I'm fortunate in that my other half works for one of the main resellers of Pi gear. So getting hold of bits is fairly easy. I'm always finding uses for them.
The tiny computer I posted links to, is just one of the projects I've built. They're a lot of fun! On 13 May 2016 2:20 p.m., "Howard Pepper" <[email protected]> wrote: > Raspberry Pi's are like potato chips... nobody can have just one ;) > > > On 05/12/2016 04:41 PM, Shaun M. Wheeler wrote: > > 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 >>>> >>> >>> >
