http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16316439
Looks interesting but with the sale of PCs will this have any chance of success?
I would expect this to compete with normal PC sales, it's essentially a hobbyists computer, I'd imagine this isn't going to be the quickest device, but could be good for slim devices, interactive advertising, lite web browsing, mame, firewalls/routers etc..
But it's not going to replace the family PC, it's marketed to get people interested in tech not to be a fully featured computer..
For £22 I might get one to have a play with :)
For £22 I'd be tempted just to have a Linux machine, never fancied using it on my main computer, but it'd be nice to have a play on a separate machine. I wonder if it takes off whether it'll be modded in every which way so people have them in every room doing mini-tasks, connected to tiny digital photo frames for monitors, weather forecast, lighting control, iplayer in your bathroom etc...
I can imagine there must already be high demand considering they are having to refuse pre-orders, the applications for something like this are quite wide ranging even though it may seem hobbyist at first. It's good to see David Braben doing alright following on from the success of Elite :)
They have released a Debian Distro for it:
"Reference root filesystem from Gray and Dom, containing LXDE, Midori, development tools and example source code for multimedia functions."
Available for download from their site...
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads (http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads)
They will be releasing a more full featured OS for it though..
So we can get an OS but not the actual H/W yet? :lol:
Allows people to begin development of apps on it, some people are looking for the OS to run on an emulated arm processor for development work.
QuoteThe Raspberry Pi Foundation will be making a big (and very positive) announcement that just might interest you at 0600h GMT on Wednesday 29 February 2012. Come to www.raspberrypi.org to find out what's going on.
Set your alarms!
These will be awesome for underfunded primary schools!
Custom cases have started to appear online: Here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-case-Raspberry-Pi-Model-B-professional-Recycled-/290677470826?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item43adba366a) and Here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-case-Raspberry-Pi-Model-XXX-professional-Recyclable-/180833083409?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item2a1a7de011)
Quote from: Bacon on March 03, 2012, 12:59:34 PM
Custom cases have started to appear online: Here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-case-Raspberry-Pi-Model-B-professional-Recycled-/290677470826?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item43adba366a) and Here (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-case-Raspberry-Pi-Model-XXX-professional-Recyclable-/180833083409?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopComponents_RL&hash=item2a1a7de011)
Haha I saw those yesterday!
Available for pre-order! With free RPi T-shirt if you know the magic words :)
£29 in total.
Quote from: M3ta7h3ad on March 03, 2012, 14:01:42 PM
Available for pre-order! With free RPi T-shirt if you know the magic words :)
£29 in total.
Details? Wub
Quick google and check of email.. and ordered, check your email for a mail from Farnell
Quote from: XEntity on March 03, 2012, 15:16:58 PM
Quote from: M3ta7h3ad on March 03, 2012, 14:01:42 PM
Available for pre-order! With free RPi T-shirt if you know the magic words :)
£29 in total.
Details? Wub
lol if you'd have PM'd me :) I'd have passed on the link I used. ;)
i signed up to their website months & months ago.....
stopped following it & now I not got one :(
no rush... no time for them + I only want one to see if I can get them to actually stream media
It's a computer at the end of the day. Only problem is that until they sort out 2D acceleration using the SOC actually using it as one will suck ass.
Playing HD video will rock though.
Quote from: Eggtastico on March 03, 2012, 19:44:22 PM
stopped following it & now I not got one :(
To be honest even if you were following it, you wouldn't have got one! They were all sold in minutes and RS and Farnell websites were being hammered so weren't actually working!
w/c 14th May mine should be here, so a couple of months yet!
A quick straw poll in my office suggests that about 50% of us have already ordered one, 45% plan to get one later in the year when the supply situation improves, and the remaining 5% can't see the point of owning one (I suspect they will come around once the 50% start to receive theirs)
I'm hoping that in the 2 months it'll take for mine they'll sort out some of the graphics and other issues, then should be good to have a proper play.
Still not sure what I'm using mine for yet though!
I've been having a look at these and might have to get one myself too, but I'll wait until later in the year, might see if I can use one as a camera trigger once connected up to some inputs for things like water droplet photography and stuff. Should mean as long as you can code it and can get the inputs for it you could get it to do just about anything. I've been meaning to get back into coding as I've not done any since uni and this might be a good way of doing it.
