[Dorset] Raspberry Pi IPO

Hi, For those who are interested, RPi's company was launched on the London Stock Exchange yesterday.  With some pretty early gains, it raised more than expected which valued the company at £166m; see https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv22jep9x5vo. It will be interesting to see how the company

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:45:36 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: > About the USB connections, I thought that the specified length for USB > connections was 5 Metres? Are you going further than that at WMT? No. The two Pis are in the same Equipment Case. -- Terry Coles --

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Do you not compile the C code before uploading it to an Arduino or similar? I've never used an Arduino but have always assumed that the compiler was in the IDE not the device. been using a Wemos D1 which has some of these features plus Wifi, and programmed in c. That's an interesting device

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Hi Terry, > You are guilty of selective quoting. :-) Ah, sorry. > When I referred to USB Networking, I was talking about the technique > described in your link. Yes, I see that now. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-02-02 20:00 Check to whom you are

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:17:49 GMT Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > USB Networking works extremely well. > > ... > > > traffic has still to be carried over USB and then be converted to > > TCP/IP in the Adaptor. > > So to clarify, it isn't USB networking. It's wired Ethernet or Wi-Fi >

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Hi Terry, > USB Networking works extremely well. ... > traffic has still to be carried over USB and then be converted to > TCP/IP in the Adaptor. So to clarify, it isn't USB networking. It's wired Ethernet or Wi-Fi networking with one of those network interface being connected to the Pi

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Hi, > I notice that it doesn't have WiFi, and I wonder if it could be programmed > from the Arduino IDE as 'c' is mentioned. Perhaps that will come. I have been > using a Wemos D1 which has some of these features plus Wifi, and programmed > in c. In my professional work this was often the

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:55:45 GMT Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: > That's true, if USB is fairly functional that perhaps USB NICs could be > made to work. It will still need a TCP/IP stack though. Yes agreed, which is why I only said that I would 'seriously consider' this device. :-) >

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On 21/01/2021 09:50, Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:25:02 GMT Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: >> This is a very interesting product. That said, I agree with you Terry in >> that I think it would have been hard to even get Ethernet to work with >> something like this, let alone

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Hi Hamish, > I must admit I struggle to see the difference between a > microcontroller and a very low end SoC/SBC, apart from the analogue > inputs (but AFAIK some SoCs/SBCs include analogue inputs too). I'd welcome corrections, this is just the impression I'm formed from programming a few

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:25:02 GMT Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote: > This is a very interesting product. That said, I agree with you Terry in > that I think it would have been hard to even get Ethernet to work with > something like this, let alone talking to a MySQL database - probably >

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On 21/01/2021 08:11, Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday, 21 January 2021 07:59:12 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: >> I notice that it doesn't have WiFi, and I wonder if it could be programmed >> from the Arduino IDE as 'c' is mentioned. Perhaps that will come. I have > Do you not compile the C code before

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On Thursday, 21 January 2021 07:59:12 GMT PeterMerchant wrote: > I notice that it doesn't have WiFi, and I wonder if it could be programmed > from the Arduino IDE as 'c' is mentioned. Perhaps that will come. I have Do you not compile the C code before uploading it to an Arduino or similar? I've

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Hi Peter, > and I wonder if it could be programmed from the Arduino IDE as 'c' is > mentioned. Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect Arduino joins the RP2040 family with one of its most popular formats: the Arduino Nano. The Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect combines the power of RP2040 with

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

On 21/01/2021 07:51, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Terry, https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/ New RP2040 SoC which they designed. - Dual-core 133MHz Arm Cortex-M0+. - 264 KiB on-chip RAM. - Support for up to 16MB of off-chip Flash memory on dedicated QSPI bus.

