[juneau-lug] Re: Raspberry Pi
- From: Jamie <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:03:00 -0900
Myron - I've seen the Beaglebone demo'd at a Maker Faire and they looked
pretty cool. Are you just experimenting with yours, or do they have an
assigned purpose or a project in the works?
Looks like Intel wants into the party also with their $70 Galileo:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/530771/intel_open-source_galileo_computer_sale_us69_90/?utm_source=www.computerworld.com.au&utm_medium=related&utm_content=article_bottom
The Raspberry Pi I got to play with was the $35 model B. That's the
bare board price, but for $5 more you get a 8G SD card with 6 different
OS trials. So my experience was better than the reviewer you cite. I
needed to plug in USB keyboard and mouse, video (lacking an HDMI
monitor, I used the analog to TV -yuck), and a micro USB power source
(phone, tablet charger). It booted right up and asked which OS I wanted
to try (Raspian) and then re-booted to it. Hold down the shift key
during boot to try a different OS. Plugged into the network (wired or
wifi), I could SSH or VNC into it and get decent video, not the analog
TV. The wifi USB adapter only needed the wifi password and immediatly
connected. Switching USB devices took a little planning because there
are only 2 ports and when I pulled the keyboard, it re-booted. If you
need several USB devices, a small powered hub can easily overcome this,
but once online it ran fine as headless with only the power and wifi
plugged in. So I beg to differ with the reviewer who said it was
difficult to setup.
-Jamie
On 11/01/2013 03:43 PM, Myron Davis wrote:
> Try out the beaglebone black, it's very similar to raspberry pi.
> Here's a URL about both of them:
>
> http://makezine.com/magazine/how-to-choose-the-right-platform-raspberry-pi-or-beaglebone-black/
>
> (I've got a couple of beaglebone's and I really like them)
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jamie <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Had the chance to play around with a Raspberry Pi recently. Loaded the
>> Debian derivative called Raspian into its 512k memory. It used a 8G SD
>> card for storage and was pretty impressive for its size. Well, maybe not
>> compared to a smartphone. Still it could run a web server, browser, 5mp
>> camera, wifi, email. It could do some real work. Low powered and quiet
>> too.
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