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#1 SpleenBeGone

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:16 AM

I'm thinking a tiny aluminum housing, making using a flash stick as the hard drive. I wonder how small I could go?

Edit: just realized it uses SD storage. >.>
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:27 AM

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What would you do with it? >.>

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:29 AM

I dunno. Probably just do a project guide to attract traffic to the site.
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:30 AM

I've wanted one for a while. Pretty nifty - comes with Raspian (sp?) which has Python on it already.

I can't decide what I would do with it. I saw someone use it as a printdock, he could send stuff to it through his phone and print it out.

Definitely a neat little toy, though.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:35 AM

That's pretty neat.

I don't know what I'd do with it either, but I'd start by making a fancy little holder for it.
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:41 AM

There's a pretty good market for the cases ATM, if you come up with a sleek looking one I'd consider trying to sell them.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:42 AM

Oh I had no idea. >.>
time to pick up some end mills and flush cut bits for my router. >.>
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:47 AM

One of the things I wanted to do with this is make it battery powered. (probably 4 double AAs)
I'm sure most of us have seen those minty USB chargers - same concept. No idea how long it would last on this though.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:55 AM

One of the things I wanted to do with this is make it battery powered. (probably 4 double AAs)
I'm sure most of us have seen those minty USB chargers - same concept. No idea how long it would last on this though.


I'de think that 4 AA rechargables would power it for at least an hour, hopefully more

just speculation, but @$25 it probably doesn't use much power

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 12:21 PM

One of the things I wanted to do with this is make it battery powered. (probably 4 double AAs)
I'm sure most of us have seen those minty USB chargers - same concept. No idea how long it would last on this though.

It's rated to consume 700mA, so about two and a half hours with standard alkali batteries. You could get much longer time out of a pair of 3v lithium batteries, for a smaller size as well.
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Posted 21 September 2012 - 03:01 PM

Raspberry Pi lego super computer. http://www.tomshardw...inux,17596.html
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Posted 21 September 2012 - 03:21 PM

+1 for the use of the term Super Raspberry Pi

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 03:22 PM

Epic, isn't it?
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Posted 21 September 2012 - 03:47 PM

indeed.

I like how the legos are actually on the board xD

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Posted 21 September 2012 - 03:51 PM

Haha, yes.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 11:16 AM

I've ordered one, although I have no flippin' clue what I'm going to do with it.
Learn Python, I guess.

0_o

They're just so cool! I'm going to make a little oak case for mine.

The super raspberry pi computer is amazing. That's among the best things I've ever seen, even discounting the fact that it's made of legos.
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 11:51 AM

I haven't gotten one yet, I was waiting on the new series, which may well be out by now.
And yeah, it's pretty epic. >.>

Let us know what you figure out to do with yours. :)
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 12:01 PM

1 TB of Memory? WOWOW! I want 128 of them moofas.

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Posted 22 November 2012 - 12:37 PM

Yeah, and let me know if you think of any crazy projects that I can engage in with mine. =P
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Posted 22 November 2012 - 12:37 PM

Think of the numbers you could crunch!
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