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

Hi Terry, > https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/ New RP2040 SoC which they designed. - Dual-core 133MHz Arm Cortex-M0+. - 264 KiB on-chip RAM. - Support for up to 16MB of off-chip Flash memory on dedicated QSPI bus. - Interpolator and integer divider

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Pico

This is interesting: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/ It's selling for £3.60 in the UK and comes with analogue inputs and multiple PWM outputs, so is ideal for the sort of physical computing that we've been doing at Wimborne Model Town. Having said that,

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi 400 Design

Apropos our discussion at the online Meeting last night, The Rapberry Pi Foundation have released this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/designing-raspberry-pi-400/ The big question that it answers for me is the thermal management issue. Early versions of the Pi 4 were subject to some major

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi GPIO connections.

> 1. Is it possible to file the opening on the crimp tool to make it slightly > larger and save the step of having to use the pliers to adjust the crimp > first? Probably not. The jaws are hardened steel and the best that could be hoped for is a bodge. > 2. What kind of soldering iron do you

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi GPIO connections.

On 08/05/2019 10:58, Terry Coles wrote: On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 10:54:25 BST PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: I had thought about the 10P Dupont Female Connector Housing which is available from CPC for £0.30 but the postage is expensive from them. I don't have the tool, but I am quite good at

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi GPIO connections.

On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 10:54:25 BST PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > I had thought about the 10P Dupont Female Connector Housing which is > available from CPC for £0.30 but the postage is expensive from them. I > don't have the tool, but I am quite good at removing the crimped wires from >

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi GPIO connections.

On 08/05/2019 10:10, Terry Coles wrote: https://www.ebay.co.uk/ itm/Dupont-Crimping-Tool-SN-28B-Crimper-Kit-Set-Connectors-Raspberry-PI-Arduino/ 264241871752?hash=item3d860afb88:m:mN2kfx7v7GKadkX4I3w6Vgg[2]). Thanks Terry, I thought that you would be the one to answer. I had thought about the

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi GPIO connections.

On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 09:10:55 BST PeterMerchant via dorset wrote: > I want to connect a few wires to R-Pi GPIO pins in a manner that I can swap > out the R-Pis if I need to. I have been looking for Molex headers but have > not found one that fits. I have glued two ten-way connectors together

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi GPIO connections.

I want to connect a few wires to R-Pi GPIO pins in a manner that I can swap out the R-Pis if I need to. I have been looking for Molex headers but have not found one that fits. I have glued two ten-way connectors together via a backing strip with a gap between them , but I don't have any more

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Motor control with Python

Hi Peter, > > Left > Right ... > movement = request.form['movement'] > print "post request received with movement: ", movement ... > The question is, in the HTML which 'left' do I change to 'turn'? the > first,second, third or fourth? Ideally, we'd see the whole in the HTML,

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Motor control with Python

All the motor control things that I have seen for the R-Pi control separate motors for the wheels on each side. My  thingy has a motor for the back wheels - (Forward/back) and a motor for the steering wheels. The software that I have nicked is as follows: HTML: Left

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Meet

Is anybody going to this? I can't make it as I have a houseful of family intent on celebrating my birthday. I would like to know how good it was, and whether they will have another - they haven't responded to my email on that.

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi and Raspbian Stretch

I have recently installed Raspbian Stretch on to a system and set it up like it's predecessor using Raspbian Jessie, but the web interface doesn't work because it gets a 404 error  cannot find favicon.ico. Has anybody else had similar situation with the R-pi? Peter M. -- Next meeting:

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On 18/09/17 14:37, Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday, 17 September 2017 11:52:00 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: BTW, this is all fairly basic shell scripting stuff, e.g. quoting with "" or '' or ``, with a little knowledge of how Unix works. I know you think you don't need to know it, and can stick with

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Sunday, 17 September 2017 11:52:00 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > BTW, this is all fairly basic shell scripting stuff, e.g. quoting with > "" or '' or ``, with a little knowledge of how Unix works. I know you > think you don't need to know it, and can stick with Python, or the > electronics, but

