have to look into this

Legend2TL

Raspberry Pi 3 arrives with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth baked in - CNET

Glad I waited, I will have to get one to replace my B+ Pi

AZuser

Been thinking about getting one to set up a VPN server. For $35, I'm thinking why not.

CocheseUGA

Picked one up yesterday to futz around with. It wasn't installing Raspbian through the full NOOBS download, I had to go with NOOBS Lite and it worked.

Might pick another one up to use in the shop instead of an old laptop.

gatrhumpy

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What do these things do? What are people using them for?

justnspace

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anything your brain can imagine!

have you seen the "smart mirrors" floating around on the internet?

two way mirror+ monitor + rasberry pi = Smart mirror that tells you traffic updates, weather, how nice you look, etc.

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Legend2TL

It's a small single board computer that most people run some form of Linux on it.

Alot of fun since I use it to learn new languages (Python/Scapy) and mess around with. Hook up a monitor, mouse and keyboard and have a decent Wifi connected computer for under $40.

You can also run embedded applications on it and use the GPIO pins with programs to make a high end embedded controller.

CocheseUGA

I want to make one of those so badly.

But yeah. I think this one I'm going to turn into a RetroPie and make an arcade.

justnspace

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lol the smart mirror is a great idea, but i dont look in the mirror that often! lol

arcade sounds cool! there are some IKEA table DIYS floating around!
pretty neat!

maharajamd

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The Hummingboards from SolidRun are pretty cool too...

https://www.solid-run.com/freescale-.../hummingboard/