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by Generalkidd
Tue Jan 28, 2020 5:46 am
Forum: Android
Topic: [DEV] LineageOS 16.0 (Android 9) for Raspberry Pi 3 B and B+
Replies: 55
Views: 30932

Re: [DEV] LineageOS 16.0 (Android 9) for Raspberry Pi 3 B and B+

How's the performance with Android 9 on the Pi 3 B+? I'm looking into buying a Raspberry Pi for game streaming and other media streaming, but I saw in other older posts that performance is iffy with Android on the Pi 3 B+ but that Android 7 runs great on the Pi 3 non plus model. Should I go with a n...
by Generalkidd
Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:09 pm
Forum: HATs and other add-ons
Topic: Connecting other displays?
Replies: 0
Views: 397

Connecting other displays?

So I'm still kind of new to the whole raspberry pi scene but I'm definitely trying to learn all the ins and outs and trying to understand how things work. I found this display online that I'd like to try to connect to my Raspberry Pi Zero (or perhaps another Raspberry Pi if it's not supported by the...
by Generalkidd
Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:58 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?
Replies: 7
Views: 3179

Re: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?

You won't be able to use the DSI connector. That is only compatible with the official Raspberry Pi display. You will probably need to make a custom interface which connects the display ribbon cable to some of the GPIO pins. Then you will need to locate, or write, some driver software for it. Yeah I...
by Generalkidd
Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:30 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?
Replies: 7
Views: 3179

Re: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?

The GPIO lines are built into the RPi; no need for extra hardware. As long as your display uses 3v TTL levels, you can just wire it directly to the RPi. It then just becomes a software problem :) How do I wire it to the GPIO lines though? It looks like the display has some kind of ribbon cable whic...
by Generalkidd
Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:31 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?
Replies: 7
Views: 3179

Re: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?

That's a pretty neat display. Do you know what price they accept for small quantities? A RPi0 or RPi3 can talk to that display using a "bit-banging" technique. You'll need to use at least 12 GPIO lines (8 data + clk + chip-select + R/W + D/C). You write all of the data pins, then toggle the clock p...
by Generalkidd
Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:36 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?
Replies: 7
Views: 3179

How do I connect an 8 bit parallel display?

I have a project idea I want to try out with a Pi Zero, maybe a Pi 3 if I need to. However, I need to be able to connect this display to it https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/2-4inch-transparent-oled-screen-240_60061413267.html It uses an 8bit Parallel Data with MPU (8080-series MPU) for the int...
by Generalkidd
Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Statistics do not a good core make. The standby and talk stuff above is more dependant on the software and the baseband performance than the CPU. Not a good comparison. The only really relevant one is the 720p decode performance,( but that's GPU, not CPU), where the...
by Generalkidd
Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:41 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<r>Jessie said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> As for battery life, it was unclear how good the battery life is on the x86 chips, but Intel claims battery life is competitive with ARM cpu's. I would imagine the power consumption of x86 has finally been brought down to ARM leve...
by Generalkidd
Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:21 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>I just saw Intel's demo of the their new Medfield chip at CES. Performance-wise it seems to be great on Android smartphones and tablets. It is a single-core CPU, but based on clock speed alone, it's a lot faster than all the high end ARM single cores I've seen. I think the high-end snapdragon pro...
by Generalkidd
Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:32 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>Jessie said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I think there's still potential for x86.<br/> <br/> <br/> There will be for a long time to come.  Intel will be able to keep ahead of the power curve for at least another 20 years.  Unfortunatly, you can't make a trace in a peice ...
by Generalkidd
Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:29 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>foobar said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I think there's still potential for x86.<br/> <br/> <br/> After decades of world domination of x86 i like the idea of having multiple vendors producing cpus. And linux and gcc  does not depend on a  special cpu since we have the s...
by Generalkidd
Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:37 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>putinxyj said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I believe, 2nd gen Raspberry Pi shuld be aimed at the next (to Raspberry Pi 1st gen) level of programmers, and should house dual-core / quad-core processor, and 1 GB RAM, as coders must lern from the very beginning to fully utilise multi-core architecture, allowin...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:25 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>Jessie said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I'm curious what your opinion is on other CPU architectures. Is ARM really the most power efficient? What about other architectures such as PowerPC or MIPS? How do those do architectures compare to x86-64 and ARM?<br/> <br/> I kno...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:54 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Remember that the Raspi is pretty much as cheap as you can get - even large large scale production in to account since the price paid for the SoC is as if buying very large numbers.<br/> <br/> Higher power Arm SoC's that support Ethernet are here - check out the Bro...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:52 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Other OS's?
Replies: 10
Views: 3138

Re: Other OS's?

