/diy/ - Do It Yourself

fuck one
rape one
kill one
marry one

how'd you get them

Are they in stock now?
Where did you get yours from?

>>248920
>>248902
heard tell they're all on ebay. but if that's true it means they're too expensive for me.

that pic would barely fit on a floppy. also what those are?

I just ordered mine today

said its gonna take 12 weeks to ship

>>248968

Raspberry pi

25 dollars. does hd video, hdmi out

man I've been watching these for while now almost tried to preorder one

still don't know if I should wait or grab one if possible

briefcase computer.

where'd you order one from? Neither of the sites linked on raspberrypi.org seem to deliver to the US.

>>249008

they do

but you have to be put on a waiting list because of high demand.

I only had to wait 3ish weeks

I just ordered mine. The estimated time is 12 weeks, though...

HTPC
File Server
Wrist Computer

>>249027
A wrist computer would be hard to do since Broadcom hasn't released all of the specs for the SoC the Raspberry Pi uses, so you can't use the DSI connector for a cellphone like screen. If you figure out a way to convert the HDMI or composite video signal to something usable you might have something then.

>>248888

Just like the Arduino and most other hipster-friendly electronics platforms, these things have no practical use outside of "hey look at this neat blinky shit I made / I'm tweeting from my dog's asshole"-type crap. Really, if you bought one without knowing what you were going to do with it (nay two!) then you are everything I hate about the current state of DIY electronics. Kill yourself.

Failing that the only valid applications I can see for these things is either ARM development platform for people who want to learn ARM architecture or HTPC.

>>249056
they are mostly educational tools. What bothers me most, though, is the fact that I can't find anywhere a detailed documentation of the hardware.

Registered Interest on may 29th
Got my invitation to order from RS last week.
11 weeks till shipping ffffffffffffff

>>249056
Build plans
RPi+Wireless IP camera+Zone monitor+HD+Router= Web access CCTV to find out who the fuckers that keep vandalising my motorbike are.

Raspberry cluster

>>249074

Sorry to sound bitchy, but you just made a security camera way too complicated.

I still can't see the wow factor with this stuff. I have yet to see anything that can't be done better on a full size board.

>>249074

Motorbike vandalized?
My nightmer.
Need plans for a sentry gun. Better think ahead.

>>249067
That's because Broadcom hasn't released detailed documentation of the SoC to the general public, you can only get it by jumping through a bunch of hoops and signing a non-disclosure agreement.

>>249078
>I still can't see the wow factor with this stuff. I have yet to see anything that can't be done better on a full size board.
It's cheap as fuck, has low power requirements, and is the size of a credit card. That makes it appealing for various reasons.

try openelec it's good .
debian squeeze is a little bit shitty

For fucks sake no wonder why we dont get ours :3

>>249056
actually, this is a legitimate tiny computer
when they get cheaper I plan on making a little media center/seedbox with one

>>248888
>Build a miniature box out of wood or plastic that resembles a small NES and fits your pi
>load it up with Emulators and Roms
>buy a SNES USB controller on Ebay
>pocket pirate console
optional
>sell on ebay or etsy for a small fortune

All the ones I can find in US are on eBay and they want $200 for them. OP are you in the US?

>>249249
Yes, i'm in the US. I registered with newark and element 14 as soon as they started taking requests. Newark said they'd take my request, but I never heard from element 14. The pi is supposed to be one per customer, but each site sent me one. I might have a third coming, too, judging by my bank statements...

I should be getting mine on Monday from Newark (UPS has it now). I signed up pretty early, though.

>>249056
While I agree that the Arduino is shit, this thing has some decent potential. It's a bit underpowered, but the small form factor would make it pretty convenient for homebrewed embedded stuff. HTPC, in-dash, under-cabinet type systems. The $25 one + a decent touchscreen could make for a cheap enough home automation terminal where you could stick one in every room for < $50. The Arduino on the other hand is a novelty with no volume and a price that shows it.

>>249237
Right, because selling ROMs won't get you red flagged real quick like.

>>249263
I plan on making two wrist mounted pcs programmed as encryptor/decryptor/reader for removable storage and as a very basic media player

>>249033
>Implying this isn't easy to deal with once you have product-in-hand.

>>249267
Battery power not sufficient, just to run the pi at 700mA + 5V, not including screen or any form of controls, touch, keyboard or mouse, then 4 expensive AA's would die within 3hours

>>249272
for what i'm doing i'll have an emergency usb power pack

>>249272
The 700mA number is using host high-current USB and networking which... you're not going to be doing on your wrist. Without those, the number is more like 300mA WITH USB powered devices on it. Reading, how to do it? Also, who the fuck uses AAs? Does your phone use AAs? Your iPod? Your vidja handheld? FFS, it's 2012, we're not limited to Alkalines.

I still can't believe those tards skimped on having an RTC though. $35 computer that can't even keep time like a dollar store digital watch.

I waited 2 months for mine. It's gonna be here in about a week or so.

>>249266
you are totally right sir lol on what you just said

but also what the hell is with all these haters. first off this is computer is not meant to be a desktop replacement but does essentially what 90% of people do on computers anyhow. but for cheap if you want a clock put in a damn crystal not that expensive.

what is the use for it. well aside the fact it could play unreal tournament.
it only takes usb power to work. most people that get a prebuilt computer dont know about the hardware so they are using a computer for pictures movies web browsing and Playable gaming. all of which this computer can do at a fraction of the price. not only that it has IOs which means it can be a servo controller and be integrated into electronics much like an arduino but way better. you could also solve many problems you need to solve with a usb device. essentially this is a pc that can do everything a pc should be able to do running on very little energy very efficiently and for those of you that push computer to the limits either with gaming or video and sound processing or something where extreme cpu power and speed is required you can do it with this computer (which you can over volt to get over 1ghz) this computer puts power and knowledge of computing into anyone's hands with the interest.
basically you are not going to need the fastest computer to be able to make spreadsheets or word documents with libre office etc.
anybody with this thing now can teach themselves anything. that is the point of this product and I support that. even poor people can afford this

>>249566
>OP
Well said, sir!

I >>249566

I mean you cant do hardcore gaming sound and video editing with this but you can do basic computing with the pi.
sorry bout that

also fyi this could run off an emergency battery charger with 2xAA batteries for 99cents batteries would prolly cost more than the thing itself anyhow hope you get my point at how practical this thing is

>>249077
i had this same thought, and it isn't worth it. the computational power isn't up to par for a beowulf cluster. if broadcom made an OpenCL compiler it might *might* make sense, but they don't so it doesn't.