[GLLUG] Raspberry Pi, An ARM Linux box for $25. Take a byte!

[Bryan Laur]

 > Another ethernet port can be plugged into the USB port. The existing
 > ethernet port is on the USB bus as well, so performance won't be
 > great. But you weren't ever going to be passing traffic through this
 > thing at line rate anyway.
I had not realized that the port was on the USB Bus.
That is slightly disappointing.

 > I might build a streaming audio client around it. Just general
 > tinkering otherwise.
Keep in mind that the audio output on this thing is probably very poor.
If you care about your ears, you may want to consider using a USB DAC or 
possibly plugging the device into a receiver that takes in HDMI.




On 10/1/2011 5:20 PM, Charles Ulrich wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Bryan Laur<bjlaur at mtu.edu>  wrote:
>> They need a dual gb ethernet version.
>>
>> Getting closer and closer to the ability to build your own router for under
>> about the same price you can buy one.. And then put freebsd on it.
>
> Another ethernet port can be plugged into the USB port. The existing
> ethernet port is on the USB bus as well, so performance won't be
> great. But you weren't ever going to be passing traffic through this
> thing at line rate anyway.
>
>> So, what are people thinking of using this for?
>
> I might build a streaming audio client around it. Just general
> tinkering otherwise.
>
>> It's very cheap, but what do I need HDMI for?
>
> It's intended to be a ridiculously cheap computer (by western
> standards, I guess) for children to learn to program on. By including
> composite and HDMI video outputs, it can be connected to the majority
> of televisions worldwide.
>
>> Am I lead to believe this can decode high def video?
>
> It would appear so, as long as the codec is H.264. This may not have
> been an intentional design decision, as it comes with the Broadcom
> chip they chose.
>
>> On 10/1/2011 7:39 AM, Philip J. Robar wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
>>>
>>> Broadcom BCM2835 Media ProcessorSoC:
>>> http://www.broadcom.com/products/BCM2835
>>>      ARM 11 @ 700 MHz
>>>      Broadcom Dual Core VideoCore IV GPU
>>> HDMI 1080P video and audio
>>> 3.5mm analog audio
>>> USB
>>> SPI, I2C, I2S, UART and a fair bit of GPIO at 3.3V
>>> MIPI CSI-2&    DSI
>>> Input voltage is 6-20V, at a few hundred milliamps
>>> Consumes 1W at full load
>>>
>>> Runs Fedora or Debian
>>>
>>> $25 Model A with 128 MB RAM
>>> $35 Model B with 256 MB RAM and LAN9512 10/100
>>>
>>> Production is supposed to start sometime in November.
>>>
>>> Lots of details here: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard
>>> including links to articles and videos.
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
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