Posted: 3/31/2014 5:32:46 PM EDT
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I picked up a Raspberry Pi. I knew very little about it, but all my geek friends were geeking out about it, so I jumped in.
Anyway, anyone here playing with them? I dunno what I'll do with it. There's all the normal boring stuff like a file/media/web server. I ran across a small touchscreen for it, and I have a small shock-resistant HDD, so I'm toying with the idea of making a small media server for my car's stereo, maybe. Linux and I have a very love/hate relationship. I ran Ubuntu 4.10 as my only OS for about 2 years. Worked in IT for 15 years, before leaving that field. So, I'm kind of looking forward to the challenge of this little guy... Anyone here playing with one? |
| Biggest deal with the platform is the built-in HDMI 1080 out, so it's well suited for some kinds of embedded video/entertainment console/basic video games. It's a lot of capability for an internet appliance at a reasonable price point, and fun and cheap to tinker with. |
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Quite a few things you can do with them. I'm waiting on a few to trw some of these out.
Rapbmc. A PI implementation of XBMC PBX. There are a few PBX implementation out there. Use it in conjunction with USB web cams to turn them into IP cameras, then tie those into Zoneminder SSH server. That's all I'm waiting to do with them right now. There are dozens more uses though. |
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In my experience it has potential for smaller IoT / IFTTT things but not enough horsepower or platform compatibility (the arm toolchain) for some other tasks. Mine get used for experimenting with the sensors available and other small wireless stuff.
E.g. A Pi+PIR sensor in a hallway and turns on networked Hue lights in the office. Or a Pi+BTLE in the garage that gets stats from the OBDII when the car pulls in and uploads them to a dashboard. Battery packs and longer range radio (e.g. Shutter Wireless) may expand your imagination, but at that point there are smaller more efficient platforms. Looking forward to what others are doing with them. |
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I've currently got 3 of them. One is a first gen B model that is running Raspbmc at my girl friends. Allows her to watch Food Network shows, access my Plexmedia server, and has an RSS streamer in it with stuff she cares about. I set it up for Valentines day for her. The other two are 2nd ten B models. One is my ham pi with packet/sdr/portable repeater projects on it. The other may or may not become a carputer/stereo. Depends on whether or not I can get it to support the features I wan't supported (and whether or not I can find a SDR for the RF side of things I can use for my purposes that is stable).
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I have one. It's currently an OpenVPN server on my home network. That way I can securely reach my Synology NAS and network servers from my Macbook Pro, phone, or whatever.
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Did you make that case? That is very nice! I just have mine sitting here naked on the desk. I'm trying to come up with some kind of gun related case for mine. Half thinking of sacrificing a Magpul 20rnd mag, maybe.
I got mine booted up today. Had to dust off a dark corner of my brain to remember things like apt-get and such.  Use it or Lose it, right?
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Did you make that case? That is very nice! I just have mine sitting here naked on the desk. I'm trying to come up with some kind of gun related case for mine. Half thinking of sacrificing a Magpul 20rnd mag, maybe. I got mine booted up today. Had to dust off a dark corner of my brain to remember things like apt-get and such. Use it or Lose it, right?I didn't make that case...just assembled it after buying it here: Raspberry Pi Enclosure Kit. You are right about perishable skills. My Pi sat around for a while and after a Linux refresher course recently it got me motivated to finally put it to use. It has been pretty rock solid in the VPN role. I need a spare now that that one is in use. |
| Currently have 3 pi's running. One is for raspbmc server for media. Another is a locked down sftp server, and the last is a free radius server for authentication into my network using 802.1x ( I went slightly overboard on my wireless security and m now using WPA enterprise). Fun little systems that can run a surprisingly lot of stuff |
| I'm considering getting one for a non-profit I do volunteer work for. I helped them purchase a new copier /print/ scanning device, and they need file share to use the scanning feature. I figure a Pi would be a great low power alternative to an old pc. Also, I can mount a Pi in a security cabinet, otherwise someone will see a headless pc by the copier, and turn it off. |
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Currently have 3 pi's running. One is for raspbmc server for media. Another is a locked down sftp server, and the last is a free radius server for authentication into my network using 802.1x ( I went slightly overboard on my wireless security and m now using WPA enterprise). Fun little systems that can run a surprisingly lot of stuff Is there a particular flavor of linux that you recommend for the free radius server? I have 3 raspberry pi's and need to dust them off and put them to good use. 
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Raspian works good. This is the tutorial I based my install on if you are interested
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Thanks, that will give me some "light" reading.
It looks interesting - and I figure it should play nice with my dd-wrt routers. |
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Quoted: I have one. It's currently an OpenVPN server on my home network. That way I can securely reach my Synology NAS and network servers from my Macbook Pro, phone, or whatever. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg281/Avenger069/Untitled-2.jpg |
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Currently have 3 pi's running. One is for raspbmc server for media. Another is a locked down sftp server, and the last is a free radius server for authentication into my network using 802.1x ( I went slightly overboard on my wireless security and m now using WPA enterprise). Fun little systems that can run a surprisingly lot of stuff A locked down SFTP server is the only thing I'd use a Pi for. I'd use it to backup my CUCM clusters to and I'd have them all over the place on customer sites that are cheap asses. There is no other thing the Pi does that is worth the time of waiting for it to download, reboot, download, reboot, load, etc. They chew through flash drives constantly. Spend another $500 and build something cheap w/ COTS hardware or spend a little more and put it in a virtual cluster. |
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Been debating using one to create a weather station…temperature gage, anemometer, pitot tube…should be a nice little experiment.
They make great packet computers. Why by a $300 TNC when you can have a full blown, remote accessible digipeater for under $100? |