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W. H. Heydt

Pi runs on 700mA. Cubie specs 2A. 5v 2A power supplies are *much* harder to locate than 5v 1A ones, especially now that there are enough Pis out there for people (like Adafruit) to make good power supplies specifically for the Pi. Cubie runs even with 500mA from USB port. So will a Pi, but the spec...

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Several observations on the comparison between Pi and Cubie. Pi runs on 700mA. Cubie specs 2A. 5v 2A power supplies are *much* harder to locate than 5v 1A ones, especially now that there are enough Pis out there for people (like Adafruit) to make good power supplies specifically for the Pi. In addit...

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Cubieboard.

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How cheap is 'cheap' in your opinion? For purposes of connection to a Pi, I would categorize as "cheap" only those add ons that cost less than the Pi itself. Thus the $25 camera module is "cheap", at least if one is using a Model B. The gertboard at $45 is not cheap (though I would class it as "rea...

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700mA is the spec'd minimum for the Model B. The SD card is the "mass storage" device. Working memory--"RAM"--is separate. The RAM is a "package on package" device on top of the processor. When you look at a Model B, there are two conspicuous eleectronics packages on the board. The larger one is SoC...

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The speculation that this is a 1 April joke has already been made, so I'll deal with some of this as substantive ideas... I have a few ideas for the next revision of raspberry pi that would sorta save money: 1.) have the next one boot off USB instead of an SD card. this would give the end user a lot...

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Unless you create a large enough windows-readable partition on the SD card, that's unlikely to work. (Windows can't read the EXT4 partition that Raspbian is normally loaded onto.) Another alternative would be to copy the CD to a flashdrive and "install" from there into DOSbox (I'm assuming that the ...

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Ummm.... Not to put too fine a point on it, but...Ina car why do you *care* about reducing power for a device that consumes less than 5W? The number that sticks in my mind is from a car I used to have that had a 15A fuse for each beam level of the headlights (which would make low beam be limited to ...

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Aside from the link DeeJay posted, you're asking for some kind of system bus. I don't know if the BCM2835 even has one, and if it does, how far signals on it could be driven and at what speed.

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From those that know, those aren't actually mounting holes.

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I don't think the packages are coated with resublimated Thiotimoline.

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Hi What will the next Pi be able to do.. Will it have more memory and better monitor support? More memory: When (a) a 1GB memory module exists and (b) said module is cheap enough to hit the price point for the Pi (that is, the price of the Pi stays the same as it is now), then, and only them will P...

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Excellent. Yes, I read about access to the RNG being added to the kernel. So I guess my request is to provide access to the encryption hw. Do you know why access isn't currently provided? Is it because the RPi foundation hasn't had time/motivation to provide access yet, or is Broadcom refusing to a...

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I would really like to see hardware/GPU encryption added to the firmware images of the Pi. I've read some posts saying hardware encryption isn't included due to export regulations. I don't see how this can be the case when the hardware ships without any OS, and the crypto could be implemented in th...

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I need speed! An usb 2.0 adapter will not work! Well...if you use a Pi, USB 2.0 is what you've got, because that's what the BCM2835 has got. But now I'm curious... What is it you're doing or planning to do that requires gigabit LAN? It would have to something that can be done strictly on your LAN, ...

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Well, I sure want some good gears, but no things like a 300$ case. Just some gears that are useful with reasonable prices. The cheapest case you can get is the box the Pi comes in. Both RS and Farnell sell perfectly decent cases, directly and through their subsidiaries for a bit under $8. Both case...

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I get the distinct impression that they are being deliberately pessimistic with estimates so as to avoid complaints if/when there is a hiccup somewhere. I think they started doing that some time in the last half of last year. Given the furor over RS' problems, it was probably a reasonably astute mo...

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The really freaky thing about the *current* supply issues is that it suggests that the Pi is nowhere near market saturation. It really makes one wonder just how big the market for Pis is. IIRC from various articles I've seen, world wide annual PC shipments are on the order of 120 million units. What...

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Mostly what tonyhughes said... There are multiple levels of computer design and construction. You trade off flexibility and options against cost. At the bottom there are machines that are like the Model T Ford, about which it was said that you could have it in any color you wanted...so long as it wa...

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One trusts that someone in your organization has sufficient knowledge to understand the limits to the Pi as a computer.

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tonyhughes wrote:
rurwin wrote:+ e^(iπ)

We've got a perfect date for a celebration on February 29th, just before 14/3.
My girlfriends vehicle fitness check was due on 31st Feb this year lol

My sister once got a cash register receipt dated "Dec 33".

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There is a huge amount of software that runs on the Raspi (and other ARM devices running linux). If you haven't found it, that's not the fault of the ARM processor, it's yours for not looking. Ah, but he hates linux too: http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=36794&p=307505#p307505 ...

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vleman wrote:Hello everyone,

An official day will help us spread the word and the philosophy behind the Raspberry Pi.

March 14 (3/14!) could be that day.

What do you think?

-Victor

I think that would only be a partially official day. A more complete one with come in three years...on 3-14-16.

W. H. Heydt

MCM Electronics is an "associate" of Newark/Element 14/Farnell and they sell Pis at list as well.

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TO connect a Pi to your home network, if you have a spare RJ-45 connector on the switch side of your router, all you need is a power supply and a CAT-5 cable.

Yes, you can SSH into the Pi. It's just another Linux system on your network.

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