Anyone else decided what they're using their's for?
Got back from my sisters wedding and mine has turned up ;D
Shame I'm not really going to have time to play with it this week!
Quote from: Russell on March 21, 2012, 16:02:58 PM
I've been having a look at these and might have to get one myself too, but I'll wait until later in the year, might see if I can use one as a camera trigger once connected up to some inputs for things like water droplet photography and stuff. Should mean as long as you can code it and can get the inputs for it you could get it to do just about anything. I've been meaning to get back into coding as I've not done any since uni and this might be a good way of doing it.
Anyone else decided what they're using their's for?
If you combined it with this:
It could be quite a powerful combination of hardware.
Theres some nice alternatives turning up now - with a hefty price tag. One that looks interesting runs android, but can have linux installed - comes with usb & hdmi!
Quote from: zpyder on May 28, 2012, 07:19:31 AM
Quote from: Russell on March 21, 2012, 16:02:58 PM
I've been having a look at these and might have to get one myself too, but I'll wait until later in the year, might see if I can use one as a camera trigger once connected up to some inputs for things like water droplet photography and stuff. Should mean as long as you can code it and can get the inputs for it you could get it to do just about anything. I've been meaning to get back into coding as I've not done any since uni and this might be a good way of doing it.
Anyone else decided what they're using their's for?
If you combined it with this:
It could be quite a powerful combination of hardware.
that is pretty cool - thanks for sharing the vid - am very tempted to get one and/or to get into the whole arduino thing... tis just tough trying to find the time at the moment
Restrictions are off so I ordered a couple, here in 11 weeks, I'm pretty much only wanting to use them to replace my old nework media centres so not bothered about the wait :ptu:
One of them should make a good silent media centre with the right storage and audio expansion - completely silent too :D
The reason for the one per person limit is that they have been selling out almost as soon as they managed to get stock. Might also make an extremely good and fairly cheap controller for various purposes
Quote from: Serious on July 18, 2012, 12:06:31 PM
One of them should make a good silent media centre with the right storage and audio expansion - completely silent too :D
Yep, I'll just be using them to stream media from the server, hopefully the pi XBMC will be final when I have them :cheers:
I know I shouldn't say really, but mines still sat here, I really haven't had a chance to play...
Might have a go tonight though, just need too choose which XBMC version to go for.
Might have a play with the new optimised Debian release release as well that's supposed to be quicker, and also people have clocked them up to 1Ghz, but will void your warranty, although not a big deal at that price...
Haven't really been following the Pi but I am interested. May stick one on order as its only £30.
Are the 2 retailers linked on their site the only places selling them? One is ETA 5 weeks (£29) and other is ETA 11 weeks (£26)
Quote from: Leon on July 18, 2012, 19:07:27 PM
Haven't really been following the Pi but I am interested. May stick one on order as its only £30.
Are the 2 retailers linked on their site the only places selling them? One is ETA 5 weeks (£29) and other is ETA 11 weeks (£26)
Yes Farnell and RS only, I think I got mine from the former, with a free T-Shirt (that coincidentally I'm wearing ATM)
They aren't doing the free t-shirt anymore :(
Well might as well stick one on order, don't need one at the moment but will be something to play with and I suppose I could always stick it in the living room downstairs.
Quick googling around seems that Raspbian and Raspbmc are both getting a lot of community support at the moment.
I'm surprised more companies haven't jumped on this bare ARM chipset selling? I mean its essentially a board out of a phone from 2 years ago (same spec as most 2.3 android phones) but with different outputs.
Surely its not a lot of work to do the same but with a Tegra3 board which would give you a huge increase in power at not much extra cost (as the most expensive thing in these phones/tabs is the screen & battery)... not £30 cheap but not much more.
Just need to check China for that..
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-android-4-0-network-media-player-w-wi-fi-hdmi-usb-micro-usb-white-4gb-141172?item=72 (http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-android-4-0-network-media-player-w-wi-fi-hdmi-usb-micro-usb-white-4gb-141172?item=72)
;D
And Tegra3:
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/kontron-ktt30-puts-tegra-3-on-a-miniitx-board-20120716/ (http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/kontron-ktt30-puts-tegra-3-on-a-miniitx-board-20120716/)