Raspberry Pi about to go on sale

[budude]

Date Order Was Placed : 7/29/12 1:01 PM

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83T1943
1
0
35.00
RASPBERRY PI MODEL B - BOARD ONLY; Silicon Manufacturer:Broadcom; Core Architecture:ARM; Core Sub-Architecture:ARM11; Silicon Core Number:BCM2835; Kit Contents:Board Only ;RoHS Compliant: Yes
RASPBRRY-PCBA
RASPBERRY-PI




92T3300
1
0
6.39
RASPBERRY PI ENCLOSURE, PCB BOX, PLASTIC, RED; Enclosure Type:PCB Box; Enclosure Material:Plastic; Body Color:Red; External Height - Imperial:2.52"; External Width - Imperial:3.35"; External Depth - Imperial:5.12"
PS-11591
BUD INDUSTRIES

Ordered on 7/29 and received on 8/4. I haven't received the "enclosure" yet. I was a bit surprised as well to get it so soon.

[CaptKirk]

Hopefully you have not made the same mistake that I did and got a class 10 SD card for your boot. Currently it is not well supported as the standard driver trys to put the SD host on the Pi into a mode it does NOT support and boot fails.

As for an enclosure- I am using a travel soap box that I cut a few appropriate holes into. It is a nice fit.


Kirk

[budude]

Haven't had that problem yet as it didn't come with an SD card so I have to get one - I plan on sticking to the compatibility guide listed on elinux.org.

[CaptKirk]

You are much wiser than I my friend...

BTW: with the right cables, this thing ROCKS for the Pi: http://www.amazon.com/AT-Laptop-Dock.../dp/B004M17D62 HDMI display and USB touchpad and keyboard!! I think it can supply the power to the Pi also if done right.

[tjetzer]

You are much wiser than I my friend...

BTW: with the right cables, this thing ROCKS for the Pi: http://www.amazon.com/AT-Laptop-Dock.../dp/B004M17D62 HDMI display and USB touchpad and keyboard!! I think it can supply the power to the Pi also if done right.

Very interesting. What other cables are necessary?

Can save a few more bucks here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-Motorol...item20c8266241

[CaptKirk]

For video:

Micro HDMI Type D Female to Micro HDMI Type D Female to convert the MALE output of the dock to female.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-HDMI-T...item5ae8c0e27a

Micro HDMI Type D Male to HDMI Video connector male to attache from the adapter to the PI's HDMI output.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170828436831#ht_3824wt_1186

For USB:

Micro USB Male to Female Extension Data Cable to get the USB off the dockstation because it is tight with the hdmi out. It also lets you clip out the +5 feed from the dock station so you can go into the USB peripheral connector and not try to feed power into the device the wrong way.
http://dx.com/p/micro-usb-male-to-fe...ck-20cm-123738

Micro USB female to mini USB male to get up to MINI to feed the next adapter
http://dx.com/p/micro-usb-female-to-...-adapter-59657

Mini USB female to USB male to go from the mini to full sized USB. Wish I could have found a one step to do this but this was the cheapest way I could find.
http://dx.com/p/usb-a-male-to-mini-u...-adapter-26785


Hope that helps!

[budude]

I stole the SD/HC card from my daughter's camera (4GB) and fired up the Pi. I ran out of space pretty quick... I downloaded the OLA distribution but it's 600+MB zipped and I couldn't get the zip and dist in a 2G partition. I'd suggest you get a minimum of 8GB and enlarge the default 2G partition after installing the default distro. I'll have to see if I can figure out how to make it mount my WD NAS drive for lots of space.

[angus40]

here is a helpfull link for Rasp pi users .

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/ras.../tutorials/os/