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$120 Raspberry Pi Bundle with LCD Display, Expansion Boards, Cables, and Accessories (via: Jean-Luc Aufranc – Google+)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/12

Jean-Luc Aufranc. is a great guy with lots of knowledge in the embedded world (read his resume).

I’ve been interested in Raspberry Pi experiments for a while now, so I was glad that today he pointed me to this very nice kit:

$120 Raspberry Pi Bundle with LCD Display, Expansion Boards, Cables, and Accessories

You can get it through DealExtreme, which I will do soon.

(I just saw how a guy is using a massive amount of Raspberry Pi and custom ASICs to mine for BitCoins)

–jeroen

via Jean-Luc Aufranc – Google+.

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RaspMap – Raspberry Pi Component Map

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/06

Interactive map of Raspberry Pi showing which components is what. Hoover your mouse over the board to see the meaning of the components.

RaspMap – Raspberry Pi Component Map.

–jeroen

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The Self-resetting Raspberry Pi » RasPi.TV

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/08

Cool: now you can use a Raspberry Pi to play Watchdog (:

–jeroen

via: The Self-resetting Raspberry Pi » RasPi.TV.

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HiFiBerry | HiFi for the Raspberry Pi and more

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/01/04

Interesting audio stuff: HiFiBerry | HiFi for the Raspberry Pi and more.

–jeroen

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ARDUINO Compatible 37-in-1 Sensor Module Kit – Black – Free Shipping – DealExtreme

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/09/27

For my toys department: ARDUINO Compatible 37-in-1 Sensor Module Kit – Black – Free Shipping – DealExtreme.

–jeroen

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Sprites mods – Hard disk hacking – Intro

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/05

Sprites mods – Hard disk hacking – Intro.

Wow.

–jeroen

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Cool stuff: RFduino – Shrunk down an Arduino to the size of a finger-tip!

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/05

Cool:

Shrunk down an Arduino to the size of a finger-tip!

RFduino: A finger-tip sized, Arduino compatible, wireless enabled microcontroller, low cost enough to leave in all of your projects!

Should be combinable with this:

The TiltyIMU is a family of versatile open-source robotic controllers and software to allow anyone to build a self-balancing project.

–jeroen

via:

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on my .NET research list: Mini (Raspberry Pi) and Micro (Arduino)

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/01

Computing on not so common platforms it so much fun, especially when you can use familiar tools for it.

A couple of years ago, I did a fun project with an USB WebCam, a Pololu USB servo controller, two servo motors, a servo relay and a laser pointer. The device would point the laser pointer at the biggest moving object in the WebCam view, and flash the laser pointer at it.

All code was C# running on Windows.

Basically there are two classes on “small” devices that run .NET code (apart from smartphones and tablets):

  • Raspberry Pi:
    Mini devices with more than a couple of megabytes memory running a kind of regular .NET Framework.
  • Arduino:
    Micro devices with maximum of a couple of dozen kilobytes memory (a megabyte if you are really lucky) running the .NET Micro Framework

This might be a chance to lift it to a new level and embed everything in one device (:

The cool thing about the .NET Micro Framework is that you can do real time stuff.

–jeroen

via:

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Interesting: Electric Imp with Arduino (via: electric imp – developer kits)

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/05/28

Electric Imp – that wants to power The Internet of Things using imps – is introducing some really interesting hardware, one of the devevelopment kits combining Arduino and Imp on one board:

Duino: Arduino, with Imp

Featuring an ATMEGA328 processor, this board is compatible with the Arduino Uno but instead of having a USB-serial port on it, it has an Imp socket. You can use a modified version of the Arduino IDE to update the ATMEGA code from anywhere in the world when an Imp is plugged in, and use simple serial commands in your Arduino programs to control other Imp devices.

The ATMEGA will operate standalone when no imp card is inserted.

Dimensions: 72mm x 54mm x 14mm

Power supply: USB Mini-B socket (5v) or 2.1mm barrel jack (7-12v)

Price: $20

Some must read links:

–jeroen

via: electric imp – developer kits.

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Hardware Will Cut You

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/11/16

Amanda Wozniak on hardware design (which is almost, but not quite entirely unlike software design).

Quote from a viewer:

Very cool, fast paced intro. Its odd to hear about hardware design from software based world we now have – i started when things were reversed and it was/is near impossible to convey that there are different design processes. I wish production sw folks would realize that prototype != production, but once sw works sorta, it ships. Also interesting views on CAD SW and how unlike photoshop, houdini, etc it is. Perhaps the industry is ripe for a package that does recognize last 15yrs of software improvements.

Quote from the video:

If you want start tinkering around, get an Arduino. It is like 30 bucks…. Arduino is like electronics for artists. If artists can do it, so can you.

–jeroen

via Hardware Will Cut You.

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