Wouter just wrote that down -- basically a computer sized of a credit card -- no fancy boxing, looks like a demo board, but you can attach your TV as a screen and your existing keyboard and mouse to it and you get a Linux based computer. All for 25 pounds (without the TV and the keyboard and the mobile phone charger which powers it)! Tamas On 5 March 2012 19:35, wrote: > > I admit that I am a little naive on the Raspberry Pi. > What is it? and what is all the excitement about? > > Regards, > > Jim > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [OT] Can anyone confirm Raspberry Pi shipping ? > > From: John Ferrell > > Date: Mon, March 05, 2012 1:04 pm > > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > > > > > It seems to me that after you have the working prototype that it should > > not take long to build. PC boards, parts, assemble, Test (maybe?) > > Not knowing instruction set, architecture, available software or > > intended additional documentation I think I ordered one with RS but I > > did not get anything in the way of a confirmation. Bare metal is fine > > with me if there is enough information about the interfacing details. I= f > > it takes a year to sort it out I can accept that. In fact, the Project > > has such good intentions that if I just plain lose $50, I will be more > > concerned about the folks trying to put this together. > > > > The price is like an Arduino with a lot more promise! > > > > On 3/5/2012 12:11 PM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > > On 5/3/2012 5:59 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > > >> I have read few articles about this device but still not very clear > what > > >> can you do with this? Only learning programming with some Logo style > > >> language? Or can you browse the internet with it? Can you use/instal= l > SkyPe > > >> and OpenOffice on it? > > > It is basically a big ARM chip (with video hardware), RAM, some > > > boot-flash, and a memory card. It runs Linux, but probably not on par > > > (speedwise) with your current desktop. AFAIK (and what interests me > > > most) is that you can also use it bare-metal, as a low-cost processor > > > board, using every language that can target ARM (uncluding all GCC > > > variations). > > > > > > > -- > > John Ferrell W8CCW > > Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good > example. > > Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) > > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .