Anyone Heard Of Raspberry PI

Ok so i was browsing around the internet yesterday and i stumbled on this mini computer call raspberry pi that only cost $35. It seams pretty cool. It has an HDMI out as well as composite video as well as a headphone jack which im sure you could use a headphone to composite for audio out, as well as 2 usb ports, as well as rj-45 for internet, and is powered off a Micro usb cable. It run's Linux off a Sd card. just wondering if anyone has heard about it or seen one before.

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Yup.. This is one interesting piece of electronics and a breakthrough in programming applications (not that i am a programmer) but as much as curiousity brought me there i was impressed by every application ..

Now we have Android PCs too, USB form factor and they're pretty interesting too..

yeah i thought this was quite amazing! i seen where some people where just using at as a mutil-media device which i thought was really cool and I've got alot of media on my PC which i could stream right to it or put on a thumb drive. I even seen a guy use a USB adapter that allowed him to use a remote with xbmc which got me very interested.

http://laserpointerforums.com/f60/raspberry-pi-25-computer-65794.html

And yes, I have heard of it. I have 2.

I've heard of it! It's a really good tool for people learning to program! I don't know whether any of you know, but they're working on an upgraded version right now (information from BBC Click)!

Jacob32123 said:

http://laserpointerforums.com/f60/raspberry-pi-25-computer-65794.html

And yes, I have heard of it. I have 2.

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what do you use yours for if you don't mind me asking, I'm liking the idea of media streaming.

awillis2589 said:

what do you use yours for if you don't mind me asking, I'm liking the idea of media streaming.

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One of them is an Apache server that runs PHP and ProFTPD. It is awesome. The SD card is slow, so it can't serve pages to a lot of people at a decent speed, but for playing around with PHP functions that free webhosts don't allow, it is great. It is like a mini dedicated server. It is also nice to have it be low power consumption and silent for running 24/7. I made a backup of it when I got it all working nicely, so when I screw it up, I can take it back in time. SSH tunneling through it is great too (for a lot of reasons).

I bought the other one when I decided the first one would stay that way. I figured I would have another application for it, but haven't found one yet. I played with the HDMI out on it (which is amazing). With a keyboard and mouse plugged in, you can browse the web, and so much more.

My only complaints would be that it needs exactly 5 volts in. I have a Phidget SBC, which will take anything between 6 and 15 volts in. The Phidget SBC is also tolerant of lower voltages, and will just shut off. I have used my SBC with just a solar panel and a capacitor all in parallel, and it runs fine. When the capacitor runs out, it shuts off. My other Raspberry Pi complaint would be that the GPIO is a lot harder to use then the SBC's. It also doesn't have analog inputs AFAIK.

It would make a nice media server for sure. I bought a Western Digital My Book Live, and now that you mention it, it would have saved me money to get a USB external hard drive and set it up with the Pi. Just get a tiny SD card for booting, and have it share /media/DRIVENAME over FTP, NFS, SMB, AFP, etc.

I have one, as well as one of the MK802 android sticks. Im still playing around with it and haven't really found a permanent use for the pi yet, but I'm thinking of turning it into a cloud server with a 1tb external hard drive. Then i'll have 1tb "dropbox" with no monthly fee. The MK802 stays plugged in the TV for general browsing, netflix, apps with a wireless keyboard and mouse. Its powered right from the TV's usb port too so it comes on when the TV is on.

^ nice I was looking at something similar to this as well today. I was thinking it would be cool to have something small for when I go on vacations with the family where I could connect it to the TV in the hotel with either HDMI or RCA depending on the TV and could play the kids movies from a few thumb drives I have loaded with there stuff. They currently have USB inputs on there TVs but would like to have something portable that I could take on the go.