On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 12:35:13PM -0700, jim@jpes.com wrote:
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>  I admit that I am a little naive on the Raspberry Pi.
>  What is it?

Sub 50$ USD computer. ARM processer with 256MB of RAM.

>  and what is all the excitement about?

Full HDMI video
Open platform
Runs Linux
Full speed USB
Fits in the palm of your hand

It's the next generation of plug computer and like all computing technology
it gets smaller, faster, better, and cheaper each generation.

The applications are endless. Print servers that you stick to the back of
printer. Media servers or clients for every TV in the house. Wireless
Monitoring/automation. Car computers that can plug into the electrical
jack of the car... Endless.

The Foundation is looking to get development computers back into the hands
of kids again to noodle and develop. But by partnering with big box
electronics distributors, we'll all get an opportunity to benefit while
contributing to the primary goal as the foundation gets a slice of every
sale.

BAJ


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>  Regards,
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>  Jim
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> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [OT] Can anyone confirm Raspberry Pi shipping ?
> > From: John Ferrell <jferrell13@triad.rr.com>
> > Date: Mon, March 05, 2012 1:04 pm
> > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
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> > It seems to me that after you have the working prototype that it should=
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> > not take long to build. PC boards, parts, assemble, Test (maybe?)
> > Not knowing instruction set, architecture, available software or=20
> > intended additional documentation I think I ordered one with RS but I=20
> > did not get anything in the way of a confirmation. Bare metal is fine=20
> > with me if there is enough information about the interfacing details. I=
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> > it takes a year to sort it out I can accept that. In fact, the Project=
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> > has such good intentions that if I just plain lose $50, I will be more=
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> > concerned about the folks trying to put this together.
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> > The price is like an Arduino with a lot more promise!
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> > 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).
> > >
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> > Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)
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