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Dapa

From two years ago (before pi) this person attempted a solar powered, zero energy, ARM-based web server using a SheevaPlug :-

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/11 ... me_server/

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Initially, I thought it was a bit amateur and cringe worthy... and I still do, but that's the whole point :-) It reminded me of when I used to write fanzines in the 90s... although many never even 'launched' and the best circulation I could get was the school magazine, with the deputy head teacher h...

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In fact, just to add that my wireless keyboard from Wilko's was a 'Trust' branded, not TEXET.

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A device can still have it's own IP address reserved indefinitely, even if it switched off most of the time.
Simply allocate an IP address for it which is outside of the DHCP pool.

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rurwin wrote: I'm off to Tesco; at least there are reports that theirs works.

I've also tried a (wired) Tesco keyboard brought a couple of years ago. It works fine with the Pi, although travel on it was lousy - hence why I jumped at the chance to replace it.

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Presumably this is a wired TEXET keyboard? I brought the wireless TEXET mouse / keyboard combo from Wiko at £15 and to me it's a great buy... for messing around with the Pi, at any rate.

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Hi - loaded it all up and can launch it (thanks Tass!), but no sound (several have mentioned this - I guess this is ongoing?). Also, as I dont have a CD, I can only load demo levels, and I can't load any bots?? bit lonely in the halls... Do the demo levels let you do anything? If you check the mess...

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It'd be nice if the Pi came with a usable, working serial port. I'm used to being able to plug in a serial cable and see the boot messages. Seems like this would be more reliable than having to get either of the "regular" video outputs (HDMI or composite) working. Oh well. I can dream... It sends t...

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In addition, Raspbmc (http://www.raspbmc.com) should be able to play the majority of YouTube videos (with a plug-in, I think?)

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As for the original post the WIKI is a nightmare of confusion, if you see the thread titled GPIO 0 in this forum you will see what I mean. But basically if you are using the python library then the number relates to the pin number, ignore any other numbers. So if you set 11 as an output it is liter...

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Just use the python library and it will operate as a GPIO pin, regardless of any special function that the pin is also capable of. Is that this library? http://pypi.python.org/pypi/RPi.GPIO As that's what I currently have installed, along with using these commands in Python :- import RPi.GPIO as GP...

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Not sure what you are trying to do here, as the link doesn't work. The GPIO pins can drive a (high efficiency) LED with a few mA, either to ground or from 3V3. Obviously you will need a current limitation resistor (of a few hundred ohms) in series with the LED. The "drive strength" of a GPIO can be...

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The code you gave switches pin 11 on the RPi board. The GPIO nn notation on the wiki is very confusing which is why the python module uses board pin numbers. There does seem to be a fair amount of confusion on the exact references, but this text from the article linked above seems suggest the libra...

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I’m trying out the basic example of lighting an LED from the GPIO pins. I’ve got a circuit ready to go, but for the moment I’m having problems switching a voltage between two of the pins. I’m following this guide, which uses Python to turn an LED on and off :- http://www.doctormonk.com/2012/05/gpio-...

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How reliable are people finding the latest beta? I'm finding it crashes frequently and on every occasion when trying to change the region.

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1,546,000,000 mobile phones were said to have shipped worldwide in 2011. If we're to say that 500,000 RaspPis will be sold over the next 12 months, this represents just 0.03% of the worldwide production of mobile-orientated designs. The components used in the RaspPi are generally considered commodit...

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I've switched to the ProSilver for the moment and I'm very grateful for Eban for providing this option as I would had stopped visiting the forums without it. I'm an interface designer by trade and try to be open-minded to new designs. In times gone by I've had parts of my work criticised by forum co...

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<t>smartybones said: I Heard somewhere that the foundation were going to keep back some boards to sell on ebay to stop the resale of boards, but that would not have worked. Those boards will just have supplied the re-sellers with additional boards to sell.... ...

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<t>semtex said: I"d like to think I"m in the first 4,000 - but seemingly not since not since no invitation to order as yet RS mentioned in another thread that the 4000 RasPis would be given to users who expressed an interest up to 6:05am. In other words they ...

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<t>This unique ordering experience is making me super-paranoid. I registered interest with RS not long after 6am on launch day. I'd like to think I'm in the first 4,000 - but seemingly not since not since no invitation to order as yet - hence I was going through my mail server logs today to make dou...

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<r>There should be an easier way to do this, although not as involved or fun. I was able to get wake-on-LAN to work with a iMac a few years back, using a PHP script as the trigger, hosted on a external web server. 1. Set up wake-on-LAN as required on the PCs BIOS / OS. <br...

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<t>I don't personally have a huge problem with this 'spam' (of sorts). I have my own modest customer list from people who have brought from me in the past or signed up for free services on my web site. I don't go out of my way to include opt-in check boxes, because frankly I can imagine t...

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It is said to be possible to link two or more PIs together and increase the processing power. There's open source software available that could be complied and will allow code to run across many devices. Not that many people have two or more PIs at the moment!

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<r>I noticed this a few weeks back. By contrast Maplin have 'economy' HDMI leads for £10 I brought the Poundland lead for a games console and it works fine. It would be interesting if someone could take apart the Poundland lead and find out if it's reasonable quality or not. But still, f...

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<t>rurwin said: "Program" is correct in context and has been differentiated for a long time. Compare also "disk" and "disc"; the former is the US spelling and is now used in computing, whereas the latter is still the correct UK spelling in other contexts. When it came to the Amstrad...

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