My Pi B is permanently connected to the serial port of my Model 4P. On May 12, 2016 3:10 PM, "James Zeun" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >>> >> >>
