Raspberry

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So, lets buy some raspberry pi :-)

Wtf

Quick summary of wtf it is:

  • Small embedded board (about 8x5cm)
  • Fast(ish) processor - 700Mhz ARM11
  • Enough IO - 16 GPIO pins, Ethernet (only on Model B), USB 2.0 Host, i2c, i2s, spi, jtag, uart
  • HDMI and Composite video, OpenGL ES video
  • 128MB or 256MB ram (on Model A vs B)
  • Only bootloader on board, all rest (kernel, fs) from SD or USB storage (unbrickable?)

More specs on : this wiki

It will be order-able in december 2011, Model A for ~25 usd, Model B for ~35 usd. Lets order some before they go out of stock ;)

Who

  • buZz 2* Model A - 2* Model B
  • The_Niz 2* Model B
  • surrounder 1 of 2* Model B
  • puckie 1* Model B

What

Some potential projects :

  • MPD server
  • MythTV box
  • Wearable computer
  • IRC shell box
  • eh ..