Anyone want a Raspberry Pi?

[N1LAF]

The Raspberry Pi device is a credit–card sized computer board that plugs into a TV and a keyboard. It’s a miniature ARM–based PC which can be used for many of the things that a desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word–processing and games. It also plays High–Definition video.

RASPBERRY PI MODEL B Computer; OpenFrame; 700Mhz; 512Mb RAM; 85.6x53.98x17mm; Raspberry Series
Price: $35.00

http://www.alliedelec.com/lp/120626raso/

Specs
Dimensions : 85.6 x 53.98 x 17 mm
Interface : Audio: 3.5 mm Jack, Video: RCA and HDMI Sockets, Power: MicroUSB Socket, Network: Ethernet Sockets, Peripherals: (2) USB 2.0 Socket
Operating System : Linux, Fedora version
Processor Speed : 700 MHz
Processor Type : Broadcom BCM2835 ARM1176JZFS processor with FPU and Videocore 4 GPU
RAM Size : 512 MB
Special Features : Header footprint for camera connection
Video Output : 1080p30



Features
- Broadcom BCM2835 700MHz ARM1176JZFS processor with FPU and Videocore 4 GPU
- GPU provides Open GL ES 2.0, hardware-accelerated OpenVG, and 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
- GPU is capable of 1Gpixel/s, 1.5Gtexel/s or 24GFLOPs with texture filtering and DMA infrastructure
- 512 MB RAM
- Boots from SD card, running the Fedora version of Linux
- 10/100 BaseT Ethernet ports
- HDMI socket
- (2) USB 2.0 socket
- RCA video socket
- SD card socket
- Powered from microUSB socket
- 3.5 mm audio out jack
- Header footprint for camera connection
- Size: 85.6 x 53.98 x 17 mm


http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs


On order...

[X-Rated]

Wow. That is super cool. Where is the crystal on the darned thing? I need to get some crystals on that.

[N1LAF]

Here is another size comparison



I'll know tomorrow when it will arrive.

They also supply code examples in Java, C, C#, BASIC, and Python in accessing the IO Port

[N1LAF]

If this works out well, I'll buy more. It would be neat to have weather and news pages change like wall paper, of breaking news and weather maps, full screen, modulating the video/audio with a TV modulator, feeding my home TV network. Leave it on all the time. How about home monitoring? Another side project will be construction of an I/O card using the IO Port, output using a generic microcontroller bus port, and then put devices on the bus. Even a VME interface. Ethernet based VME bus - cool, isn't it? How about remote radio interfaces? Logic analyzer, output to monitor. Part of the I/O Card will have discrete outputs, inputs, voltage outputs and inputs - circuit analyzer.. Display transistor curves. Many low cost applications.

[N1LAF]

Where are the technical people tonight?

[X-Rated]

This would be great with digi modes.

[X-Rated]

2 crystals on the bottom.

[NQ6U]

Run Apache on it and have your own Web server.

[W3WN]

KB3ERQ has been talking about these since the Pi was first announced.

I may just have to order one, just to watch his jaw drop when it arrives!

[KC2UGV]

This would be great with digi modes.

Ya know, I hadn't thought of using one of these as a PSK modem... My first thought was an embedded I2P/Freenet router, but the reviews for that application have been less than stellar (Encryption is not the Pi's strong suit). It should be able to handle the modem application though.