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Raspberry Pi: computing for pocket change -- $5 computer unleashes a storm of creative computing
CBC News ^ | 01/04/2016 | By Greg Rasmussen, CBC News

Posted on 01/04/2016 12:36:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/04/2016 12:36:43 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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WHAT IS RASPBERRY PI?

The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python.
2 posted on 01/04/2016 12:37:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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3 posted on 01/04/2016 12:38:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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4 posted on 01/04/2016 12:39:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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Why?


5 posted on 01/04/2016 12:40:21 PM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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SOME COOL PROJECTS DONE WITH RASPBERRY PI


6 posted on 01/04/2016 12:41:09 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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RE:Why?

As I wrote before, this thread is for techies only.

This is For those who are interested in creating their own embedded computer project...

7 posted on 01/04/2016 12:44:51 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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And it supports Python. On my list to do this year if I can find something to do with it.


8 posted on 01/04/2016 12:47:53 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I tried 3 times to get one, and they’ve seem to have been sold out for weeks, with the only available ones being sold at a gigantic mark-up.


9 posted on 01/04/2016 12:48:38 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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Can I get some Java with the Raspberry Pi?


10 posted on 01/04/2016 12:50:34 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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11 posted on 01/04/2016 12:52:04 PM PST by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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I wrote a little Python script recently that recognizes hand gestures and also head positions - by this, I added a recognize “no” routine by movement of the head from left to right. It should run on on the Raspberry PI, but I haven’t had a chance to try it yet. Computer vision is rapidly progressing and OpenCV is a great little library to include in your Python install.


12 posted on 01/04/2016 12:55:10 PM PST by amorphous
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A new entry in the IoT space is the Onion Omega.
13 posted on 01/04/2016 12:56:49 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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Why?

Because lots of DIY projects can benefit from a computer, but a full-sized one is not necessary and too expensive or bulky for the job. A small, cheap, programmable computer enables people to make lots of projects that would be infeasible otherwise.


14 posted on 01/04/2016 1:02:11 PM PST by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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Why?

Answer: Why not?

The question was obviously posed by a non-engineer...:^)

15 posted on 01/04/2016 1:03:57 PM PST by az_gila
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Why not?


16 posted on 01/04/2016 1:06:20 PM PST by dfwgator
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So it could operate a robotic hand? (Just curious, of course!)


17 posted on 01/04/2016 1:21:25 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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Thanks SeekAndFind. This will be my only post, because "this thread is for techies only." :'P

I've used the original Rπ, hooked to a big flat screen and surfin' the web. Works fine, draws juice from USB (many TVs have those now), a lot of wireless kbd/mouse support exists, and this $5 version is a slightly stripped version of that original. I need to point out that finding it for $5 may be a challenge, I was hunting for the two weeks prior to Xmas and it was consistently sold out, just like that widely advertised $9 128GB flash drive.

18 posted on 01/04/2016 1:28:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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So it could operate a robotic hand? (Just curious, of course!)

Those things can turn on you.


19 posted on 01/04/2016 1:31:32 PM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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crazy.

i'd like to remove most of the connectors, leave a small wired network connector and plug in a 1" square camera board (the whole thing would prolly be 1" cube)... then i'd connect that to a twin and a 3rd, more powerful board. at that point i'd have 3 computers and be working via binocular vision to move thru the world (i'd have it steering stuff)

yea, i'm a geek like that

20 posted on 01/04/2016 1:39:40 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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