[ale] Raspberry Pi and ... Of all the projects for a microcontroller... OMG....

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

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Richard Bronosky <richardbronosky at gmail.com> wrote:

>Ugh! That first sentence should have been: I was NOT expecting to find
>an
>excellent write up at that URL.
>
>I blame autocorrect.
>On Nov 24, 2012 10:28 PM, "Richard Bronosky"
><richardbronosky at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I was expecting to find an excellent write up at that URL. In fact, I
>only
>> clicked it to confirm the validity of the "don't post that garbage to
>this
>> list even with OT in the subject" email I was planning. I'm very
>impressed
>> with the article, the work, and my ability to forget what she was
>actually
>> making. I wanted to comment about the Energizer brand USB battery
>packs I
>> bought on woot, but don't want to be associated with that flame
>baiting
>> article.
>>
>> The battery packs I own have the host USB output and the micro USB
>input
>> on opposite ends of the device making it perfect for building into
>DYI
>> projects and not requiring you to make it removable for charging. I
>had
>> never thought of using them this way. I will look into using these to
>power
>> the raspberry pi power BBQ PID controller I plan to build this
>winter.
>> On Nov 24, 2012 7:03 PM, "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw at wittsend.com>
>wrote:
>>
>>> Ok....
>>>
>>> There is no way I can post this without getting into a whole lotta
>>> trouble and yet there is no way I can NOT post this...  I'm sitting
>here
>>> laughing so hard I was in tears...  As old Red Skelton use to quip
>in
>>> his "bad little boy" skits "if I do dis, I get a whipping...  Yeah,
>I do
>>> dis..."
>>>
>>> Sooo...  We've been having this discussion over what we can do with
>the
>>> Raspberry Pi's and, by extension, the Ardunios (the Alamode is
>almost
>>> required for some sensors and the Ardunio Duo looks really
>attractive).
>>>
>>> I got my two RPs in on Wednesday right on schedule from Newark. 
>Both
>>> are running right now with Fedora (one with the Alamode on its bus).
> I
>>> tried Raspian but was not real thrilled.  Only downside to Fedora 17
>is
>>> that it doesn't fully support the 512M ram on the newer boards but I
>>> expect this to get fixed sooner or later.  At this point, well over
>half
>>> of my "no additional hardware required" project list is well within
>>> striking distance.  I've already had USB to serial connectors
>plugged in
>>> and could use these for remote USB console devices, easily.  Things
>for
>>> "syslog servers", "cron ssh little black boxes", "log harvestors",
>and
>>> "nagios servers" are trivial from where I have them already.  I'm
>>> getting ready to order several more for deployment into production
>>> environments.
>>>
>>> I'm already assembling the high voltage components for my big
>project
>>> (the power line disturbance analyzer) and I've got parts coming in
>for
>>> my sprinkler controller.  The IP KVM will have to wait...
>>>
>>> So, I'm on track...  Come middle of next year, if we want to have a
>>> meeting devote to Raspberry Pi and Ardunio projects, I will be
>there, no
>>> question, even if the line disturbance analyzer is not ready.
>>>
>>> But...  Then I ran into this.  I just don't know what to say.  I
>would
>>> have never thought of it, but...  Any further commentary from me
>will
>>> only dig me deeper...  I leave it to you all...  This is not for me
>to
>>> comment on...
>>>
>>> /me picks jaw up off floor and finds a nice quite place to hide in
>while
>>> waiting for the flash of light and mushroom cloud on the horizon...
>>>
>>> http://scanlime.org/2012/11/hacking-my-vagina/
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mike
>>> --
>>> Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 |  mhw at WittsEnd.com
>>>    /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/          | (678) 463-0932 |
>>> http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/
>>>    NIC whois: MHW9          | An optimist believes we live in the
>best of
>>> all
>>>  PGP Key: 0x674627FF        | possible worlds.  A pessimist is sure
>of it!
>>>
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