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I'll take that bet. Seriously, I'd give you odds of 2:1 up to a reasonable amount (but not gigantic) if you fancy putting some money on it? I have no insider knowledge.
The bet would be that they start production from a factory (rather than the hand assembled jobbies they have now) and an average punter can purchase one (this rules out the 2000 pound ones on ebay).
Let me know if you're game.
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Haha. No, I didn't mean it in a hard ass way. Just a bit of fun. No problem if there's no interest. I'm not looking to make megabucks, just add a bit of spice to the wait.
Haha yeah this wait is killing me.
I was wondering, since all I have here with me is my laptop, is there anyway I could use my laptop's keyboard and a mouse to control the PI? Or even just use the laptop's monitor?0 -
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Ah ok. I think the pi is a good base to try and copy tbh. The only very minor flaw I think it has is the 2 USB ports (where there's a good chance you're going to use one for wifi, it leaves you needing an external port for a keyboard and mouse).
Actually, does anyone know if there's a keyboard and mouse on a single USB port? or a keyboard that has a usb hub built in?
edit: I think the ideal spec for me would be a pi with faster processor, more ram (512M would probably be enough for a lightweight distro to do useful stuff though a gig would be ideal) and 4 usb ports. I'd happily pay 50 euro for that.
I'm thinkering with the idea of horsing the Pi into something like this:
Only using this pic so you can get the idea, but i would actually be using a USB 2.0 bay.
There's the option of bypassing the Controller Board altogether also, and soldering wires between the USB connectors themselves and the RPi.
Would 10 ports be enough for you?
There's also the Bays that come with a multi-card reader.
It might be possible to use the existing SD Card slot on one of those, and solder wires from the pins to the pins on the SD card slot that comes with the RPi. It would be great if there was a more DIY version of the RPi which came without the connectors soldered to the board so you could use your own Panel mounted connectors instead.0 -
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I must admit I know relatively little about electronics, but I'm interested in learning and that seems like a decent way of fluting around. If only there were more hours in the day....
In that case If I were you, I'd wait till there's tutorials and projects finished for external boards before jumping into it.
Might be still handy to buy the Gertboard in advance, but there will probably be better boards made also.
If you want to jump into that world sooner you could buy an arduino, as there's plenty of finished projects out there for that right now.
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I must admit I know relatively little about electronics, but I'm interested in learning and that seems like a decent way of fluting around. If only there were more hours in the day....
To help get in the swing of things, why not buy a little electronic project kit? You can pick them up for like a tenner in Maplins / Peats or online. Something simple like making a board to control a fan / heater or similar. Should help give you a little understanding.
Oh, some basic C would probably help a little for compiling simple software to control external boards too 0 -
I was actually fairly impressed by the gertboard video they have over on the site.
Congratulations for being the first person ever to mention gertboard on boards.ie :cool:
Must say I was pretty impressed too with this demo:
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Dublin_Gunner wrote: »To help get in the swing of things, why not buy a little electronic project kit? You can pick them up for like a tenner in Maplins / Peats or online. Something simple like making a board to control a fan / heater or similar. Should help give you a little understanding.
Oh, some basic C would probably help a little for compiling simple software to control external boards too
Ah, I probably have what most people would consider a reasonable level of understanding. I have good C / C++ / other languages (been a coder for many years) and I have worked for a hardware company in the past so basic logic gates electrical circuits and so forth are ok with me.0 -
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Awesome, I am definitively going to try get one of the first batch!!!
Quick question though, how pushed are people on paying more?
Like, if it was manufactured in England and had a quicker turnaround, would people be tempted to pay a little extra?
I know I would, but I'm an impatient git who likes to have his toys NOW 0 -
Awesome, I am definitively going to try get one of the first batch!!!
Quick question though, how pushed are people on paying more?
Like, if it was manufactured in England and had a quicker turnaround, would people be tempted to pay a little extra?
I know I would, but I'm an impatient git who likes to have his toys NOW
Yeah I would definitely, but charging a higher price defeats the whole aim of this charity foundation.
They are trying to get these things in the hands of school kids, for as cheap as possible so they can actually learn some proper computer skills like kids did in the 80s.
Not just the MS WORD 101 dumbed down bull**** that people (myself included) have been thought since then in schools.0 -
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