Raspberry Pi

[crenn]

I can't believe that there isn't a thread about this.... (Just did a search, could be I missed it somehow)

Have you pre-ordered yours yet? If you haven't why not? ;P

www.raspberrypi.org

Just for clarification, it's a credit card sized 700MHz ARM computer with 256MB of RAM, ethernet, 2 USB ports and an SD card slot.

I ordered one this morning, I don't think I'll see it any time soon though ;D

[TLHarrell]

Think they got a deal and bumped the RAM to 512. Would be a nice little toy to make a dedicated network video player from. I'm no programmer, so I'm waiting a bit to see what people make from it. Definitely interested though.

[OvRiDe]

We discussed it in another thread some. No 512 upgrade... they just upped the Model A's from 128 to match the Model B's 256. They were somewhat released today, but the 2 retailers had website issues with being crushed for orders. Give it a month or so and they should be readily available. With the GPIO's on them I see some real opportunities for the case modding scene. Also with its composite out we could put some of those old PSOne screens to use.

I am going to be picking at least one to try out with XBMC. Could make a nice tiny streaming device for the TV, and cheaper then a Roku or WDTV.

[Cale_Hagan]

i want one, for my car. hook it in to my touchscreen in dash dvd player, via rca. carputer time! its finally in motion....
of course i would get the wifi attachment, if i couldn't find a good atheros one for it.

[AmEv]

I see it being used as a dedicated audio stream receiving server.

[TLHarrell]

Audio streaming for my workshop would be fantastic. Being able to add presets from another system on the network would be awesome.

For a car computer, that'd be great. Be able to use wifi tethering through my Thunderbolt (rooted, of course) would be awesome.

Yeah, I was incorrect on the RAM. Went back and RTFA.

[SXRguyinMA]

The entire first order is sold out and it's quite the wait if you want one. I want one, but I'll just order one when I get to the point that I want to mess with it lol

[OvRiDe]

The reports I have seen so far are saying a new batch will be available in a month to six weeks. Considering they started developing and talking about them over the last 6 years, that's not too long..

[crenn]

Currently for me, it's a race between when I get my new plane and when I get a raspberry Pi xD

I believe that I'll get both in about a month or so. The plane order is on backorder due to a couple of items, as is the Farnell order I have which has multiple items (think I'd only get a Raspberry Pi? ;P ) some of which has already had an attempted delivery. I now need to pick it up from the courier's workshop.

[Cale_Hagan]

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/22953/...cup/index.html