<t>tonycollinet said: <br/> <br/> <br/> But how are you going to port it without access to the source code. I don't think MS are going to do that for you - even if it were possible.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> You don't need the Windows source code. Microsoft is releasing an ARM version of Windows 8 late...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:37 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RASBERRY AND WEB TV
Replies: 14
Views: 5876

Re: RASBERRY AND WEB TV

<t>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I'm hoping that whatever version of Linux that can be installed on this will support Adobe Flash Player. That way, assuming the browser is not a mobile browser, we'll be able to easily watch video content from websites like Youtub...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:13 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Other OS's?
Replies: 10
Views: 3138

Re: Other OS's?

<r>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> There are probably quite a few OS's that would run, (not windows 8 though – IMO).<br/> <br/> The problem is getting someone to port the OS to the device. It generally not an easy task, and it won't be done by the Foundation (although help will be offered if necessar...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:47 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Battery power
Replies: 68
Views: 24969

Re: Battery power

Just out of curiosity and this may sound like a stupid question, but how do you turn on the Raspberry Pi. Based on the pictures and schematics I've seen so far, I don't seen any power switches for turning it on or off. Does it just turn on automatically when connected to a power supply?
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:43 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Other OS's?
Replies: 10
Views: 3138

Re: Other OS's?

<t>Well, the minimum system requirements for Windows 8 require 1 GB of RAM as well as a DirectX 9 graphics card. Now I've seen Windows 7 run on hardware that's way below the minimum requirements. Of course you'll lack some of the visual effects of Windows 7, but other than that, it actually runs fin...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:33 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: RASBERRY AND WEB TV
Replies: 14
Views: 5876

Re: RASBERRY AND WEB TV

<t>I'm hoping that whatever version of Linux that can be installed on this will support Adobe Flash Player. That way, assuming the browser is not a mobile browser, we'll be able to easily watch video content from websites like Youtube and Hulu.<br/> <br/> Does anyone know if there's an ARM version o...
by Generalkidd
Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:25 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Other OS's?
Replies: 10
Views: 3138

Re: Other OS's?

<t>Chrome OS might be able to work, but you'd need to find the ARM version of it. Most versions of it currently only support the x86 architecture. And besides, Chrome OS is really only supplied to OEM manufacturers at the moment and you can't really get it anywhere else.<br/> <br/> Besides the Linux...
by Generalkidd
Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:31 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> liz said: <br/> <br/> <br/> And we'll certainly be looking at it, but I'll be surprised if it outperforms what we have already on multimedia; and I will eat this laptop if it comes in at a better price. Without sauce.<br/> <br/> <...
by Generalkidd
Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:12 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>liz said: <br/> <br/> <br/> And we'll certainly be looking at it, but I'll be surprised if it outperforms what we have already on multimedia; and I will eat this laptop if it comes in at a better price. Without sauce.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Lol I'd actually be a bit surprised as well if the price...
by Generalkidd
Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:48 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>JamesH said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Generalkidd said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Not sure if this has been brought up before, but I think that it'd be great if the next generation Rasberry Pi would include the new Intel Atom (Medfield) SoC. From what I've read about it, it seems its power consumption levels ar...
by Generalkidd
Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:54 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi
Replies: 272
Views: 75098

Re: Wishes for 2nd gen Raspberry Pi

<t>omgcatalin said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Windows in coming on ARM in autumn. So ARM is the right call for the moment and for the future.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> But the problem is, the majority of the Windows software library won't be compatible with ARM CPU's. Therefore, legacy applications will requir...

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