Raspberry Pi 1,2,3

nameIwanted

Hi all,

I am just wondering if there is anywhere in Ireland where you can buy any of the Raspberry Pi models off the shelf?

TheChizler

Maplin if you want to pay over the odds.

Cordell

Maplin?

TheChizler

Farnell will deliver next day for free, easier than buying off the shelf if the next day is a weekday.

Seán MacSuibhne

There is the Makeshop on Lincon Place off Nassau Street that sells all sorts of interesting stuff including Raspberry Pi and Arduinio.

Beir Bua!

Seán

Special Circumstances

TheChizler wrote: »

Farnell will deliver next day for free, easier than buying off the shelf if the next day is a weekday.

Kinda... Farnell will push you towards CPC if you are a private individual rather than a company. Unless something has changed recently.

TheChizler

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Kinda... Farnell will push you towards CPC if you are a private individual rather than a company. Unless something has changed recently.

Not that I've noticed!

Special Circumstances

TheChizler wrote: »

Not that I've noticed!

Personal (as opposed to business) customers are still being directed to CPC.

http://farnell.com/raspberrypi-consumer/approved-retailers.php

TheChizler

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Personal (as opposed to business) customers are still being directed to CPC.

http://farnell.com/raspberrypi-consumer/approved-retailers.php

I definitely got it direct from Farnell, they mustn't be that strict on it. Anyway, I presume the OP got it by now!

nameIwanted

Seán MacSuibhne wrote: »

There is the Makeshop
on Lincon Place off Nassau Street that sells all sorts of interesting stuff including Raspberry Pi and Arduinio.

Beir Bua!

Seán

Thanks! I'll be in dublin tomorrow so I hope I can check it out

Keplar240B

Cordell wrote: »

Maplin?

Stay away from maplin everything is marked up big Time , amazed they're still is business, they're essentially criminal enterprise, just reviewed there raspberry products , unbelievable mark ups

PeterTheEighth

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Kinda... Farnell will push you towards CPC if you are a private individual rather than a company. Unless something has changed recently.

Compared to Radionics, who take your order online and send you one component a day for the next six months.... even though you ring ahead and ask them to wait until they have them all in stock and then ship ONE package. :mad::mad:

PeterTheEighth

Keplar240B wrote: »

Stay away from maplin everything is marked up big Time , amazed they're still is business, they're essentially criminal enterprise, just reviewed there raspberry products , unbelievable mark ups

I dont think that's fair. It must be a huge cost to run those shops, particularly the one on Jervis street where they even have to supply security to keep the scumbag kids out of the place. I dont like paying the bigger prices, but they do have much higher overheads than a warehouse website.

Keplar240B

Is there a model 4 coming out soon?

Johnboy1951

Keplar240B wrote: »

Is there a model 4 coming out soon?

Not that I heard ..... but would expect to see further development on the memory and NIC side.

One of the nicest cases I have seen for the Pi
https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-case

If I ever get another I will seriously consider this case.

Capt'n Midnight

PeterTheEighth wrote: »

I dont think that's fair. It must be a huge cost to run those shops, particularly the one on Jervis street where they even have to supply security to keep the scumbag kids out of the place. I dont like paying the bigger prices, but they do have much higher overheads than a warehouse website.

That's one theory.

Most of what Maplin sell are overpriced boxes rather than specialised components. Dealz have similar overheads and where the product ranges overlap they are a fraction of the cost. The big difference is Dealz price stuff to sell.

Maplin was started to undercut the type of shop they have become


Anyway
https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-zero
Dealz do the micro HDMI cables.
Get an OTG adaptor on the interweb for usb hub , get a few of them they're handy for phones too. (plugging a mouse and keyboard into someone's phone is good for a laugh)
If you want cheap micro SD cards check out CEX or ask your friend for ones out of old mobile phones

Capt'n Midnight

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

One of the nicest cases I have seen for the Pi
https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-case

Or make one out of Lego :pac:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Lego-Raspberry-Pi-Case/

Keplar240B

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Not that I heard ..... but would expect to see further development on the memory and NIC side.

One of the nicest cases I have seen for the Pi
https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-case

If I ever get another I will seriously consider this case.

I just got my first pi, the model 3 ,

Not sure what to do with it yet, bit of an impulse buy , very impressed everything worked out of box. It actually functions quite well as a basic desktop. even consuming media.

some thoughts

• I got a 8Gb Sd card with it which is way to small even for just programs.

• all the peripherals and accessorizes add up its not really a 30 dollar computer is it ?

• It Runs very hot when you start doing stuff. A case like that above is a well worth it as it acts as a big passive cooler. I just the basic plastic case with it so I fashioned a makeshift heatsink ripped from a dead old power supply with a really good design of thin vanes and stuck it on with thermal paste got good results with it,Some great videos on heating tests at this channel on youtube. The one dollar heatsink you can buy at the pie store ain't up to much
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6okZKRwnTQ&list=PL2m2YvnrOYxIMTaGELL_ib8BHQYbBYRG4

• i am just using raspbian OS as an OS what do ye use, whats arch like it on it?

Johnboy1951

i am just using raspbian OS as an OS what do ye use, whats arch like it on it?

I use the R-Pi to display on TV the media I watch ...... live TV, films, stored video etc etc.

I run LibreElec on them.

Kodi has plugins for all that I need.

An older Pi is set up with Squeezeplug and acts as a music server.