[GreenKeys] New Raspberry Pi

[Pete Lancashire]

It is quite amazing but I've found the bottom end models have too many
limitations, For me
the past year has been around $25 to $55. If I was looking for doing
something in quantity
I would start looking at the lower priced units.

My latest project that needed a wireless network connection so I have been
playing
with the onion.io

Most of my other projects have used the Beaglebone Black.

On the other low end board by the time you have added the daughter boards
the
cost comes up.

Just my 2 cents

-pete


On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove <
captainkirk359 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 December 2015 at 21:25, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well yeah, that's about as cool as it gets..  we are truly in the age of
> > ubiquitous computing.
> >
> Fun fact, one of the courses I have to take for my degree (PROCTECH
> 3MC3 - Motion Control and Robotics) actually involves coding for the
> RPi. (Meanwhile the course we completed this term (PROCTECH 3CT3 -
> Control Theory I) involved coding for the Arduino.)
>
> Though that whole "internet of things" thing is still pants on head
> <redacted>. ("Why does my *fridge* need an internet connection?"
> although being able to go "Yep, I installed Linux on a literal
> toaster." would be fun.) But I digress...
>
>
> > So how long till we have the essentially 'disposable' $19.95 tablet /
> > notebook? Can't be much more than a year or two off at this point.
> >
> It's not $20 (it's $38), but it's getting close:
> <
> http://www.amazon.com/Zeepad-Zeeppad-android-Tablet-Capacity/dp/B00ACXLWEI/
> >
> (Oh great spam filter, please don't block this...)
>
>
> > Questions, though - if this is made in Wales, why is the price ($5.00)
> > denominated in USD - yet it's selling for $30.00 on eBay while it's being
> > given away "free" with a mag?
> >
> "Reasons" is probably the best explanation for why the price is
> denominated in USD. As to why it's selling on eBay for $30; well a
> bunch of "scalpers" bought up the first round of the MagPi magazine
> with the free Pi Zero in it and then started hawking them on eBay for
> exorbitant prices.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Christian
> --
> Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove
> STCKON08DS0
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