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What Will You Do With Your New Raspberry Pi 3?

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spannerspencer over 10 years ago
imageNEW! Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Frequently Asked QuestionsComparison ChartTechnical Specifications
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So, now that the Raspberry Pi 3 is live and among us, the most obvious question is what are you going to do with it?image


Got any cool project ideas that tie in neatly with its new connectivity functions? Or maybe all those extra horses beneath its silicon hood are what you need?

 

Tell us all about your plans for the Raspberry Pi 3!

 

And if you're looking for inspiration...

PIK3A: The Raspberry Pi 3 IKEA Retro Gaming Table

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  • jack.chaney56
    jack.chaney56 over 10 years ago in reply to spannerspencer

    Agreed!  I love music and composition projects for Raspberry Pi. Perhaps starmaster can include The ABC Plus project interface with his experiment. There is a large amount of existing music source available.

     

    Jack

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

    Update my pi2 firewall/dns server. Love the wifi. Now it can be a hotspot as well!!

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    e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

    I am thinking about a drone. WiFi or BT capabilites can help for a tablet - remote control application.

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 10 years ago

    I have just bought a Raspberry Pi B3 and it's a dream come true, incredibly fast. I have just build a MAC OS RASPBIAN distro for my use and it's really nice. My project is to rejuvenate a MACINTOSH OR APPLE II computer with broken motherboard. I think i will use a MACINTOSH LC if i find one at a nice price and in good estetically conditions. To connect the original keyboard and mouse to Raspberry pi i will use an interface called Imate by Griffin. We will see : ).

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    e14 Contributor over 10 years ago in reply to spannerspencer

    Thanks. I checked it out, too large and detailed on screen for my application. A friend lent me his version 1 Raspberry PI B to play with. It has LibreOffice Impress which is similar to MicroSoft PowerPoint. How ever, LibreOffice Impress did not "impress me" in comparison to MS PowerPoint. The best features of MS PowerPoint was not included in LibreOffice Impress which I desperately needed. (I installed LibreOffice on my Lenovo and attempted to set it up as I did MS PowerPoint) In addition, would not run my MS PowerPoint in auto mode as my Lenovo (Windows XP OS) does. And I learned that LibreOffice Impress does not have Auto Play nor and Auto Play Viewer which would be PERFECT for my application on the Raspberry. If these things were possible, I know for fact, thousands of musicians would flock to this transforming their ability for hand free music books for on stage performances dramatically.

     

    My goal: to be able to set up at any Open Mic Show with my entire music book library at my toes (foot switch operate page turner) in seconds, not minutes. Have the set up small, light wieght and totally battery operated with a single Blue Tooth Audio connection. The true meaning to "Plug & Play".

     

    I have already created my sound effects, on board audio mixer for my mic and guitar, now, I need my computerized song book and I have it all.

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    e14 Contributor over 10 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    aka starmaster

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  • dvd7227
    dvd7227 over 10 years ago

    This is awesome, picking up one today wish they still have some in stock locally.

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  • rive
    rive over 10 years ago

    I turned mine into an "all-in-one" customized Raspbian/Debian Jessie 8 OS Desktop PC.

     

    Monitor is 1680x1050 LCD.

     

    Movies, Mp3 player, Youtube, etc. $80 total cost.

     

    Some of the mods: https://www.element14.com/community/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F0B2X5T2P-KI8mQlJh…

     

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  • rovermckee
    rovermckee over 10 years ago

    Going to add connectivity to my automated bartender .

    https://youtu.be/MZhEDpivPd0

    Pi 2 b+ currently driving

    Have a look.

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to rovermckee

    Nice work. Will this be at my local bar someday?

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