Post by thread:[OT] Element14 and Raspberry Pi update.

For those not following the Raspberry Pi website and for some people the confusion with pricing and availability to the non trade customers with Element 14, R-Pi have just released a new price and postage grid on their webpage. For Australian purchasers the delivery cost has been removed. For Austrians,Italians, Greeks and Greek Cypriots, who are non trade customers will now be able to buy from a new Export Website going live tomorrow (Wednesday) by credit card - no mention of PayPal. Full details and matrix at http://www.raspberrypi.org Colin -- cdb, on 27/03/2012

They say: March 27th: " ... with the first delivery of reworked boards due to go out next week, ... " Also: OpenELEC for Raspberry Pi Posted on March 9, 2012 by liz The guys at OpenELEC, an embedded OS built specifically to run XBMC, have announced their first ARM port and with it, support for Raspberry Pi. (Please note that although their website says that they can only support the Model B, the post was written just before we announced the upgrade doubling the Model A’s RAM.) I’m a week or so late to the party on this – apologies to Gimli and Stephan for the delay in posting this while we wrestled with launch stuff here. When a download is available (which should be pretty soon, and I should point out that we have been the limiting factor here; we need to get one of the boards with a replaced magjack out to the guys so they can test it on a production board – that’s Gimli’s alpha board you can see in the video), we’ll be hosting it on our downloads page. A quick word from Stephan: What is OpenELEC? OpenELEC is an embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub. The idea behind OpenELEC is to allow people to use their Home Theatre PC (HTPC) like any other device you might have attached to your TV, like a DVD player or Sky box. Instead of having to manage a full operating system, configure it and install the packages required to turn it into a hybrid media center, OpenELEC is designed to be simple to install, manage and use, making it more like running a set-top box than a full-blown computer. OpenELEC is tiny, at 85-115MB, and for RaspberryPi it comes in at only 70MB, which comprises the whole OS including XBMC, Python, and all services/tools needed to run XBMC. This means that at the moment, it’s the smallest distro for Raspberry Pi that we’ve seen.

I was placing a Farnell order and noted that you can order one Raspberry Pi PER ORDER. I ordered another (now 2). The OpenELEC embedded OS built specifically to run XBMC is of great interest to me. It looks likely to allow implementing a media server to provide slideshows in a manner that suits me at a price below anything available - and existing ones usually do not do a marvellous job of doing any sort of user interactive flexible slideshow. I now haven't got two more RP's than Gus hasn't got :-). Russel

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:08 AM, RussellMc <spam_OUTapptechnzTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: > I was placing a Farnell order and noted that you can order one > Raspberry Pi PER ORDER. > I ordered another (now 2). > > The OpenELEC embedded OS built specifically to run XBMC is of great > interest to me. > > It looks likely to allow implementing a media server to provide > slideshows in a manner that suits me at Â a price below anything > available - and existing ones usually do not do a marvellous job of > doing any sort of user interactive flexible slideshow. > > I now haven't got two more RP's than Gus hasn't got :-). > I don't see what the big deal is about raspberry pie. The seeds get stuck in my teeth. -- Martin K.

> I don't see what the big deal is about raspberry pie. The seeds get > stuck in my teeth. To me for my initial intention for it, the big deal is that it offers 1080p(i(e))* video and an SD card in a well priced device, with 'ethernet' being an excellent bonus. The ability to 'relatively easily' [tm] produce a video display system for SD stored images with relatively powerful microcontroller support with the complete core electronics costing under $US40, is "attractive". "Real video" is, in my opinion, what sets RP apart from other similarly priced 'alternatives' to date.If people want to demonsrate practicable alternatives at similar prices I will be delighted. Russell * a few enseeded teeth being a small price o pay for such

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:02:13 -0400, M.L. wrote: :: I don't see what the big deal is about raspberry pie. The seeds get :: stuck in my teeth. If I've said it once, I've said it 3.14 times before, a blackberry is a more complete fruit.:) Colin -- cdb, .....colinKILLspam@spam@btech-online.co.uk on 30/03/2012 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.justhost.com.au This email is to be considered private if addressed to a named individual or Personnel Department, and public if addressed to a blog, forum or news article.

On 29/03/2012 17:36, RussellMc wrote: >> I don't see what the big deal is about raspberry pie. The seeds get >> stuck in my teeth. > > To me for my initial intention for it, the big deal is that it offers > 1080p(i(e))* video and an SD card in a well priced device, with > 'ethernet' being an excellent bonus. I agree that the Pi is an excellent bit of kit for the price. The developers have put a lot of effort into it. I wonder how many people will be disappointed with it due to their expectations being far too high. It's not a $25 computer that will run a full distribution with all sorts of added programs, but I have talked to a number of people who said "I can't wait to install X on it". I hope that a small number of decent, targeted distributions are released that use the hardware to the best of its ability (much like DD-WRT, OpenWRT etc do for routers). I'd hate to see a large number of half baked, unmaintained distributions that tail off after 6 months

