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annodomini2
4,771 posts
120 months
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Odie said: but for £240 they could have got one of the countless more powerful alternatives Or a laptop May want to reheat the usb contacts, couple look to have air bubbles in them
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eharding
6,397 posts
153 months
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annodomini2 said: Odie said: but for £240 they could have got one of the countless more powerful alternatives Or a laptop May want to reheat the usb contacts, couple look to have air bubbles in them I'll be looking to remove the analogue audio and video completely, and resolder a header for the USB connections - don't suppose you know of a header that would fit those pins?
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Accelebrate
2,719 posts
84 months
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Apache, PHP, MySQL and Wordpress running on the Pi...  Seems to draw 3 watts regardless of load... 
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NuisanceFactor
185 posts
53 months
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Accelebrate said: Apache, PHP, MySQL and Wordpress running on the Pi... Nice, that might swing it for me Accelebrate said: Seems to draw 3 watts regardless of load... How much of that is the power supply?
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Odie
3,662 posts
51 months
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NuisanceFactor said: Accelebrate said: Apache, PHP, MySQL and Wordpress running on the Pi... Nice, that might swing it for me Accelebrate said: Seems to draw 3 watts regardless of load... How much of that is the power supply? yeah how have you got it connect to power, I believe it uses a usb cable (micro?) how have you got it plugged into mains?
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Accelebrate
2,719 posts
84 months
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Connected to the mains through a cheap micro USB charger. Not that it proves a lot but without the Pi connected the plug in energy meter was showing 0 watts for the power adapter - the adapter has an LED on the front so I doubt it's the most efficient. ETA, look at what just arrived:  
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cazzer
8,883 posts
117 months
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Don't suppose you want to flog one do ya? 
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slinky
14,397 posts
118 months
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Frik
11,940 posts
112 months
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I've managed to get hold of a model of the board (I'm way down the list at RS for a physical board) and am thinking of designing a case for it.
Does the thread have any suggestions for a design? I quite fancy making it look like an utterly unrelated object.
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Stew2000
2,512 posts
47 months
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I'm waiting to have the real one before I start to model a case for it.
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Frik
11,940 posts
112 months
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Stew2000
2,512 posts
47 months
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Because I have very little imagination and it takes me that long to think of something 
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Frik
11,940 posts
112 months
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Why the hell do you think I'm asking here? Seriously though, I've got all the kit here to design something decent so if I can come up with an idea I'll do it properly, but open, in the spirit of the project.
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Zad
8,711 posts
105 months
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It should really be in the shape of a tiny BBC Micro, or the "cheese wedge" second processor / teletext adaptor box.
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Stew2000
2,512 posts
47 months
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I did have the idea some time ago about putting it in something like a 8-Track case or NES cartridge
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ewenm
24,454 posts
114 months
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Accelebrate
2,719 posts
84 months
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cazzer said: Don't suppose you want to flog one do ya? I've got the second Pi lined up as a birthday present for a colleague who I know will do impressive things with it. Although seeing them fetch £200+ on eBay this is turning into a very generous birthday present!  I wasn't expecting to end up with two, I assumed one of the orders wouldn't have made the first batch. I've made a couple of videos this evening. The first is running Debian, showing some web browsing, I'm not sure if it was so slow to open the browser because it was restoring two tabs, or because it was struggling to also run as a VNC server, but it gives you a little idea of what to expect (it's usually a bit snappier): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiK1nP73Tq8The CPU usage is the green graph, bottom right. The second video is me accessing Wordpress running on Fedora on the Pi, should give a feel for the speed of the device. I doubt the early iterations of the available OS's are making the most of the hardware: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU3E6Om9Zd4
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Frik
11,940 posts
112 months
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Zad said: It should really be in the shape of a tiny BBC Micro, or the "cheese wedge" second processor / teletext adaptor box. Something like this?  A quick mock-up... ETA: 11,000th post!
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Plotloss
67,226 posts
139 months
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Don't care what it looks like but would like the option for it to be VESA mountable...
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Zad
8,711 posts
105 months
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Yup that kinda thing! Ideally with a beige-ish case and brown vinyl nameplate. 
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