Raspberry Pi links

[David Goodger]

"Raspbmc is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian that brings
XBMC to your Raspberry Pi" (home theater PC):
http://www.raspbmc.com/
(easy setup, works great)

How to Build an All-In-One Retro Game Console for $35, the Easy Way:
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-retro-game-console-498561192
(haven't tried this one yet, but it looks promising)

Lots of options for RasPi cases:
http://elinux.org/RPi_Cases

Here's one of the cheapest quick & dirty cases, Glad "Designer Series
Small Rectangle" 9oz food containers, just cut out holes for the
ports:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=38369
http://www.glad.com/food-storage/containers/designer-series-small-rectangle/
A generic equivalent is available at Rainbow, without the flower design.

Please add your links to the thread!

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[Peter J. Farrell]

I haven't had time to write up my TemPi notes, but I'll do that over the weekend including a GitHub repo for it.

I believe David Goodger asked for links for good places to buy parts for RPi projects.

Adafruit Industries
http://adafruit.com/
* LED Backpacks
* Raspberry Pi
* Sensors
* Jumper wires

SparkFun
https://www.sparkfun.com/
* Breakout board (PCBs that you can solder on headers for use on breadboards)
* Sensors
* Their "accessories" like jumpers are more expensive than Adafruit

iMall - ITEADStudio (Hong Kong based clones)
http://imall.iteadstudio.com
* Really cheap breakout boards, sensors, LEDs, battery holders, etc
* NRF24L01 Mesh network transceivers - http://imall.iteadstudio.com/im120606002.html
* Clones of Arduinos like the "Iteaduino" (sic.) with more headers, switches, etc. - http://imall.iteadstudio.com/im120411008.html
* I don't see the Aduino Nano (sic. - that's how this place spells it for TM reasons)


I've been buying from iMall more than the others now because they are really cheap -- quality seems to be the same as SparkFun and Adafruit.  iMall doesn't sell things like LED backpacks so I'm still sourcing them from Adafruit.

A backpack saves on the number of wires.  A 7-seg LED needs 10+ wires to drive if you just use GPIO headers.  The backpacks add a chip and you communicate with the chip via i2c protocol (only 4 wires, GND, VC - i.e. power, clk and com) which are shared with other i2c devices.

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[Peter J. Farrell]

Peter J. Farrell said the following on 05/10/2013 12:05 PM:

I haven't had time to write up my TemPi notes, but I'll do that over the weekend including a GitHub repo for it.

In an ironic turn as of today, Cosm (formerly Panchube) is now Xively:

https://xively.com/

They have all been LogMeIn companies; just many name changes.

Also, he's the link to the new Python lib for Xively:

https://github.com/xively/xively-python

I'll get my code up for TemPi on GitHub this weekend.

[David Fawcett]

And, the native camera for the Raspberry Pi (~$25) was released today! 

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/camera-board

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[Peter J. Farrell]

David Fawcett said the following on 05/14/2013 12:31 PM:

> And, the native camera for the Raspberry Pi (~$25) was released today!
>
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/tag/camera-board
>

And it's already sold out:

http://www.mkt-newark.com/raspberry-pi/camera.html?sku=69W0689&COM=rasp-accessory-group

[David Fawcett]

But not before I snagged one....    ; /