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > the messages are being echoed when I simply type 'sudo /etc/rc.local' > in a shell but not when it is executed at boot up. Another command for your rc.local test is logger -t terry this is logger > Also, I know the command is being executed correctly at boot up, > because,

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > Bob Dunlop wrote: > > exec rdate -v 192.168.0.2 > > This only occurred to me last night. When I put the command into my > script without preceding it with 'exec' it appears to work. According > to the references I've found for exec, (including its man page), the > command allows

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi, On Sun, Sep 17 at 07:18, Terry Coles wrote: > On Saturday, 16 September 2017 19:09:27 BST Bob Dunlop wrote: > > exec rdate -v 192.168.0.2 > > This only occurred to me last night. When I put the command into my script > without preceding it with 'exec' it appears to work. According to

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Ralph, Thanks for all the information. I'll probably not get round to looking at it for a few days because I shortly have to set off for the Midlands to collect my mother, who is staying with us for the week. I'll give it a whirl to see what's, what. Just at the moment though, I only have

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Saturday, 16 September 2017 19:09:27 BST Bob Dunlop wrote: > exec rdate -v 192.168.0.2 This only occurred to me last night. When I put the command into my script without preceding it with 'exec' it appears to work. According to the references I've found for exec, (including its man

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > Anyone know how to get the message to delay? Assuming "display". :-) I don't have a Raspbian to poke about, but I'm assuming /etc/init.d/rc.local exists and it's what runs /etc/rc.local if it's executable. Make sure it is. If you're using `echo foo' then that goes to standard

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Saturday, 16 September 2017 19:09:27 BST Bob Dunlop wrote: > exec rdate -v 192.168.0.2 Thanks. I copied some code from somewhere else ;-( Anyone know how to get the message to delay? -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-10-03 20:00 Meets,

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi, On Sat, Sep 16 at 06:16, Terry Coles wrote: ... > 2. I tried to put the command into an if structure to test to ensure that it > worked, eg > > if [ "rdate -v 192.168.0.2" ]; then > exit 0 > else > exit 1 > fi That's not the way to test the outcome of a command. The [ ] actually

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Saturday, 16 September 2017 16:53:24 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Some ports provide such trivial functionality that inet and xinetd do > the work themselves, and TCP and UDP port 37 is one of those. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinetd gives some more detail, and its > worked example is an

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Saturday, 16 September 2017 17:05:27 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Out of curiousity, what rebooted? Both devices. They both derive their power from the same 19 V PSU. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2017-10-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC,

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > The RTC kept perfect time. I then enabled 'broadcastclient' on [the > client] and on the next reboot the time on [the server] was reset to > the same (or nearly the same) as [the client]. Out of curiousity, what rebooted? Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday,

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > sudo rdate -v 192.168.0.2 > > and got connection refused. That tells you that the remote network stack replied saying there was nothing that was listening on the port you tried to contact. > Apparently, (according to the rdate man page), the time source 'is > usually implemented

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Monday, 11 September 2017 15:14:43 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > You might find an rdate(1) from the slave is simpler at boot time. I > don't know if Raspbian provides a server for the `time' port, but it's a > trivial thing. Well. I took your advice and started from a clean installation of

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Monday, 11 September 2017 15:14:43 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > More than one thing, I expect. It's possible your system is trying to > adjust the RTC based on the divergence it notices between boot-up and > shutdown. /etc/adjtime can be a sign of that, or > /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh. Then ntpd

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > but it looks like something is interfering with the clock when the > server is running. More than one thing, I expect. It's possible your system is trying to adjust the RTC based on the divergence it notices between boot-up and shutdown. /etc/adjtime can be a sign of that, or

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Sunday, 10 September 2017 12:32:49 BST Terry Coles wrote: > I've been reading the man page for hwclock to see what --hctosys and --systz > do and have been struggling to see how relevant this might be and I note > the reference to NTP. Bearing in mind that the NTP server is running on the >

