Who on GH will be the first to put one of these inside a 60% keyboard? :)Like just put it inside? I can do that. But if you're talking about hooking it up and making it work it'll probably be hasu.
Who on GH will be the first to put one of these inside a 60% keyboard? :)
You also have to remember it's not really a $5 computer, at least not in the sense that we normally use the term. Before you can even use it you need an SD card for storage, a power supply, and likely some kind of case or mounting solution. Not to mention a monitor for many applications, a USB network adapter, and in the case of the original Raspberry Pi (and thus probably this one as well) a powered USB hub to provide enough electrical current if you choose a Wi-Fi adapter.
Since this one is powered by micro-USB, you could use the powered hub as the power supply, which cuts costs a bit. But it still ends up costing a lot more than $5.
You also have to remember it's not really a $5 computer, at least not in the sense that we normally use the term. Before you can even use it you need an SD card for storage, a power supply, and likely some kind of case or mounting solution. Not to mention a monitor for many applications, a USB network adapter, and in the case of the original Raspberry Pi (and thus probably this one as well) a powered USB hub to provide enough electrical current if you choose a Wi-Fi adapter.
Since this one is powered by micro-USB, you could use the powered hub as the power supply, which cuts costs a bit. But it still ends up costing a lot more than $5.
You also have to remember it's not really a $5 computer, at least not in the sense that we normally use the term. Before you can even use it you need an SD card for storage, a power supply, and likely some kind of case or mounting solution. Not to mention a monitor for many applications, a USB network adapter, and in the case of the original Raspberry Pi (and thus probably this one as well) a powered USB hub to provide enough electrical current if you choose a Wi-Fi adapter.
Since this one is powered by micro-USB, you could use the powered hub as the power supply, which cuts costs a bit. But it still ends up costing a lot more than $5.
I'd be using it for home automation, so it still works out pretty cheap compared to off the shelf solutions... that don't even communicate with each other, and you end up doing a lot of work anyways. So something like the Pi makes a lot of sense. But I don't have a house, so this is all hypothetical until then.
I like my B+. It is currently running as a headless torrent box. Eventually, I plan on putting it in my Vic-20 case with a battery for a complete computer. However, the Zero seems odd to me. I'm not sure what I would want to use it for that wouldn't benefit from the bigger better versions. And for small projects that need a brain, it seems like that is more of a microcontroller job than a complete system. But, maybe I just haven't heard enough about it to appreciate it.
I like my B+. It is currently running as a headless torrent box. Eventually, I plan on putting it in my Vic-20 case with a battery for a complete computer. However, the Zero seems odd to me. I'm not sure what I would want to use it for that wouldn't benefit from the bigger better versions. And for small projects that need a brain, it seems like that is more of a microcontroller job than a complete system. But, maybe I just haven't heard enough about it to appreciate it.
Price is a significant factor. $5 is pretty much throw-away.
You also have to remember it's not really a $5 computer, at least not in the sense that we normally use the term. Before you can even use it you need an SD card for storage, a power supply, and likely some kind of case or mounting solution. Not to mention a monitor for many applications, a USB network adapter, and in the case of the original Raspberry Pi (and thus probably this one as well) a powered USB hub to provide enough electrical current if you choose a Wi-Fi adapter.
Since this one is powered by micro-USB, you could use the powered hub as the power supply, which cuts costs a bit. But it still ends up costing a lot more than $5.
I'd be using it for home automation, so it still works out pretty cheap compared to off the shelf solutions... that don't even communicate with each other, and you end up doing a lot of work anyways. So something like the Pi makes a lot of sense. But I don't have a house, so this is all hypothetical until then.
How would you use this for home automation? I've got a Vera Lite Z-Wave controller at home. How would this thing communicate with other devices for automation?
MoreYou also have to remember it's not really a $5 computer, at least not in the sense that we normally use the term. Before you can even use it you need an SD card for storage, a power supply, and likely some kind of case or mounting solution. Not to mention a monitor for many applications, a USB network adapter, and in the case of the original Raspberry Pi (and thus probably this one as well) a powered USB hub to provide enough electrical current if you choose a Wi-Fi adapter.
