[QUOTE=Vita;34244795]99% the questions people are asking on here can be answered with:
a) Yes if you can find a version for ARM
b) No.
Also I'm gonna hook mine up to my TV with an aerial and use it to play all the films I have on my computer on the big screen :v:
I have tonnes of films on my PC and no way to get them onto my TV short of transferring them to a laptop and plugging it into it, which is laborious. This way I can download/flash drive all of my films onto the pi and solve all of my problems.[/QUOTE]
If you used a USB wireless adapter it would probably be possible to stream the movies over the local wifi connection.
[QUOTE=Jallen;34241666]You don't mess with the circuitry.
[B]If you want to power it off a 12v battery, you make an adapter to its micro-usb power in.[/B]
If you want to connect a screen you do it through its HDMI port.
If you want to have some form of input, you use the USB ports.
When you buy the raspberry pi you are not buying a circuit board, you are buying a small computer with no casing.[/QUOTE]
Which would blow it up. You need a voltage regulator to bring it down to 5 volts.
[QUOTE=leontodd;34244864]Is there a LAMP/LEMP server package that is compiled to work with ARM, or am I going to have to compile this all myself?[/QUOTE]
If you don't mind to "assemble" the LEMP stack yourself then there's already packages for them on Debian 6.
There isn't a nice and convenient metapackage that does all the installing and configuring for you though, expect to get your hands dirty with the Nginx, FastCGI and PHP configs (and more which I probably forgot)
[QUOTE=benjgvps;34244964]Which would blow it up. You need a voltage regulator to bring it down to 5 volts.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://export.farnell.com/texas-instruments/pt78ht205v/ic-isr-vertical-5v-78ht205/dp/1213144?Ntt=PT78HT205V[/url]
Add a [I]1μF ceramic[/I] across [I]Vin[/I] and [I]GND[/I] and a [I]100μF electrolytic[/I] across [I]Vout[/I] and [I]GND[/I] (as stated in the datasheet, remember to check it out if using this particular component)
It's expensive though, but easy to use and fairly efficient.
Probably overkill with a 2 Ampere one though.
[QUOTE=Van-man;34245064]If you don't mind to "assemble" the LEMP stack yourself then there's already packages for them on Debian 6.
There isn't a nice and convenient metapackage that does all the installing and configuring for you though, expect to get your hands dirty with the Nginx, FastCGI and PHP configs (and more which I probably forgot)[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Baldr 2.0;34245006]If you get Debian it isn't much more than (as they deliver many packages already in arm format and no compiling needed):
[CODE]apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-cgi mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server php5-mysql[/CODE]
Though it could get a bit heavy (maybe a bit to, bit apache can be replaced with nginx with some trying).[/QUOTE]
Ah thanks. I was dreading the thought of compiling things because whenever I attempt to compile things it usually ends up a complete mess.
[QUOTE=Jallen;34244923]If you used a USB wireless adapter it would probably be possible to stream the movies over the local wifi connection.[/QUOTE]
Wireless connectivity in my house is pretty hit and miss, but I'll certainly give it a go. With a project box to stick all the wires and crap in it should look pretty neat as well.
Hmm, since my TV has a USB service port, I could most likely run the Raspberry Pi off of that. It only powered on when the TV is on, but I suppose if I wanted to use it as some "media center" device, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Possibly turn it into a "smart" TV.
Maybe this is a huge longshot, but maybe you could make a wrist computer attached to several biometric sensors hooked up to your body for some sort of survivalist device, kind of like a Pip-Boy.
[QUOTE=Demache;34245230]Hmm, since my TV has a USB service port, I could most likely run the Raspberry Pi off of that. It only powered on when the TV is on, but I suppose if I wanted to use it as some "media center" device, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Possibly turn it into a "smart" TV.[/QUOTE]
I want to try this
There are so many uses for this
backpack+RaspberryPi+Projector=Portable movie theater?
[QUOTE=Liem;34245529]I want to try this
There are so many uses for this
backpack+RaspberryPi+Projector=Portable movie theater?[/QUOTE]
Depends. How much performance can you expect from, say 1080p video encoded in x264? Are there ARM-compatable decoders for every popular format?
Having to convert or transcode video from one format to another due to a lack of support or poor performance is a pain.
Would Dosbox or a Linux port of a NES emulator run on this little baby? Would be neat to make it a little portable nostalgia machine.
Aww Ubuntu isn't supported yet.
Such a shame.
