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Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Hi Sage...watching with interest

I've seen several comments on the announcement thread....

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/28

....asking whether it's going to use POE or have usb power...seems 6-20v has been mooted

IF usb power ISN'T available, here's a neat, cheap, step up/down boost/buck power supply [3.5-35v in, 4-35v out at up to 3amp with heatsink]
Should be fine for using with car/battery/powerbrick conversion to power it, no matter what!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/bwlac28

Don't know how long this image will stay up/why it won't display in the forum?.... [thanks ebay]

[img]i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzQ2WDQwMA==/$(KGrHqV,!l0E5Y8V!40(BOZD285wVg~~60_1.JPG[/img]

For those interested

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/302

Aitch Smile

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 4622 Location: GB

The $35 version, with RJ45, seems to have a separate 5V power input socket. This is quite a popular strategy for nominally self-powered (USB & co.) devices like KVM, data boxes, speakers, etc which operate OK for modest systems but need a few more mA when deployed flat out. Any road up, it's not an issue, as you say - just another (power) brick-in-the-wall !

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Just come across a Pi-VM/development blog for those who can't wait!

Developer's site

http://russelldavis.org/2011/09/10/virtualbox-vm-for-raspberrypi-development/

VM torrent

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6667294

Aitch Smile

Iguleder · Posted: Fri 18 Nov 2011, 18:39 Post subject:

Good news!

I'm trying to buy two of these sweet little things, which run on top of an Intel implementation of ARMv5.

Once I receive those (assuming I do, who knows), I'll probably revive Calf GNU/Linux, my very own distro.

I already rewrote a big part of its init scripts, which should make things easier. Then, I'll need some cross-compiler for ARM to get myself static packages of Busybox, etc'.

Also, I want to run Trinity on ARM, sounds fun Wink

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Neat

This may be useful....?

http://zipit.rootnexus.org/

Aitch Smile

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4741 Location: Kentucky

Interesting development.

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/linus-torvalds-threatens-to-cut-off-arm/

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2215 Location: near here

RasberryPi could be part of the solution, Twisted Evil

developers will have a genuine interest in OpenSource Twisted Evil

Lobster · Posted: Thu 15 Dec 2011, 04:54 Post subject:

. . . meanwhile in Russia from dim-kut
the First Puppy ARM boot . . . next JWM?
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02624

linuxbear · Posted: Fri 16 Dec 2011, 15:46 Post subject:

Why would Linus cut off his arm? ... just kidding

aarf · Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Posts: 3620 Location: around the bend

darkcity · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2215 Location: near here

open source body parts-

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9385 Location: SwedenEurope

Locally here in Sweden them sell Archos 101 which is a Tablet.
I trust them have ARM on them. Would that allow me to run
Debian on it? Maybe one have to "jailbreak" it first?

But I don't trust that I am patient enough to learn all the details
to do such things but them are very affordable compared to Samsung
and other brands.

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

nooby
Yes, Arm8 running Android 2.2, unless they're dumping earlier versions on the Swedes.... Wink

http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_101it/specs.html?country=us&lang=en
jailbreak/multiboot
http://armdevices.net/2011/06/10/archos-gen8-tablets-can-multi-boot-froyo-gingerbread-debian-angstrom-ubuntu-chromium-os-and-more/
Archos 'cop-out' support
http://www.archos.com/support/support_tech/_ppp.html?country=us&lang=en&p=gen8

Aitch Smile

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9385 Location: SwedenEurope