Raspberry Pi

[giblit]

Who all owns one and what have they done with theirs such as turn it into a gps , game system , ect..

I am just curious because I have been wanting to get one for quite some time and I finally ordered one last night and can't wait to get to play around with it.

[N36fSL3A]

I'm buying one soon. but I'm scared it will take up all my time and I will start to be a no-life.

I plan to make a game system, but now I want to use one along with multiple electric motors to make my room automated.

[z05DSL3A]

I have a few Raspberry Pis. Mainly I use them for messing around with, I'm not a big fan of Linux for a desktop OS so I don't have it installed on one and the Pi is a perfect platform to run Linux embedded.

In terms of projects, I have several on the go (various stages of planning and investigation)
~ Linux System Programming (not a project as such but will produce GPIO drivers/libraries and other knowledge)
~ 3D Printer
~ Software Defined Radio

I know I can download lots of code and plans for the projects that interest me but for me it is about the journey not the destination.

[1v5E3TCk]

Dont laugh me but what is Raspberry Pi

[z05DSL3A]

http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs

[chrisname]

I'm making an audio mixer with mine so that I can listen to the output of all of my computer devices at once. When I get it working I'll add support for effects and SSH so it can be controlled.

[1v5E3TCk]

i read everything on the link which you give but what can i do with a Pi? It is not powerfull.

[z05DSL3A]

i read everything on the link which you give but what can i do with a Pi? It is not powerfull.

That is a bit hard to answer...I guess you can either see a use for it or not. It is powerful enough to be part of several projects I'm interested in.

[ResidentBiscuit]

Not all programming is done on super computers...

[chrisname]

There are other boards that are better for many projects, particularly ones that involve controlling circuitry. The advantage of Raspberry Pi is that it has a complete operating system, which means you can write more complex software. It's not very good for microcontroller type projects though: though it can be used for them, Arduino is probably more suitable. You can also combine an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi, although in that case you may want to use something like the BeagleBone Black: http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack which runs Linux like the RPi but has more I/O pins like the Arduino.

[giblit]

You can actually hook a bunch of pi's together and make a super computer if you want...Sounds pretty cool the projects you guys are working on I was thinking about making mine into like a wireless radio and maybe going downtown and paying to use the 3d printer to make a case for it. I also heard some people turned them into gps's for their car or security cameras for their home there's so many projects I can do for around 50 dollars after getting the sd.

[chrisname]

giblit wrote:

You can actually hook a bunch of pi's together and make a super computer if you want

This as well. That's something I want to try at some point using Boost.MPI.

[1v5E3TCk]

Can i use it as a server?

[ResidentBiscuit]

Of course. I know of someone (with a strange network design) that uses them as DHCP servers throughout his network.

[1v5E3TCk]

This is really nice i will search about it thanks.

[Script Coder]

Would a pi be a good option for robotics?
When I say robotics I mean a robot that can sense its world, move, maybe some sort of path finding or mapping.

[chrisname]

An Arduino would probably be a better choice for that; I don't think the Raspberry Pi would have enough I/O pins. You could use both if you needed libraries that aren't available for Arduino, but I think you'd be better off using a BeagleBone Black (see my link above) then.

[giblit]

I read that a lot of people do use raspberry pis for robots but I think they hack it and then add the extra necessary things. One of the guys from the distribution companies I believe made a "gameboy" like thing with his.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZjzQuTNX4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DVyHE8MJLY

[z05DSL3A]

I read that a lot of people do use raspberry pis for robots...

it is usually just a matter of connecting to an expansion board (Pi-Face, GERTBOARD, etc) to get extra IO or an Arduino (with appropriate capes).

At the moment the plan for my 3D Printer involves Raspberry Pi + Arduino + RAMPS board.

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The BeagleBone Black does look like a nice bit of kit, it made it onto my 'toy list' the day they announced it.

[devonrevenge]

i got excited about a pi now it does nothing but sit there and look cool, I think im going to set a network up one day and see if I can understand complicated ass networking once and for all.

maybe Im ready to read beej's guide to networking, maybe it should wait :/