[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;34245586]Depends. How much performance can you expect from, say 1080p video encoded in x264? Are there ARM-compatable decoders for every popular format?
Having to convert or transcode video from one format to another due to a lack of support or poor performance is a pain.[/QUOTE]
I would probably treat this as a portable media player type device. Since the processor isn't exactly powerful, hardware decoding is probably your best option, since it CAN do 1080p with hardware (not sure on which format though, but I'm sure it x264, since that seems to be pretty common).
[QUOTE=Namelezz!;34245730]Would Dosbox or a Linux port of a NES emulator run on this little baby? Would be neat to make it a little portable nostalgia machine.[/QUOTE]
There are ARM versions of NES emulators. Same with DosBox, but I'm pretty sure the ARM version was buggy as hell to the point of being unplayable.
[editline]16th January 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=NotMeh;34245804]Aww Ubuntu isn't supported yet.
Such a shame.[/QUOTE]
Ubuntu is probably not the best distro anyway. It's relatively heavy compared to Debian and whatever.
Doesn't matter for me.
I like Ubuntu the most and I'm gonna stick with it.
[QUOTE=NotMeh;34246172]Doesn't matter for me.
I like Ubuntu the most and I'm gonna stick with it.[/QUOTE]
Well have fun with a sluggish and less responsive system then.
Unless you roll with Xubuntu or Lubuntu.
I will.
This looks promising. I'll carry it around and hook it to random monitors throughout my life. I'll shove it in a phone and tell all my friends I have a computer phone, or maybe i'll give it a cardboard box case. The possibilities are endless. But can anyone find me a cheap, tiny monitor? Perhaps one I can turn into a watch or make look like a phone? I'm gonna get creative with this bitch.
[QUOTE=SandvichBL;34247178]This looks promising. I'll carry it around and hook it to random monitors throughout my life. I'll shove it in a phone and tell all my friends I have a computer phone, or maybe i'll give it a cardboard box case. The possibilities are endless. But can anyone find me a cheap, tiny monitor? Perhaps one I can turn into a watch or make look like a phone? I'm gonna get creative with this bitch.[/QUOTE]
There was one posted earlier with a 3.5 inch screen. Didn't see the price though.
[QUOTE=BagMinge104;34245477]Maybe this is a huge longshot, but maybe you could make a wrist computer attached to several biometric sensors hooked up to your body for some sort of survivalist device, kind of like a Pip-Boy.[/QUOTE]
it's possible (though far fetched) but I can tell when my legs are broken so I don't think I really need it.
If I understand correctly it would be possible to power this off a small solar cell and battery inside a small case. :dance:
[QUOTE=ayre10;34247667]If I understand correctly it would be possible to power this off a small solar cell and battery inside a small case. :dance:[/QUOTE]
There is no way you could power this device off a solar panel alone, and even with a battery you'd do no more than trickle-charge it.
[QUOTE=blazingfly;34247994]There is no way you could power this device off a solar panel alone, and even with a battery you'd do no more than trickle-charge it.[/QUOTE]
I did not mean this could be powered off a solar cell constantly but rather it would be possible to power it off a solar cell if the device is only powered off at set times to allow for the solar cell to charge the battery. Even then it could take a while but it would certainly be fun to implement the idea.
Collectively, we should find the absolute cheapest keyboard/screen/mouse (or trackpad) combo we can for when these get released.
Think alot of people will mainly use theirs for storage. I know i'll be running a little server off it.
[img]http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/R-Pi-case-Lego-prototype.png[/img]
I want to buy some legos so I can make a case for it now
I'm thinking it can be used as a basis for some super-fancy 700 MHz lab equipment.
Does anyone know, 700 MHz for ARM-6 is a rough equivalent of how many MHz for x86?
These kinds of doors concealing the ports would be boss.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/JUrEB.gif[/img]
Once they're shipped and in our hands I can see this becoming a lego thread :v:
[QUOTE=Nikita;34250497]I'm thinking it can be used as a basis for some super-fancy 700 MHz lab equipment.
Does anyone know, 700 MHz for ARM-6 is a rough equivalent of how many MHz for x86?[/QUOTE]
Technically, it terms of raw computing power, its similar to a 100 Mhz intel 486. But like many have said before, its hard to gauge exactly the equivalent, as obviously this thing can do things a 486 wouldn't even have a shot at. I would not use it for heavy computing tasks, so completely rule out any chance of a render farm.
A 100mhz 486 CPU can outperforms it.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;34251299]A 100mhz 486 CPU can outperforms it.[/QUOTE]
source?
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