Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from a RasPi
Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 8/Jan/13 19:34 | Jan8: Tobias/ Amazon EU is currently selling the Mororola Atrix docking station (originally intended to extend one of their smartphones onto a netbook and priced at rather steep 299€) at ~70€. This is a perfect extension for the Raspberry pi as it also can be used to extend the PI with HDMI TFT screen, keyboard, battery and touchpad into a nearly perfect portable device (if you don't mind the Pi is hanging rather loosely at the back.) Received mine today and the only thing I needed was a small µHDMI to full-HDMI adapter plus a USB cable and it works like a charm. Just realized Amazon UK sells the same thing at ~80 UKP. Still a bargain. Just in case you are still looking for a good keyboard and screen for your PI. There is a nice video about this combination here (not mine). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZkz_a52I6sfeature=player_embedded I have everything now except the final hdmi adapter (from China!). It beats me how they can do it for £2 or so including postage. Have you figured out how to use the two std USB sockets? The Motorola is a mightily fine piece of kit. It has some mightily odd 'characters' - presumably for the phone. What keyboard mapping - US presumably? I might even look out for the phone! Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from Raspberry Pi
Dave Walker wrote, on 9/Jan/13 12:05 | Jan9: Dave/ Regarding the USB, then yes the newer Pi's can back-power through their standard USB ports. If you have an older Pi with polyfuses on the USB ports, then the easiest thing to do is the 'PiPass' mod which connects the +ve and Ground wires of the micro USB and normal USB together on the Pi itself. Yes I noticed they had decided the std USB ports could provide more power. I presume one shorts the three polyfuses as well. Do you have a link to the mod? Googling fails, although there are *plenty* of references to it. It will save me back-engineering the connector pins. Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from Raspberry Pi
Hi Tony, On 11/01/13 16:49, Tony Firshman wrote: Do you have a link to the mod? Googling fails, although there are *plenty* of references to it. It will save me back-engineering the connector pins. I'm not sure about the PiPass mod of which you speak, but I soldered a couple of short bits of wire over the two USB polyfuses on my Pi - with no ill effects. If your eyes are like mine, a decent magnifier will come in handy. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from Raspberry Pi
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 11/Jan/13 16:51 | Jan11: Hi Tony, On 11/01/13 16:49, Tony Firshman wrote: Do you have a link to the mod? Googling fails, although there are *plenty* of references to it. It will save me back-engineering the connector pins. I'm not sure about the PiPass mod of which you speak, but I soldered a couple of short bits of wire over the two USB polyfuses on my Pi - with no ill effects. If your eyes are like mine, a decent magnifier will come in handy. He he - I am used to soldering .5mm pitch pins on Romdisq. No - the fuses are trivial. I meant the GND and +5V pins on the USB connectors. It would not be too hard to work it out, but it would save time to see a picture. Oddly Googling finds plenty of references to the mod, but no-one gives a link! Tony -- t...@firshman.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Building a netbook from Raspberry Pi
On 11/01/2013 04:51, Norman Dunbar wrote: Hi Tony, On 11/01/13 16:49, Tony Firshman wrote: Do you have a link to the mod? Googling fails, although there are *plenty* of references to it. It will save me back-engineering the connector pins. I'm not sure about the PiPass mod of which you speak, but I soldered a couple of short bits of wire over the two USB polyfuses on my Pi - with no ill effects. If your eyes are like mine, a decent magnifier will come in handy. Cheers, Norm. You suggest a magnifier, Norman, and I have binocular spectacles like the ones surgeons use, with a long working distance, and they are marvellous when one is used to them. But what can I do about doddery hands, except perhaps build a R-pi robot? Bryan H ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
