Raspberry Pi Talk

Presentation given at the RSGB Convention on the Raspberry Pi

Transcript

1. Raspberry Pi Peter Goodhall, 2E∅SQL
4. A tiny and cheap computer for kids & Radio Amateurs
5. DESIGNED TO TEACH KIDS MORE THAN WORD, SPREADSHEETS AND HTML Honestly computer’s isn’t for geeky nerds
6. TEACH PYTHON & SCRATCH Honestly computer’s isn’t for geeky nerds
7. TWO MODELS, DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS
8. Model A 256Mb RAM, one USB port and no Ethernet Both use a Broadcom BCM2835 that contains an ARM1176JZFS, with floating point, running at 700Mhz, and a Videocore 4 GPU which is more than enough power to play Blue ray films. Model B 256Mb RAM, 2 USB port and an Ethernet port.
10. A Pure Open Source Affair Runs Linux with downloadable ISOs for Raspbian (Debian), Arch Linux ARM, QtonPi and they are even working on a port of Android.
13. Usage within the radio shack Powerful tiny computer
14. Possibilities are endless Logging Radio Control (CAT) Satellite Tracking Packet (APRS, AX.25) Weather Satellite Decoding DSTAR Echolink Digital Modes If software doesn’t exist code it! Allstar Interfacing to other hardware Beacons (WSPR etc) Remote SDR
22. Hardware Interfacing Add further functionality
23. GPIO, SPI, ARDUINO External Interfacing
24. ROTOR REMOTOR External Interfacing
25. Crazy uses outside of radio? Its a brave world.
26. FANCY SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT? Automating Homebrew, Robotics, House Automation, Missile Launcher, Servers
27. XBMC ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE A MEDIA CENTRE Stream Video, Audio, and on-demand TV
28. VIDEO PLAY BACK CODEC LICENSING AVAILABLE MPEG2 & VC1 available both can be bought for less than £5
29. Any Questions? http://www.2e0sql.co.uk @2e0sql