My first computer was an Early BBC model B i think it was number 35 or so

Most interesting was HP 1000L series, with core memory and paper tape reader. I rember working out the load address in OCTAL at 2am after waiting 3 hrs for the operating system to load from a Mylar tape.

HDMI - VGA converters are about the same price £20.

ebay or direct check out via google, search 'HDMI to VGA converter box'

<t>I was unable to get it to work on windows 7 32 bit, dd was not transfering the image to the SD card for some reason, although it was finding it.<br/> <br/> It might be a problem with the block size setting in dd not matching up to the card.<br/> <br/> I transfered to my fedora laptop and after a ...

No reason not to trust it if you find a solid reason for it playing dumb, of course it just might have decided to die they tend to do that when its most annoying.

Fresh catgut makes a really good self tightening cable tie

No Backup???  that really SUCKS

<t>Just a quick point about case materials, most plastics can generate significant voltages when rubbed or touched, if your Rpi is in contact it could be fried by ESD.<br/> <br/> I had this problem a few years back when a supplier didn't use the correct packaging about 10% of the chips died in manuf...

Just bear in mind that phones and other devices have internal batteries and power management devices to control everything Rpi has none of these.

Get it wrong and you will fry your pi

<t>The power supply proposed for the Rpi has an output set at 5v with a tolerance of + or - .5v. to connect a 6v battery pack you need to lose .5v.<br/> <br/> The simplest method is to use a resistor in the cable to reduce the voltage to 5.5v maximum.<br/> <br/> Ohms law gives a value of 1.66 ohms f...

I'm planning  on Real POE  as you put it, there are numerous POE implementations out in the real world, 12v, 18v, 24v, 48v the idea is to make an adaptor that would be able to power the Rpi at 3.5w from any of the above.

I've been designing a POE adaptor for the Rpi, the idea is to make something about the size of a USB dongle with a target cost of $15.

I'm not sure there's enough demand for this so I'd welcome some feedback.

<t>You need to be very careful mixing mains AC and DC, the most straitforward solution is to use solid state relays, if you are making your own, you should.<br/> <br/> 1/ Always fuse the AC side to protect the wiring and the device from overload.<br/> <br/> 2/ Use opto-isolators to seperate DC and A...

<t>Hi I'm  Julian from Gloucestershire UK<br/> <br/> I learned to programme on an early model B BBC BASIC and 6502 object code, then Z80. I've worked for major global companies and start ups. My current interest is Rural broadband networks as I don't have a full time job at the moment.<br/> <br/> I'...