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Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/18/2014 11:11:04 PM

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Any one experienced at all using a raspberry pi(super small and cheap computer that's low energy consuming)?Kinda considering purchasing one to do word processing and maybe integrate it into some climate control apprentice(green house) or as a designated printer driver,but I don't know if they're reliable.I also don't know how hard they are to program,it looks easy nuff,I mean I remember using Linux years ago and I've used some Linux machines sparingly off and on over the past few years,but I have no experience programing anything really since learning html back in 05,and before that,just some random tinkering on an old amiga....

So I come to you internet,should I sink the cash into a cheap extension manager or not?

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 3:06:19 AM

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Maybe an integration of an Arduino or two and a raspberry pi......

I'm speaking greek to ya'll,aren't I......

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 4:26:55 AM

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nope I know what you are talking about sorta kinda, my pet has one and is planning to use arduino as well, for under spandex clothing for vibes and sensors. And around the house, security, lights, etc, so far hes very happy with it, but I dont know the ins and outs of it, I have been searching out resources and ideas.
Gimme a shout if there is anything Ive mentioned that might help???

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 4:50:48 AM

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Haha,that reminds me of my visit to the sex museum in nyc yeeeearrss ago.One of the exhibits was of a "cyber suit",a latex suit with wires and servos and all sorts of crazyness that was plugged into a modem,and manipulated online by another cyber suit wearer.the things came out in the 90's,so I can only imagine what lag that must have been waiting fer yer partner to log on via dial up lol

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 4:54:21 AM

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nope I know what you are talking about sorta kinda, my pet has one and is planning to use arduino as well, for under spandex clothing for vibes and sensors. And around the house, security, lights, etc, so far hes very happy with it, but I dont know the ins and outs of it, I have been searching out resources and ideas.
Gimme a shout if there is anything Ive mentioned that might help???

well,you mentioned that he's planning to use it fore these kinds of applications,but has he actually set it up to do anything yet,and if so,did it ever crash

one thing I'm trying to find out how reliable they are,I don't wanna kill a whole tank of fish cause the damn thing bricked up and crashed at some odd hour in the morning

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 4:55:20 AM

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il check with him, I know he hasnt had it crash, but...will get back to you when I find out:)

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 5:02:09 AM

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thanks,yer fucking awesome

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 5:24:22 AM

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shhhhhhhhhh dont tell anyone:)

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 6:01:32 AM

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I have two, I use one as a VPN server and printer controller (AirPrint and plain old CUPS), I'm connected through that one from my office right now. Let me get some stats...

Right now it's been up for 31 days (I try to remember to restart it every now and then, but obviously forget quite a bit, and so far it's never been necessary, load averages 0.00, 0.01. 0.05, so the little board isn't exactly being stressed by what I use it for.

My second one is idle right now because... well, it stopped working and I have to check why. I used it for a couple of months as a media player, it manages high def content without any trouble, it can stream content from the web just fine, but it's not snappy, the menus are a little sluggish, and it has restarted itself a couple of times, RASPMBC stresses it a little more, it mostly works fine, but it doesn't handle the load as effortlessly as it handles console-only Debian, but I haven't overclocked it, that might make a difference.

As for the programming, it's Linux, if you have experience with Linux you should be fine, I've only had to worry about shell scripts, if you want to do anything more complex you may have to pick a language and be ready to program in it, but it shouldn't be overly hard.

So far, the most important use I have for my Pis is the VPN server, and it handles that beautifully.

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 6:20:10 AM

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Maybe an integration of an Arduino or two and a raspberry pi......

I'm speaking greek to ya'll,aren't I......

I'm happy you specified Greek. I wasn't sure what language that was.

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 7:35:55 AM

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From what I can tell they work very well and are very stable under linux with low demand applications. Most controls systems like you are referring to would be of that type.

That DOESN'T mean that a program you write for it will be stable. I'd suggest setting up the tank and running the system for a month without any fish in the tank just to be certain. Don't forget to make sure the application is loaded automatically with the OS in case of power outages.

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 8:29:15 AM

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If you need ideas:

http://www.themagpi.com/

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 2:03:29 PM

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ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown

Any one experienced at all using a raspberry pi(super small and cheap computer that's low energy consuming)?Kinda considering purchasing one to do word processing and maybe integrate it into some climate control apprentice(green house) or as a designated printer driver,but I don't know if they're reliable.I also don't know how hard they are to program,it looks easy nuff,I mean I remember using Linux years ago and I've used some Linux machines sparingly off and on over the past few years,but I have no experience programing anything really since learning html back in 05,and before that,just some random tinkering on an old amiga....

So I come to you internet,should I sink the cash into a cheap extension manager or not?

It's still a Linux box so if you can deal with that you can deal with a Raspberry Pi. For simple stuff any scripting language will work. Keep in mind the memory is fairly limited.

I like messing around with it since I can write the code on the PC transfer it to the SD card and plug it into the Raspberry Pi and test it pretty easily.

Not really sure why or if you'd really want to do word processing on one. It is more intended for projects and embedded stuff.

For an ultra cheap PC you might look into the chrome box.

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 2:06:32 PM

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Thank you all fer yer input
I only found out bout these lil things two days ago,but there seems to be alot of info available on them(especially compared to their counterparts,the beaglebone,ect)

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My second one is idle right now because... well, it stopped working and I have to check why.

thanks for the info,and needless to say,I'm very curious to know what happened...

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ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel
That DOESN'T mean that a program you write for it will be stable. I'd suggest setting up the tank and running the system for a month without any fish in the tank just to be certain. Don't forget to make sure the application is loaded automatically with the OS in case of power outages.

I'll have to run the tank for bout a month anyway(setting up the saprobiotic bacteria,ect),either empty,or with sacrificial fish(gold fish).As fer power outages,the raspberry doesn't take much juice,so I should be able to find one of those phone recharging batteries that can act as a back up to the massive 3.5w needs of the pi(there are a few that I've been looking into that can route external power directly to the "phone"while charging it's own battery,and can take over the power needs once it's been "unplugged".for how long depends on how much I wanna spend,but one for 45 bucks should leave me with about 5 hours,heck,maybe I can make a power bank of a bunch of cheap ones).

but thanks fer yer suggestions

I'm also planing on using the Pi to program and manage an Arduino(or two) that would actually run the system.
Arduino's seem to be the better tool for the task of simple automation,and they run on less power(neither of them are exactly power hogs).

as for what kind of arduino's I'll haveta use,well,haven't gotten that far yet lol

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 2:11:00 PM

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For an ultra cheap PC you might look into the chrome box.

I already got a mac cube lol

as for word processing,yeah,that was kinda stupid idea,althou there are plenty of sd cards with 1g or more of space.

altho the more I look at them,the more I'm tempted to make a raspberry pi arcade machine lol

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 6:41:40 PM

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I'm also planing on using the Pi to program and manage an Arduino(or two) that would actually run the system.
Arduino's seem to be the better tool for the task of simple automation,and they run on less power(neither of them are exactly power hogs).

as for what kind of arduino's I'll haveta use,well,haven't gotten that far yet lol

Arduino's will do the job but they run C or C++ which might be tough if you aren't a serious coder.

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RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? - 3/19/2014 8:12:33 PM

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And here I always considered C a lower level language. <grin>

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