What can I do with my element 14?

As far as I know, element14 refers only to this website and the related company (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Maybe you have a product that was created by element14, like an XL_Star development board?

Could you post a picture of what you have?

Cheers,

-Nico

As far as I know, element14 refers only to this website and the related company (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Maybe you have a product that was created by element14, like an XL_Star development board?

Could you post a picture of what you have?

Cheers,

-Nico

Nico thanks for your reply enclosed below is a photo

Since unwraping it I have powered it up using an old Blackberry charger.

Cheers for your interest

    .Jack

Someone told me the PI is a mini computer and for its size is very powerful and can be used to learn programming. It can be connected to a tv or monitor.

i have connected it up to my computer by PSI slot but the computer does not show it as connected.

i have connected it to the TV but again it does not show.

Jack

Oh sweet! You have a Raspberry Pi - those things are still quite hard to get!

It is indeed a small stand-alone computer that hooks up to your TV.

Your first step should be to just run it as a basic computer, by hooking up a mouse and keyboard and a TV, and running the operating system on an SD card. Don't hook it up to your computer.

Here is a quick start guide: http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide

If you have trouble figuring out how to get the SD card set up with the operating system, I'm pretty sure you can buy a prebuilt one on element14.

Once you have it running as a little computer, you can look into learning how to program it using Python. And from there the possibilities are quite endless actually.

Check out the Raspberry Pi group - they will have a lot more information for you than I can give: http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi

Cheers,

-Nico

Nico, thanks so much for your advice, obviously you are a man who knows what hes talking about and to be listened to.

My friend, as you have  said, has since told me its a rasberry Pi

I'll look up the links you have sugested.

Cheers again

Jack

Nico, Dave, thanks to both your advices and reading the links pages, I'm slowly learning a little.

I've have to go to town to buy SD card so cannot do much more at this time.

Thanks again

Lads

jack

Jack,

Yes, this is a small, inexpensive computer intended to get students excited

about learning programming, especially those who can't afford a typical PC.

Since you already have a PC, you would almost certainly find your PC to be

faster and more suitable for tasks like web browsing and learning programming.

The RPi would likely be more suitable for tasks where its size, quietness, and

low power are important.  Many people use the RPi together with a PC, by

using SSH to connect them, with X Windows forwarded to the PC's display,

rather than hooking up a keyboard and TV or display directly to the RPi.

That avoids some of the slowness of X Windows on the RPi.

I am reminded of a recipe for cooking shad fish:

"Find a board from a birch tree and soak it in water for about eight hours. Gut the shad and nail it to the board. Build a fire of apple and cherry wood. Suspend the board over the flames, adding wet wood chips to produce smoke. Remove the board and let cool. Throw away the shad and eat the board."

http://articles.mcall.com/2009-05-06/news/4368443_1_shad-board-wood