Raspberry Pi used for a message board..

Trying to come up with an easy (cheap) way to set up a message board for our front office. Just simply hooked up to a tv to display curren information. Is Raspberry Pi a good means to do this?

guzunty over 11 years ago

Digital signage is one application the Pi is certainly very well suited for, yes.
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Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to guzunty

Would the Pi + Advanced Bundle with Media Center do the trick?
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guzunty over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

That very much depends on your requirements and your budget. :-)

You could get away with a Pi, Flatscreen TV and ethernet cable/wi-fi dongle and nothing else depending on what you want to do.
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Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to guzunty

With just that would you just basically get text on the screen?
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guzunty over 11 years ago in reply to guzunty

Also, can you post a link to the bundle you referred to? I don't see it on the Farnell site.

If we can see the components you are proposing to buy we can help you better.
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guzunty over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

> With just that would you just basically get text on the screen?

Nope, you'll get the full HDMI graphics experience. :-)

Let us know more about what you want to do and how you much time and experience you have with setting up a linux system. I'll tailor my suggestions to that.
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guzunty over 11 years ago in reply to guzunty

Here's a list of questions for you:

- Where will this display be sited?
- What kind information do you want to display?
- Is the information to change frequently or infrequently?
- If frequently, does it need to change automatically?
- If frequent and/or automatic, Is there Wi-Fi or wired ethernet available at the proposed site?

I'll add more as I think of them.
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Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to guzunty

Looking at displaying something like a Power Point presentation. It would be displayed on a flat panel TV. Updated weekly. Not a lot of linux experience.
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guzunty over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

With a weekly update, you could maybe get away with just updating it by changing the SD card.

The Pi will run Open Office which will display your PowerPoint presentations, though you need to be aware that the rendering is not 100% faithful.

You may need to be patient and learn which PowerPoint techniques work well and which do not.

In that case, you just need a Pi, a TV an SD card and a power supply. A keyboard can be borrowed to set the Pi up, but you don't need one continuously.

You can of course buy a complete accessory bundle, but the above is all you really need. You'll also need a VESA mount if its going up on a wall, but I assume you've got the mechanical side of things under control and we just need to look at the software.

How big are the PowerPoint presos?
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Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to guzunty

Will pretty much any wireless keyboard work?
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