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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, July 15 2012 @ 05:26 PM EDT |
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http://gizmodo.com/5925898/who-wants-a-quad+core-computer-for-130
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/korean-company-offers-3-5-inch-quad-core-
arm-linux-computer-for-129/ [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Monday, July 16 2012 @ 03:02 AM EDT |
Well, I do,
But, the Raspberry Pi comes with a GPIO header with pins that can be configured
to run serial ports or I2C and will also run cameras, LCD displays and flash
LEDs.
Enthusiasts have already produced a simple Python program to detect a button
push and light a LED.
It excels as a learning tool and is equally happy with Python, C, Ruby and any
other language one might fancy using. I have toyed with using my 'production'
Linux machine for this purpose, but I am more likely to play with the Raspi.
The Raspberry Pi is cheap enough to use as an embedded computer component in a
hardware project, with the intriguing thought that you don't need to use the
JTAG port for programming and testing, you just use the HDMI port and develop
the program and project on the embedded device.
The Raspberry Pi has shortfalls as a general purpose Linux computer. Its 256MB
memory and 700MHz processor is fine for many things, but full-blooded browsing
is slow. I use Dillo for snappy browsing for Raspi information (and, its not bad
for Groklaw and webmail).
I really want the four-core board, but in the same way I really want a sports
car. I will wait for a large screen Android/Debian Linux tablet. They will be
here, soon.
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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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