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solar3000

.................. So you spent your cash before researching what you were paying for :o Texy No mention of LED or no LED at Swag, Pihut, Pimeroni or AdaFruit that I can find. And I'm certain I've seen someone mention a flashing LED on the "official" wifi in a post in the forum. MrEngman A bit tent...

solar3000

I finally got a pair. Just received two WIFI dongles from raspberry pi. I plugged it in and ... it works fine. Now, where are the lights? No lights? So you spent your cash before researching what you were paying for :o Texy How would I know it does not have lights? All dongles have lights. Its expe...

solar3000

It should have an LED. People who don't like it can use a pair of tweezers. Or tape. LED with a high value resistor can use just a few micro amps. Hardly a waste. I have several D-Link routers that have blue LEDs at full blast and at night, I don't need to turn on the ceiling lights. See, I have doz...

solar3000

Are you kidding? There are many uses. I have well over 20 pis.

You can use them as:
* wifi access point
* router
* tor
* web server ( small loads )
* file server
* alarm clock
* data logger
* camera
* portable pc
* IR camera, 'night scope'

solar3000

I finally got a pair.

Just received two WIFI dongles from raspberry pi. I plugged it in and ... it works fine.

Now, where are the lights? No lights?

solar3000

does gimp work well on the pi?
what about pinta paint?

solar3000

make 'CFLAGS=-Wall -g -O2 -w'

solar3000

I use a regular 3.5 inch HDD. I use an external USB box with its own plug-in power supply.
Not wise to plug a hard drive directly into the pi.

solar3000

What? My son was 5 when he played with a raspberry pi.
once its running, there isn't much of a difference. except maybe slower and more limited, obviously.
and why not? if he breaks it, get him a $5 pi zero.

also, his 2 year old brother keeps wanting to play with it too.

solar3000

jamesh wrote:Very unlikely for Xmas.

So the answer is 'yes'?
Every time you guys say 'never' it happens the next day.

solar3000

So why are you frustrating yourself trying to bite your monitor?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=so ... s&_sacat=0

solar3000

Never seen those before. Sounds interesting.
Doesn't look very reliable. I guess the pins are expanded. So I guess if you sneeze you would ruin your device.

solar3000

Sorry I keep getting the T and the M mixed up in ATMEL. I say it like I spell it too - wrong. Its hard to say it anyway. Anyway, you can yank out the power source of an arduino at anytime because its a micro controller not a full computer that boots up and reads and writes. As many of you have alrea...

solar3000

The AMTEL chip's built in memory is only written with a special device. Once you unplug that writer, you can unpower your arduino any time. You can under power it anytime.
SD cards are read-write.

solar3000

I have more than 10 of those. Those work well with the pi because of their low power requirements. I have a few other ones that are also low power. But this one seems well supported.
I bought so many of these because the 'official' wifi dongle is no where to be found in stores.

solar3000

What are you talking about?
You mean you want to solder a header or a 40 pin connector to the pi zero?
Any standard one would do. Just cut it down to 20 + 20.
You can get those anywhere. They're cheap.

solar3000

I charge $200 an hour.

solar3000

Raspberry PI dead!?

Every time I see this I'm thinking RPF has filed bankruptcy.

Perhaps this would be better:

Is my Raspberry PI dead!?

solar3000

what about in the USA?

solar3000

any cheap black silicon diode will work.

solar3000

solar3000

You should make a video.

solar3000

jamesh wrote: Already done it. I have castigated myself thoroughly. I cannot believe I let someone like me post stuff like that. I should ban myself immediately and delete all my own posts.

Good. Now that you no longer exist...

Wait did you say you 'castr...'? Oh, castigate!

solar3000

Ignore JS, he talketh male cow faeces. Do you means the B+ or the B2? The B2 is likely to be produced for some time, and the B+ is still available, but demand is low (B2 much better) so production is also low. There are no guarantees on any of these, but note that SW support is still there for ALL ...

solar3000

The micro USB host is be cause of size constraints.
But the MINI HDMI is weird because a micro HDMI is more common and is well....smaller and take up less space on the circuit board. And a mini HDMI is less common. I've seen them in specs and I've seen cables, but never seen it on an actual device.

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