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Sunday, 10 September 2017 18:01:50 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > There's a fair amount of work gone into configuring the system at the > > moment and I'd rather not have to rebuild it if I don't have to. > > I didn't mean trash your existing SD card's content, but use a spare > one. :-) :-)

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > There's a fair amount of work gone into configuring the system at the > moment and I'd rather not have to rebuild it if I don't have to. I didn't mean trash your existing SD card's content, but use a spare one. :-) > It is really confusing if the Sump Pi says that there was 700 mm

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

On Sunday, 10 September 2017 16:24:51 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > this makes us wait for up to 10 minutes before the system syncs, but > > when it does the two clocks are exactly the same. > > That's pretty lousy. It would be nice for the NTP server to know to > trust the RTC and be happy to

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Hi Terry, > this makes us wait for up to 10 minutes before the system syncs, but > when it does the two clocks are exactly the same. That's pretty lousy. It would be nice for the NTP server to know to trust the RTC and be happy to start serving it from the off. > The bad news is that I have

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Issue with hwclock

Guys, I'm still having problems with our installation at the WMT. I got NTP to work on the remote Pi by using Ralph's ntp-wait work-round; this makes us wait for up to 10 minutes before the system syncs, but when it does the two clocks are exactly the same. That's the good news. The bad

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero Memory cards

Hi Terry, what's the best place/price to get microSD cards for this. I see Wilko has Sandisk 8GB ones for £7. Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-02-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero Memory cards

On Friday 29 January 2016 09:34:00 Peter Merchant wrote: > Hi Terry, what's the best place/price to get microSD cards for this. I > see Wilko has Sandisk 8GB ones for £7. I just got a batch for the Model railway from MobiMemory https://mobymemory.com/uk/catalogsearch/

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

Hi Terry, > > B 700MHz 1-core ARM1176JZF-S512MiB > > Pi 2 900MHz 4-core ARM Cortex-A7 1024MiB > > Zero 1000MHz 1-core ARM1176JZF-S512MiB > > Yes. I was aware of the specs, but I must say that I was very > surprised at the difference. There is a new graphical

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Thursday 03 December 2015 22:47:47 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > The Zero is more like the model B, so that's not too surprising. > > B 700MHz 1-core ARM1176JZF-S512MiB > Pi 2 900MHz 4-core ARM Cortex-A7 1024MiB > Zero 1000MHz 1-core ARM1176JZF-S512MiB Yes. I was aware

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Friday 04 December 2015 10:38:37 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > a package search on the zero hadn't come back after around a minute of > > waiting and each click on a Category in the left-hand pane triggers an > > agony of waiting just to see what is listed. > > That sounds less like CPU and more

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Friday 27 November 2015 13:24:21 Terry Coles wrote: > Initially, I couldn't get any life out of mine, but it worked fine once I > downloaded the latest version of NOOBS from > https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/noobs/. That statement wasn't entirely accurate; when I wrote it I had created

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

** Terry Coles [2015-11-28 07:43]: > On Thursday 26 November 2015 14:38:21 Paul Tansom wrote: > > My local WHSmith had 6 in this morning, but were sold out before I went in. > > I've not had the chance to look anywhere else so I doubt I'll manage to get > > a copy :( > >

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:36:10 Terry Coles wrote: > I was expecting my copy today, (I'm a subscriber), but it wasn't with this > morning's post. Got the December MagPi today and it came with two cable adapters; one mini-HDMI to standard HDMI and one mini-USB to standard USB. If you

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Thursday 26 November 2015 14:38:21 Paul Tansom wrote: > My local WHSmith had 6 in this morning, but were sold out before I went in. > I've not had the chance to look anywhere else so I doubt I'll manage to get > a copy :( They've all gone now :-;

