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Does anyone else think that this is because of entrepreneurs with Raspberry Pi-utilizing ideas that are eager to begin working with it?

udp 15y ago
More likely to be press trying to be the first to write a hands-on article about it.
wiradikusuma 15y ago
I fall to that camp. Just curious, can anyone recommend any good starter, practical, book on single board computers and/or micro-controllers from the perspective of programmer? EDIT: I even think of attending university majoring in electrical engineering, but I think it's overkill (I'm a BCompSc).
- jonbro 15y ago
  I don't know about books, but there are some similar single chip computers out there. You may want to take a look at the beagleboard and the beaglebone. I think the difference in both of those is a slightly higher cost, and slightly less good gpu (if they have a gpu at all, I am not sure). I would just get an arduino and start messing around. While electricity is black magic to me, the programming end of microcontrollers is pretty easy to understand.
  - daeken 15y ago
    Rather than the beagleboard and other related systems, I'm now recommending the Trimslice (http://trimslice.com/web/ http://trimslice.com/web/) heavily. Picked one up a couple months ago and I absolutely love it. It's become my go-to ARM dev box.
    - polymatter 15y ago
      Trimslice is significantly more expensive though. If you're a complete noob like me and still have difficulty reading electronics diagram, or sketchy on how transistors work, then get a cheap hackable arduino until you're ready for the more adventurous stuff. HD video might be out of reach, but you can output to TV (see gameduino). Processing is limited, but you can ship processing to a server via ethernet (see nanode). Storage is limited, but you can have SD card shields (or use a remote server). Or how about radio control (see nanode RF http://http://nanode.eu/ http://http://nanode.eu/)? Plus an arduino might be a nice companion with a Pi/Beaglebord/Trimslice for remote sensors or remote control. or maybe Lilipad arduino for wearable computing apps.
    - wiradikusuma 15y ago
      Very slick indeed! Do you know anything like this but more "customizable" (e.g. build to order)? Essentially I want something like Pi but with more RAM and HDD.
    - dkersten 15y ago
      Those look pretty cool. Pity about the price tag, though you do get a pretty powerful processor for it.
Tim-Boss 15y ago
Why so cynical!??? Surly these are just philanthropists supporting the Raspberry Pi foundation and their charitable work? :)
Kliment 15y ago
No, it's just people who appreciate the work of the Pi people and can afford to support them.

udp 15y ago

More likely to be press trying to be the first to write a hands-on article about it.

wiradikusuma 15y ago

I fall to that camp. Just curious, can anyone recommend any good starter, practical, book on single board computers and/or micro-controllers from the perspective of programmer? EDIT: I even think of attending university majoring in electrical engineering, but I think it's overkill (I'm a BCompSc).

jonbro 15y ago
I don't know about books, but there are some similar single chip computers out there. You may want to take a look at the beagleboard and the beaglebone. I think the difference in both of those is a slightly higher cost, and slightly less good gpu (if they have a gpu at all, I am not sure). I would just get an arduino and start messing around. While electricity is black magic to me, the programming end of microcontrollers is pretty easy to understand.
- daeken 15y ago
  Rather than the beagleboard and other related systems, I'm now recommending the Trimslice (http://trimslice.com/web/ http://trimslice.com/web/) heavily. Picked one up a couple months ago and I absolutely love it. It's become my go-to ARM dev box.
  - polymatter 15y ago
    Trimslice is significantly more expensive though. If you're a complete noob like me and still have difficulty reading electronics diagram, or sketchy on how transistors work, then get a cheap hackable arduino until you're ready for the more adventurous stuff. HD video might be out of reach, but you can output to TV (see gameduino). Processing is limited, but you can ship processing to a server via ethernet (see nanode). Storage is limited, but you can have SD card shields (or use a remote server). Or how about radio control (see nanode RF http://http://nanode.eu/ http://http://nanode.eu/)? Plus an arduino might be a nice companion with a Pi/Beaglebord/Trimslice for remote sensors or remote control. or maybe Lilipad arduino for wearable computing apps.
  - wiradikusuma 15y ago
    Very slick indeed! Do you know anything like this but more "customizable" (e.g. build to order)? Essentially I want something like Pi but with more RAM and HDD.
  - dkersten 15y ago
    Those look pretty cool. Pity about the price tag, though you do get a pretty powerful processor for it.

Tim-Boss 15y ago

Why so cynical!??? Surly these are just philanthropists supporting the Raspberry Pi foundation and their charitable work? :)

Kliment 15y ago

No, it's just people who appreciate the work of the Pi people and can afford to support them.