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From: "Joshua D. Johnson" To: hive76-discussion@googlegroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d043d64ab6ac95b04cb3d26bb --f46d043d64ab6ac95b04cb3d26bb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 *Sounds complicated. I was able to load the SD card with Wheezy (from windows) and figured out a really simple way of enlarging the Linux/Windows partition on the card and have started uploading software. My goal is to first have a fully capable >$100 computer for my 6 year old daughter. After that'll probably get another one and try getting a touchscreen USB monitor to work along with wifi etc. Alot of that seems complicated but maybe because I have zero Linux experience. I did get arduino working but found it not so useful since HDMI screens tend to not be portable. * * * *Thanks for sharing!* * * *JOSH * On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Steve Bate wrote: > I've been working on a couple of projects with the Pi. I've added a micro > wifi dongle and I'm investigating how to embed it into an Ikea Fado table > lamp. The lamp bulb will be replaced with RGB LEDs and color fading > patterns will be used to represent data the Pi pull downs from the net > (weather, traffic, stocks, email status, etc.). This is similar to an > "ambient orb" but would be more flexible/hackable and controllable by a > mobile phone or tablet. I've created a prototype at this point, but my LEDs > aren't bright enough (BlinkM MaxM) so I'm looking for something more > powerful. I want the lamp colors to be visible in full daylight and they > currently are only visible in a somewhat darkened room. > > I've also recently ported the ChibiOS/RT real-time operating system to the > Pi. The port currently supports thread scheduling, GPIO ports, a serial > data driver and I2C. I'm working on a driver for SPI and plan to do drivers > for PWM and a general purpose timer. After that, if I'm ambitious I might > try adding support for the USB host and LAN. My personal goal for this > project was education about bare metal programming and real-time operating > systems and it's definitely been very educational (and even fun, most of > the time :-) ) > > > -- > To post to this group, send email to hive76-discussion@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe send email to > hive76-discussion+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > For more awesome goto > http://groups.google.com/group/hive76-discussion?hl=en --f46d043d64ab6ac95b04cb3d26bb Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sounds complicated. I was abl= e to load the SD card with Wheezy (from windows) and figured out a really s= imple way of enlarging the Linux/Windows partition on the card and have sta= rted uploading software. My goal is to first have a fully capable >$100 = computer for my 6 year old daughter. After that'll probably get another= one and try getting a touchscreen USB monitor to work along with wifi etc.= Alot of that seems complicated but maybe because I have zero Linux experie= nce. I did get arduino working but found it not so useful since HDMI screen= s tend to not be portable.=A0

<= div>Thanks for sharing!

JOSH

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Steve Bat= e <st...@stevebate.net> wrote:
I've been working on a couple of project= s with the Pi. I've added a micro wifi dongle and I'm investigating= how to embed it into an Ikea Fado table lamp. The lamp bulb will be replac= ed with RGB LEDs and color fading patterns will be used to represent data t= he Pi pull downs from the net (weather, traffic, stocks, email status, etc.= ). This is similar to an "ambient orb" but would be more flexible= /hackable and controllable by a mobile phone or tablet. I've created a = prototype at this point, but my LEDs aren't bright enough (BlinkM MaxM)= so I'm looking for something more powerful. I want the lamp colors to = be visible in full daylight and they currently are only visible in a somewh= at darkened room.

I've also recently ported the ChibiOS/RT real-time operating system= to the Pi. The port currently supports thread scheduling, GPIO ports, a se= rial data driver and I2C. I'm working on a driver for SPI and plan to d= o drivers for PWM and a general purpose timer. After that, if I'm ambit= ious I might try adding support for the USB host and LAN. My personal goal = for this project was education about bare metal programming and real-time o= perating systems and it's definitely been very educational (and even fu= n, most of the time :-) )

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