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

Hi, Hot off the press today is the launch of the latest Raspberry Pi Model. However, this isn't another hardware refresh with a bit more RAM, a few more clock cycles and maybe some additional I/O. Instead, this goes the other way. RAM size is back to 512 MB, CPU is back to single core and

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On 26/11/15 08:40, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Hot off the press today is the launch of the latest Raspberry Pi Model. However, this isn't another hardware refresh with a bit more RAM, a few more clock cycles and maybe some additional I/O. Instead, this goes the other way. RAM size is back to

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:28:25 Peter Merchant wrote: > On 26/11/15 08:40, Terry Coles wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Hot off the press today is the launch of the latest Raspberry Pi Model. > > However, this isn't another hardware refresh with a bit more RAM, a few > > more clock cycles and maybe

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On 26/11/15 09:36, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:28:25 Peter Merchant wrote: On 26/11/15 08:40, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Hot off the press today is the launch of the latest Raspberry Pi Model. However, this isn't another hardware refresh with a bit more RAM, a few more

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:36:10 Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:28:25 Peter Merchant wrote: > > Hi Terry, Is December MagPi mag out yet? > > According to one of the comments in the original article, it's been seen in > a Tesco store. Tesco Mannings Heath had two copies

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

On 26/11/15 12:09, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:36:10 Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:28:25 Peter Merchant wrote: Hi Terry, Is December MagPi mag out yet? According to one of the comments in the original article, it's been seen in a Tesco store. Tesco

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi Zero

** Peter Merchant [2015-11-26 12:31]: > On 26/11/15 12:09, Terry Coles wrote: > >On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:36:10 Terry Coles wrote: > >>On Thursday 26 November 2015 09:28:25 Peter Merchant wrote: > >>>Hi Terry, Is December MagPi mag out yet? > >>According to one of

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry PI 2 - Wireless Configuration - Invitation to edit

On 19/04/15 12:28, Tim wrote: On 19/04/15 11:47, Terry Coles wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrkwV XwA/edit?usp=sharinginvite=CMCfvdsE Hi Terry I don't seemed to have Peters email but if you are having a problem with Wireless USB adaptors and

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry PI 2 - Wireless Configuration - Invitation to edit

On Sunday 19 Apr 2015 12:28:06 Tim wrote: On 19/04/15 11:47, Terry Coles wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrk wV XwA/edit?usp=sharinginvite=CMCfvdsE I don't seemed to have Peters email but if you are having a problem with No, I just realised

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry PI 2 - Wireless Configuration - Invitation to edit

On Saturday 18 Apr 2015 20:17:59 Peter Merchant wrote: I've shared an item with you: Raspberry PI 2 - Wireless Configuration https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrkwV XwA/edit?usp=sharinginvite=CMCfvdsE I have an Edimax EW-7318USg USB adaptor, which lsusb

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry PI 2 - Wireless Configuration - Invitation to edit

On 19/04/15 11:47, Terry Coles wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrkwV XwA/edit?usp=sharinginvite=CMCfvdsE Hi Terry I don't seemed to have Peters email but if you are having a problem with Wireless USB adaptors and your Raspberry Pi I have a couple

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry PI 2 - Wireless Configuration - Invitation to edit

On 19/04/15 13:47, Peter Merchant wrote: On 19/04/15 12:28, Tim wrote: On 19/04/15 11:47, Terry Coles wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p3KpQjkeIEuN4kbaXCSHBlAlPfzVZd8finpMrkwV XwA/edit?usp=sharinginvite=CMCfvdsE Hi Terry I don't seemed to have Peters email but if you are having a

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi and 24 monitor

Hi Graeme, I'm thinking of getting one and sharing my 24 monitor with it via a KDM switch because once I've got it set up I will only need occasional video access. The only thing I can think of is it may not see the HDMI monitor when it's powered up, depending on the KVM, and not output a

