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What's Your Pi Plan??

e14 Contributor
e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

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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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Can't think of a better place to start than with RPi.   I've been a proudly self-proclaimed geek since I bought a Sinclair ZX80 as a kit.  I worked my way through BBC model B and Tandy TRS80 + a few other odds & sods (Anyone else heard of Regnecentralen and COMAL?) before I became an IT specialist in the RAF in the 1980s.  Have to say, though, that some of the stuff I see on this forum I struggle to follow  - I guess I'm just a bit out of the stream.  I can stick 'building blocks' together with a bit of code but much of the multiprocessing, parallel-stream stuff is too techie for meimage

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    I'm an electronic music composer/occasional performer and have been looking for something like this for a long time.  I've long dreamt about having a small computer that I can use as a dedicated synthesizer.  With the Pi being so inexpensive, I can now realistically dedicate a softsynth to each USB MIDI keyboard I have or build a small collection of Pis and keep them on standby.  Could even hot-swap my controller across synthesizers upon a whim.  No display needed, except maybe an LED indicator showing that the synth is ready after boot.  This could make live performances a lot more fun and a heck of a lot more stable. 

     

    The technology of the Pi is great and all, but the price point is what's making this so exciting.  The nearly negligible cost of each unit will will make automation in my life fairly trivial. I suspect my home and home studio will be filled with these little beauties in the near future.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    Think i saw this before, but i'm gonna bundle it with emulators and possibly get a controller for it, so i can play snes games and more in hd. But, i like the look of xbmc as well for films and stuff. And i might make it my progrmmaing device, as i can start it from scratch.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    I'm thinking about using it as a brain of my robot to make it fully autonomous, but still capable of processing a lot of data (with afordable price).

    After playing with it or when I get second RPi I'll probably set up a little server (very uncommon idea image) and/or try to controll other devices in my room/house with it (as introduction to intelligent house concept).

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    I am planning on getting one of the screens below (about same price after shipping) and making a little netbook type thing out of it. Or possibly modding an old portable dvd player I have. But more than likely, the first option with a custom case and everything. With a roll up mini keyboard and a micro usb mouse I have lying around. It should serve as something cool to take on vacation or to school in place of a laptop. I have 30min in the morning to do whatever, and 60min every other wed and the school set up a student wifi so this would be cool to go and watch videos or something with.

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-Color-TFT-LCD-Car-Rearview-DVD-VCR-Backup-Camera-Display-Monitor-w-IR-Remote-/300657147646?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item46008ffefe#ht_3476wt_1265

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zenith-Flat-Panel-LCD-Display-Game-Screen-for-Xbox-PS2-Brand-New-Sealed-/190644769348?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item2c63505244#ht_500wt_1156

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    If I can find the software available, I would like to use the RPI to control a SDRadio, or Software Defined Radio. Which is a fancy name for a computer that controls the frequency of a Ham radio with no knobs or buttons on it. The software will be the biggest problem as I dont think it has been ported to ARM yet.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    * Programming (There are already some tutorials up on youtube, will start them when I can get hold of a Raspberry Pi)

    * HD Video playback on the TV

    * Internet browsing / youtube playback

    * Old videogame console emulation

    * Small dedicated multiplayer server

     

    Anyone got some ideas if the last 3 will work?

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    I'm teaching a programming course at the school, and these would make great tools. What would actually be done would be up to the kids imagination.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

    Hopefully I could learn some programming with it, as well as finding existing software to do the home server idea.

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  • zaknet996
    zaknet996 over 14 years ago

    I would like to build RPi into an old ZX Spectrum case, using the original rubber keyboard as a full blown PC but booting into the old Spectrum front end, including full emulatoin! You could fit the whole Spectrum back catalogue on an SD card, and also include C64, ZX81, BBC, Atari etc emulators!! Can't wait!

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