Raspberry Pi - Who's gonna have a dabble?

[ecotec]

great news, no idea it would be produced so quickly after the B+, need to find a new project now, have two already one for volumio and one for get_iplayer

[Oakey]

Of course it has, I've only had my B+ about a week!

[Zad]

Have a look at Pimoroni's shop. They are down the road from me in Sheffield and reassuringly eccentric.

http://shop.pimoroni.com/

[Tonsko]

Good site that pimoroni, with the kits being pretty good value.

[marctwo]

Zad said:

Have a look at Pimoroni's shop. They are down the road from me in Sheffield and reassuringly eccentric.

http://shop.pimoroni.com/

Be sure to back their Kickstarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pimoroni/flot...

I just bought a Pi2 to go with my Flotilla.

[clonmult]

anarki said:

http://dev.windows.com/en-us/featured/raspberrypi2...

Windows 10 for Raspberry Pi 2
We’re excited to announce that we are expanding our Windows Developer Program for IoT by delivering a version of Windows 10 that supports Raspberry Pi 2. This release of Windows 10 will be free for the Maker community through the Windows Developer Program for IoT.
Windows 10 is the first step to an era of more personal computing. This vision framed our work on Windows 10, where we are moving Windows to a world that is more mobile, natural and grounded in trust. With the Windows for IoT developer program we're bringing our leading development tools, services and ecosystem to the Raspberry Pi community!
We see the Maker community as an amazing source of innovation for smart, connected devices that represent the very foundation for the next wave of computing, and we’re excited to be a part of this community.
We are excited about our partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and delivering a version of Windows 10 that supports Raspberry Pi 2, and we will be sharing more details about our Windows 10 plans for IoT in the coming months.

This will surely be the version of Windows 10 that is also appearing on the phones; maybe with a desktop environment twist. Which then leads you to wonder why MS aren't actually making a Windows 10 release for those Windows RT devices - which are higher spec than the new Pi.

[samuelellis]

Just found this online - a side by side test fo the new and old Pi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOeXao78MU&fe...

That is an impressive speed increase, considering how people got to grips with the original hardware and found ways to optimise it then it will be interesting to see what happens when software is written to take advantage of all the power the new one has

[strudel]

Well I ordered a mk2, although I've barely touched mk1. However, learning python quite quickly through codecademy, so hoping to do something awesome soon

I'd love to build a "supercomputer", I wonder how difficult it can be

[marcgti6]

Never got round to getting myself a Pi but think I'll definitely invest in a Pi 2.

For a newbie, is Raspbmc/XBMC still the best way to start?

[ecotec]

marcgti6 said:

Never got round to getting myself a Pi but think I'll definitely invest in a Pi 2.

For a newbie, is Raspbmc/XBMC still the best way to start?

if you want a media centre, which the pi2 will be much better at then take a look at openelec, TBH just download NOOBs from the pi website and try them both out - subject to space on the sd card you can install multiple OSs

[Crafty_]

Has anyone seen any ambilight setups ?
What I want to do is take an hdmi source in to the pi (or other device) and run some software to control LED strips on the back of the TV.

[FlossyThePig]

marcgti6 said:

Never got round to getting myself a Pi but think I'll definitely invest in a Pi 2.

For a newbie, is Raspbmc/XBMC still the best way to start?

If all you want is an XBMC box, yes (it's called Kodi now BTW).

If you want to explore other possibilities, no.

I would recommend getting the Haynes manual (this is PH after all).

[Oakey]

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[dxg]

Crafty_ said:

Has anyone seen any ambilight setups ?
What I want to do is take an hdmi source in to the pi (or other device) and run some software to control LED strips on the back of the TV.

http://lightberry.eu/

[Graham]

my pi2 will be here tomorrow according to the courier tracking !!

[FurryExocet]

Where to buy the Pi2? Can only find links to US pricing.
Bought my B+ on Amazon, but no results on the 2

[samuelellis]

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[Oakey]

samuelellis said:

From what i can see so far i dont think OpenElec has a build for the new hardware, Also from what i read the person who built RaspBMC is retiring it and releasing OSMC instead, this has support for the Raspberry Pi2 and is supposed to be even better than raspbmc. I will be giving it a go when my boards arrive

FurryExocet, this is where i got mine - http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontr...

I guess that means I can't just take the SD card from my B+ and put it in a Pi2

[samuelellis]

Dont think you can but i dont know as both my existing Pi's are the original version 1's, 256mb, no mounting holes and SD car slots so i have to rebuild anyway.

[Tonsko]

Graham said:

my pi2 will be here tomorrow according to the courier tracking !!

Yup, got the same email. Fair play to RS.