Since this one is powered by micro-USB, you could use the powered hub as the power supply, which cuts costs a bit. But it still ends up costing a lot more than $5.
I'd be using it for home automation, so it still works out pretty cheap compared to off the shelf solutions... that don't even communicate with each other, and you end up doing a lot of work anyways. So something like the Pi makes a lot of sense. But I don't have a house, so this is all hypothetical until then.
How would you use this for home automation? I've got a Vera Lite Z-Wave controller at home. How would this thing communicate with other devices for automation?
Oh, there's plenty of uses. Some of the controllers make some of my old ideas obsolete, so to speak. I'm hoping that the Amazon Echo will end up controlling all my devices at some point, but that's for on-demand usage.
But mostly, I'd probably use it for scripting out routines. Or for controlling non-smart devices. There's a bunch of blog entries on the Raspberry site: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/home-automation/ (https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/home-automation/)
As awesome as my Phillips Hue system is, its frickin' expensive, and frequently, a standard bulb is just better. That's where controlling power for lighting via Pi would be nice, as an example.
MoreYou also have to remember it's not really a $5 computer, at least not in the sense that we normally use the term. Before you can even use it you need an SD card for storage, a power supply, and likely some kind of case or mounting solution. Not to mention a monitor for many applications, a USB network adapter, and in the case of the original Raspberry Pi (and thus probably this one as well) a powered USB hub to provide enough electrical current if you choose a Wi-Fi adapter.
Since this one is powered by micro-USB, you could use the powered hub as the power supply, which cuts costs a bit. But it still ends up costing a lot more than $5.
I'd be using it for home automation, so it still works out pretty cheap compared to off the shelf solutions... that don't even communicate with each other, and you end up doing a lot of work anyways. So something like the Pi makes a lot of sense. But I don't have a house, so this is all hypothetical until then.
How would you use this for home automation? I've got a Vera Lite Z-Wave controller at home. How would this thing communicate with other devices for automation?
Oh, there's plenty of uses. Some of the controllers make some of my old ideas obsolete, so to speak. I'm hoping that the Amazon Echo will end up controlling all my devices at some point, but that's for on-demand usage.
But mostly, I'd probably use it for scripting out routines. Or for controlling non-smart devices. There's a bunch of blog entries on the Raspberry site: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/home-automation/ (https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/home-automation/)
As awesome as my Phillips Hue system is, its frickin' expensive, and frequently, a standard bulb is just better. That's where controlling power for lighting via Pi would be nice, as an example.
But without wired or wireless networking, you've got to figure out how to make them talk.
guyz.. what's the current most powerful pocketable.iPhone 6S Plus.
guyz.. what's the current most powerful pocketable.
iPhone 6S Plus.
guyz.. what's the current most powerful pocketable.
iPhone 6S Plus.
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I'm only half joking. I mean, it's hard to consider a device "pocketable" without an integrated display, an input interface of some kind, a battery, and networking.guyz.. what's the current most powerful pocketable.
iPhone 6S Plus.
:))
Yeah stop kidding around, everyone knows its the Gameboy Advance
Yeh, just putting it inside, making it like an Amiga or Atari (and still possible to use as a normal usb keyboard), that was my first thought. A friend of mine has been bugging me to do that with the previous Raspberry PIs. But yeh, you could probably use it as a controller too I'm guessing.. like using the GPIO to hook up the kbd matrix or something.
Yeh, just putting it inside, making it like an Amiga or Atari (and still possible to use as a normal usb keyboard), that was my first thought. A friend of mine has been bugging me to do that with the previous Raspberry PIs. But yeh, you could probably use it as a controller too I'm guessing.. like using the GPIO to hook up the kbd matrix or something.
Like put the actual pi in a 60 for an emulator? I am building a pintendo as we speak just waiting on some parts to arrive. Getting it into a case would work but would mean you have to haul a keyboard around with it.
I'm only half joking. I mean, it's hard to consider a device "pocketable" without an integrated display, an input interface of some kind, a battery, and networking.guyz.. what's the current most powerful pocketable.
iPhone 6S Plus.
:))
Yeah stop kidding around, everyone knows its the Gameboy Advance
Now if you mean very small computer, the answer is probably the Intel NUC.