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What's Your Pi Plan??

Former Member

Hi!

 

Just curious about what people were planning on using their Raspberry Pi's for once they started getting them!??

 

Current plan- SFF Media PC / NAS etc mounted onto the VESA on the back of my TV

 

Later plan- Replace car stereo etc with RPi

 

Probably not the most origional use there but still, godda start somewhere!

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  • My car has got built in headrest & dashboard screens/monitors, with central RCA video/audio connections and USB power... so I plan to build a concealed Pi as an in-car computer system, for both media, mobile internet and some home-made in-car applications.  Will also have to think about what incar USB peripherals might be cool (any thoughts on this?)

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  • My car has got built in headrest & dashboard screens/monitors, with central RCA video/audio connections and USB power... so I plan to build a concealed Pi as an in-car computer system, for both media, mobile internet and some home-made in-car applications.  Will also have to think about what incar USB peripherals might be cool (any thoughts on this?)

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  • in reply to Former Member

    I think my plan is to:

    1. buy or make a case for it
    2. get a cheap 7" LCD TV for a monitor
    3. use smartphone for kb/mouse functionality (or get a cheap small kb with built-in trackpad/ball)
    4. slap a wifi USB dongle on it to use free hotspots
    5. buy or make solar battery pack for powering the RPi and TV/monitor.
    6. figure out how to make it all into a cool package/unit.

     

    Voila, a camping/survival/hobo PC. Wait, maybe I should just use my Android Netbook (which I can also boot to Debian) with a solar battery pack. hmmmm LOL