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi and 24 monitor

I'm sure there are Raspberry Pi users in this group. I'm thinking of getting one and sharing my 24 monitor with it via a KDM switch because once I've got it set up I will only need occasional video access. Any experiences to share? Graeme -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-03-03

[Dorset] Raspberry Pi Jam Poole

I don’t know if you’re aware but Linux Format are organising a bash at the RNLI College in Poole this coming Saturday, tickets £5 and there are only about 10 left. I’ve just brought a couple for myself and partner, but you can register for tickets here if you’re interested:

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 18:04 +, Terry Coles wrote: For everyone's information, this month's Linux Format (LXF 156) has an excellent 7-page article on the Pi. It includes it's reason for being, specs, software available (now and at launch), educational stuff and a whole host of ways to

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:04:10 +, you wrote: For everyone's information, this month's Linux Format (LXF 156) has an excellent 7-page article on the Pi. It includes it's reason for being, specs, software available (now and at launch), educational stuff and a whole host of ways to use it,

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

On Sun, 2012-03-04 at 15:53 -0500, madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:58 Subject: Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi On Thursday 01 Mar 2012 11:22

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

On Friday 09 Mar 2012 13:12:50 Peter Merchant wrote: It looks to me that this is the best buy for a keyboard for it, when you consider that you also might want to add USB wireless networking, USB disc storage etc. http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/16686736/-/Product.html Can you get a driver

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

On Fri, Mar 09 at 01:12, Peter Merchant wrote: It looks to me that this is the best buy for a keyboard for it, when you consider that you also might want to add USB wireless networking, USB disc storage etc. Beware wireless even at 2.4GHz does not equate to WiFi or any other standard. Most

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

The ideal thing would be a USB keyboard with a built-in hub, Mac style. The USB wireless keyboard/mice are fine, the computer sees it as a USB HID device with a battery level monitor. Unfortunatly it will keep bugging you about low battery within days of changing them if you use rechargable

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi --- necessary accessories

On Fri, 2012-03-09 at 14:28 +, Bob Dunlop wrote: On Fri, Mar 09 at 01:12, Peter Merchant wrote: It looks to me that this is the best buy for a keyboard for it, when you consider that you also might want to add USB wireless networking, USB disc storage etc. Beware wireless even at

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

On Sunday 04 Mar 2012 15:53:01 madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: I'll get to try.For my Birthday I got a chocolate cake and a confirmation of an order of a raspberry pi for me. All I need now is a USB keyboard/mouse, and an HDMI to svga converter, and probably a few other bits! Keep us

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 16:47 +, Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday 04 Mar 2012 15:53:01 madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: I'll get to try.For my Birthday I got a chocolate cake and a confirmation of an order of a raspberry pi for me. All I need now is a USB keyboard/mouse, and an HDMI to svga

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

On Monday 05 Mar 2012 17:10:06 Peter Merchant wrote: On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 16:47 +, Terry Coles wrote: On Sunday 04 Mar 2012 15:53:01 madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: BTW. Your post had me totally bamboozled for a while. You put your response beneath the two 'hyphens' that denote the

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

-Original Message- From: Terry Coles d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 16:58 Subject: Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi On Thursday 01 Mar 2012 11:22:00 Dan Dart wrote: I just want to buy one at my nearest electronics shop

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

I got an order through yesterday, estimated delivery isn't until the middle of April though. On 1 March 2012 11:12, Peter Merchant madsmad...@netscape.net wrote: Anyone ordered one yet? I look forward to hearing about it, perhaps at the April LUG Meeting. Peter M. -- Next meeting:

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

I just want to buy one at my nearest electronics shop. Until that day happens, they don't exist. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-03-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report

Re: [Dorset] Raspberry Pi

On Thursday 01 Mar 2012 11:22:00 Dan Dart wrote: I just want to buy one at my nearest electronics shop. Until that day happens, they don't exist. I doubt that will happen any time soon. This is a barebones PC which, at this stage, is intended as a development station. The Educational Kit