I recently built a small Pi machine with a 4.5" screen. They really are lovely little boards.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_gYOWg5M0deDZvdzhvNjUwUk0/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_gYOWg5M0dTEFZWVdRUDhFOG8/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw_gYOWg5M0dbXlWQ19tS1N4d0k/view?usp=drivesdk On 12 May 2016 8:48 p.m., "Howard Pepper" <[email protected]> wrote: > Willard, > > I've got a growing collection of Raspberry Pi units (two RPi "B" > models, one RPi "B 2" model, one RPi "B 3" model). I'm currently using the > two RPi "B" models on my Broadband-Hamnet MESH network, and haven't built > the other two yet. Got to say, I love them! They cost a bit more than your > CHIP card, but hey, I've already paid for them ;) > > I've been thinking about attaching my RPi "B 3" unit to an LCD > monitor, and make a stand-alone computer unit out of it. I should probably > see if I can get Mono installed (via apt) and run laddiealpha. > > Howard > > > On 05/12/2016 03:26 PM, Willard Goosey wrote: > >> So, I was given a CHIP (getchip.com) and I've been playing with it... >> >> CHIP is a credit-card sized computer with an ARM CPU, 512M RAM(?) and >> 4GB of flash. For $9... >> >> Anyway after much apt-get I have a mostly reasonable dev system and I >> compiled dlplus on it. With an FTDI usb-to-rs232 adapter it worked fine! >> >> (I know, I know, laddiealpha. Mono is going to take me *at least* all >> night to download. I'll get to it!) >> >> Admittedly the USB route isn't the greatest for a portable setup, but >> CHIP also has 3V UART I/O pins that would only require a >> level-converter... >> >> Willard >> > >
