Raspberry Pi

kalmar · **Posted:** Wed Feb 29, 2012 18:17

Can you dicks stop clogging up Farnell and RS with your Raspberry Pi orders, I'm trying to do some Important Work here

(seriously, both websites collapsed under the strain for a while this morning).

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 16:38

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

I registered my interest but don’t expect to see one for 3 months or so. That’s not a bad thing as hopefully there will some cases and things available by then.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:38

Rather funky case for £12.50.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:53

not enough LEDs

Hero of Excellence · **Joined:** 23rd Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 674

I sold my Raspberry Pi after a week because I couldn't get it to work.

Still, I got double what I paid for it in the first place, which was nice. (I never intended to profiteer, incidentally.)

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 14:58

Is that because it was broken or because it didn't work as you expected?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 15:54

It reacted badly to the custard.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Mine turned up last week, I extracted a Linux ISO onto a 16GB SD and it worked a treat.

Ordered a 32GB from memorybits a week ago and its still not here :roll:

(the 16GB is out of my camera)

What I need to do next is get a screen that takes HDMI or get a DVI adaptor, I had it plugged into my TV for the test.

All in a nice thing to have, I had to wait at least 5 months for it though.

Hero of Excellence · **Joined:** 23rd Nov, 2008 **Posts:** 674

Grim... wrote:

Is that because it was broken or because it didn't work as you expected?

Don't have the technical ability, basically. Knew it wasn't plug and play, but didn't expect it to be so difficult to get working.

Four_Candles · **Joined:** 27th Sep, 2009 **Posts:** 876

I see that the model B has just started shipping with 512MB of lovely RAM

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2180

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2012 13:38

When are they going to get the X server to be hardware accelerated with the GPU? That's all that's really holding me back for the project I have in mind.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Four_Candles wrote:

I see that the model B has just started shipping with 512MB of lovely RAM

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2180

Gngh. My model B came last week. How irksome. (And I'm having real trouble getting raspbmc to run.)

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10074

The big question is, will they now do a cut-down version called Electron while beefing up the main one to Master [128|Compact]?

Wait, there was a Model C, wasn't there?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6507

I HAS ONE! An 512m and all.

I don't know what to do with it now. But it will BE AWESOME.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 13:03

Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16557

Squirt wrote:

I HAS ONE! An 512m and all.

I don't know what to do with it now. But it will BE AWESOME.

You plug it in, get it to work, exclaim a few times that "IT'S A COMPUTER! AN ACTUAL WORKING COMPUTER! FOR THIRTY POUNDS! BARGAIN!" and then unplug it all, put it away in a drawer and leave it there.

Four_Candles · **Joined:** 27th Sep, 2009 **Posts:** 876

markg wrote:

Squirt wrote:

I HAS ONE! An 512m and all.

I don't know what to do with it now. But it will BE AWESOME.

You plug it in, get it to work, exclaim a few times that "IT'S A COMPUTER! AN ACTUAL WORKING COMPUTER! FOR THIRTY POUNDS! BARGAIN!" and then unplug it all, put it away in a drawer and leave it there.

Only if you're a cynical, uninventive bastard.

I intend to use mine as a media centre (using Raspbmc).

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6507

I have it at work, plugged in and booted up, but I've realised I don't have a cable to plug it into a screen. Gah!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Oct 19, 2012 13:48

Yeeeeeeaaaaaaaah!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

The picade - an arcade cabinet for the Pi

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pim ... aspberry-p

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Old Thread - New Post!

I've just bought meself a Pi3 on a whim.

Probably going to install Amibian (bootable amiga emulation) on one card and RetroPie on another for console emulation.

Or... play with it for a few days then forget I had it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2016 15:41

DavPaz wrote:

Or... play with it for a few days then forget I had it.

LIKE YO' DICK

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Been having a lot of fun with kids playing SNES games. They love Cool Spot! I got a couple of cheap USB SNES controllers from eBay and they work great.

Love it.

TheVision · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2016 20:18

Was it difficult to set up and get going? I think I want one of these but don't know a thing about them to be fair.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Not really tricky, but I am a computery guy. The trickiest part is obtaining ROMs.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Google RetroPie

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

The PS1 emulation seems to work well on the Pi3. Even the rumble works if you use the USB Xbox pad.

Well, it works for Gran Turismo anyway as that's the only game that I legally own. Might have to legally own a few more...

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Aww yissss, old school Colin McRae Rally, baby!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2017 21:51

I decided to get a new memory card for my pi 3 b and give that retropie thing a try. Chucked a few super famicom games at it and it appears to rnu like a very slow piece of dog shit.

Wondering if I'm missing something.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Mr Dave wrote:

I decided to get a new memory card for my pi 3 b and give that retropie thing a try. Chucked a few super famicom games at it and it appears to rnu like a very slow piece of dog shit.

Wondering if I'm missing something.

It runs at full speed on mine. Did you get a slow card?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2017 21:58

Dont think so. (and would rather hope everything was in memory by that point anyway.)

It's intermittent but predictable.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Mr Dave wrote:

Dont think so. (and would rather hope everything was in memory by that point anyway.)

It's intermittent but predictable.

Hmmm... You're using a proper charger?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Oct 05, 2017 22:12

The one which was supplied with it (2.5A)

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Then I dunno. I've never used a Famicom rom, personally (no Japanese) so there *might* be an issue with frame rates... I'm totally guessing now.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Mr Dave wrote:

I decided to get a new memory card for my pi 3 b and give that retropie thing a try. Chucked a few super famicom games at it and it appears to rnu like a very slow piece of dog shit.

Wondering if I'm missing something.

You probably are just missing something - what rom's are they - stuff that uses FX chips can be a bit more hit and miss than basic / standard ROMS

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Pi4 announced - pre order now

(Pia !)

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker ... t-ethernet

Quote:

Quad-core 1.5GHz Broadcom CPU, up from 1.4GHz in the previous model.
500MHz VideoCore VI GPU, up from 400MHz previously.
A USB Type-C port for power, rather than Micro USB.
Two Micro HDMI ports which can power two 4K monitors at 30fps, or a single 4K monitor at 60fps alongside a 1080p display.
Two USB 3 ports and two USB 2 ports, up from four USB 2 ports.
A Gigabit Ethernet port which is no longer throttled by a USB interface.
Bluetooth 5.0 rather than 4.1.
Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
A microSD storage card with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 50 Mbps, up from 25 Mbps.
A 40 pin GPIO connector with support for three more interfaces; I2C, SPI, and UART.

The Raspberry Pi 4 is available starting today with either 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of RAM for $35, $45, and $55, respectively.

In the UK you can pre order from

https://thepihut.com/

Or

https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/rasp ... aspberrypi

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