This afternon I visited my electronics shop to buy some components and I found that there was a new Teko box, named the Tek Berry. Is a custom made plastic case specially moulded for the Raspberry Pi, so I bought one to see how fitted with the Pi. http://i.imgur.com/mPwLis.jpg As you can see on the ...
If you have a powered HUB that back feeds the power from the power supply to the upstream connector and this is causing you problems, maybe because it's a rev.1 board, maybe because the back power is only 4V, maybe because you like to use the powered hub with something that's not a Raspberry I've fo...
I was searching about connect a printer with a Centronics parallele interface and I found this thread. I have one answer to easily solve the problem. Buy a IDC to DB-25 female cables used to connect the internal parallel port, like this one. http://shop.intos.de/cgi-bin/ieos/process/locale/it_IT/pag...
As for the argument that doubling the RAM is going to encourage sloppy Windows like programming, I don't think so. Do you really imagine that the indended audience of this machine is going to be writing 256 or more mega bytes of code? I suggest that anyone who wants to impose such constraints look ...
Farnell could learn a lot from companies like Amazon that actually make it easy to spend your money with them, in the meantime I'm stuck! Tim. I suppose that both RS and Farnell are willing to do business with everyone. I've ordered a bunch of items from RS Italy without any problem. When I tried t...
I dont know when you last went to a school but from primary up they mainly have interactive whiteboards with projectors run from the teachers laptop/computer. I see that you're writing from Great Britain. I'm writing from Italy, school maintenance is awfully underfunded, so happens that in some sch...
I think that the most useful feature for a model C, useful also for educational purposes, is to replace the ethernet interface with a wi-fi interface. So, given the fact you have a composite output, you can esalily repurpose a language learning room, that is tipically equipped with VCR/DVD and colou...
I think that for urban bublic tranportation there's a well proven solution: the trolleybus. Modern trolleybus, fpr malue of moderm equal to built after WWII have a battery pack that is charged by the over wires. In some cities there's arleady a car sharing service, so car that could use the trolleyb...
It's possible for someone like me, living in Italy, to order a Raspberry Pi and in the same order put other related items? I don't have a VAT number, so when I try to order the Pi I can't add other items to the basket. I could make two orders, but this mean twice the postage, and if the other items ...
Sorry we couldn't discuss this before - I've been dying to all weekend but contractually FORBIDDEN. Although we have been dropping big, fat hints to some of you. (And some of our partners have been a little...leaky.) A very important point: if you have already ordered from either RS or Farnell but ...
One minor suggestion for the section about network (Ethernet) Leads. There are a plethora of sub-types (Cat5, Cat6, etc). Best to state explicitly whether only certain types or just all types (all categories) of Ethernet cable can be used. This is easy: the cable used must be Cat 5 or better (cat 5...
I've found a rather strange behaviour about PAL colour detection. I've a really old TV set PAL only, that displays the images in colour. I've also a newer, multistandard (PAL/SECAM/NTSC) that displays the images in colour without problems. I've a dual standard (PAL/NTSC) TV set, that is the newest T...
Interesting RF modulator where did it originally come from?? Richard S. It's a kit from Nuova Elettronica. http://www.nuovaelettronica.it/prodotti/kit/televisione-progetti-vari/modulatore-video-vhf-45-85-mhz-1-1413 It was a module of a test pattern generator. The interesting thing is that transmits...
These adaptors contain no active or passive electronic components. They only change the physical size and re-route the contacts. So what happens with my adapter is quite puzzling. I suppose that excessive mechanical tolerance in the adapter or in the microSD card can make the contacts between the c...
I have a warning for everybody is using a micro sd card with a microSD/SD adapter with the Raspberry Pi. The first memory I used wit the Pi was a 4 GB SDHC class 4 card, I bought in a brick and mortar store. Sometimes the Pi didn't boot, the green led wasn't blinking. I got an empty Trascend SDHC ca...
I see it's a Trinitron. I used to have to play with them many years ago. Your problem is not the Pi, it's the monitor itself. If you are courageous you can take the back off. Inside are a lot of controls, some of which affect the geometry. Some are tweaks on the main board, while others are on the ...
http://i.imgur.com/OYsg7s.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UsgIps.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2bz7ps.jpg Here some pictures of my Pi connected to an old colour TV set. In the 1st photo you couls see the tv displaying a faint LXDE desktop due the flash light, and underside a keyboard, a powered hub, the Raspberry ...
I've found a wall power supply rated 5V/1A, originally for a powered USB hub, and bought an usb PCB connector and a 2200 uF/10V capacitor. I beheaded the original connector and soldered the pcb connector and the capacitor on the output lead. http://i.imgur.com/vqB85s.jpg Only a photo of the soldere...
I'm sure you know, but for anyone reading this...if you have a super-old / super-basic TV you can plug a VCR with additional composite inputs into the coaxial/antenna connector and then plug the RPi into one of the VCR's inputs. just to make sure no one gets confused Not sure if my clarification wa...
Hello, my name is Michele, or if you prefer Mike, i live in Italy, near Torino, and I'm a 41 years old engineer that programs almost in Java at work. At home, I don't prgram a lot, as I prefer to thinker with things. I've a vhf/uhf amateur radio station, and a bunch of satellite television gear. I'v...
Output: 5V-700mA Can I use it with my RasPi? Also, what does 10-20VA mean? I've had my RasPi for two days and initially I started with a brick power supply rated 5V 700 mA ad originally used as a battery charger: it has a LED that is green without load and becomes yellow then read as the current dr...
Hello to all, especially from who's reading from Italy. Last tuesday, I've made an order to RS Italy. I've had ordered a cable, an SDHC card, a case for the Raspberry and a power supply with mini USB connector. Due the fact I haven't a VAT ID, RS Italy refused to sell me the case AND the power suppl...
I ordered my Raspberry Pi at 12 September and received it at 18 September from Farnell UK (I live in Italy). Fast delivery, but I was disappointed because I received rev1 board! :evil: Hello everybody. this is my first message. I'm also from Italy. I made the order to Farnell on september 20th. Rec...