> Though somehow I doubt there's an MDEC on there... so you won't be > decoding MPEG-4/AVC video on there any time soon. Well, not in real time > at least. Not needed for what I want - I want a "decent" JPG slideshow platform. So far I have not seen a standalone "media player" or inbuilt TV system that does this very well. A small subset of Irfanview functionality should be 'easy enough to do' [tm]. The ability for relatively unskilled people to view photo slideshows in subdirectories and select photos on the fly for later printing or copying would be good. Think eg wedding photos subset by bride's house / church / garden photos/reception etc. Russel

With the option to enter a comment or caption with selected pictures, and possibly overlay it prior to printing, whilst the memory of the event is fresh. On 30 March 2012 00:30, RussellMc <.....apptechnzKILLspam.....gmail.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> > Though somehow I doubt there's an MDEC on there... so you won't be > > decoding MPEG-4/AVC video on there any time soon. Well, not in real time > > at least. > > Not needed for what I want - I want a "decent" JPG slideshow platform. > So far I have not seen a standalone "media player" or inbuilt TV > system that does this very well. > A small subset of Irfanview functionality should be 'easy enough to do' > [tm]. > > The ability for relatively unskilled people to view photo slideshows > in subdirectories and select photos on the fly for later printing or > copying would be good. Think eg wedding photos subset by bride's house > / church / garden photos/reception etc. > > > Russell >

I said it on March 14th On Mar 29, 2012, at 2:16 PM, cdb wrote: On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:02:13 -0400, M.L. wrote: :: I don't see what the big deal is about raspberry pie. The seeds get :: stuck in my teeth. If I've said it once, I've said it 3.14 times before, a blackberry is a more complete fruit.:) Colin -- cdb, EraseMEcolinspam_OUTTakeThisOuTbtech-online.co.uk on 30/03/2012 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.justhost.com.au This email is to be considered private if addressed to a named individual or Personnel Department, and public if addressed to a blog, forum or news article.

> On 30/03/12 00:28, YES NOPE9 wrote: > > Does anyone have one yet ? > > Word on the street is the first batch won't be going out to customers > until some time around July at the earliest... They claim (your belief optional): 2000 in UK now Undergoing compliance CE testing Soon .... (probably) ........... Photos of piles of boards in factory (FWIW) Russell Read more here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/ BUT arch 28th update: Update, 8.40pm Mar 28: element14 have put out a new update to their FAQ, enlarging on what’s happening with CE compliance. It’s well worth a read – head on over! Update, 6pm Mar 28: we have spoken with BIS this morning, and they have confirmed that, given the volumes involved and the demographic mix of likely users, any development board exemption is not applicable to us; as a result, even the first uncased developer units of Raspberry Pi will require a CE mark prior to sale in the EU. As we mention below, we are working with RS Components and element14/Premier Farnell to bring Raspberry Pi into a compliant state as soon as is humanly possible. Following on from last week’s discussions, both RS Components and element14/Premier Farnell have now informed us that they are not able to distribute the Raspberry Pi until it has received the CE mark. While this differs from our historical view (as we’ve said before, we believed that the uncased Raspberry Pi is not a “finished end product”, and may be distributed on the same terms as Beagleboard and other non-CE-marked platforms), we respect their right to make that decision. The good news is that our first 2,000 boards arrived in the UK on Monday and that we are working to get them CE marked as soon as is humanly possible, in parallel with bringing the remainder of our initial batch into the country. Pete and Eben have been burning the midnight oil – literally; I only exchanged about three words with Eben yesterday, and those were when he got back in from a long day’s hacking at two in the morning. On the basis of preliminary measurements, we expect emissions from the uncased product to meet category A requirements comfortably without modification, and possibly to meet the more stringent category B requirements which we had originally expected would require a metalised case.

>From what I have read/seen, normal full Linux distros that have ARM builds (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) run pretty well on there. At least as of a couple months ago, there was no hardware acceleration driver for X but it was being worked on. Once that is in place, the desktop should be pretty usable, subject to the limited CPU and RAM available. I think once a rev or two of the ARM distros have come out and the drivers get refined, it will make a very nice low-end box for email, light browsing, watching video, media fronted machine, etc. For most people, currently available computers have more power than they need. -Pete On Mar 29, 2012, at 3:00 PM, David wrote: {Quote hidden}> On 29/03/2012 17:36, RussellMc wrote: >>> I don't see what the big deal is about raspberry pie. The seeds get >>> stuck in my teeth. >> >> To me for my initial intention for it, the big deal is that it offers >> 1080p(i(e))* video and an SD card in a well priced device, with >> 'ethernet' being an excellent bonus. > > I agree that the Pi is an excellent bit of kit for the price. The > developers have put a lot of effort into it. > > I wonder how many people will be disappointed with it due to their > expectations being far too high. It's not a $25 computer that will run > a full distribution with all sorts of added programs, but I have talked > to a number of people who said "I can't wait to install X on it". > > I hope that a small number of decent, targeted distributions are > released that use the hardware to the best of its ability (much like > DD-WRT, OpenWRT etc do for routers). I'd hate to see a large number of > half baked, unmaintained distributions that tail off after 6 months. > -

It could be a good solution for total non-geeks as it would be easy to clean the card between uses to help guard against the actions of clueless people who might not know what not to click on. I'm thinking of my late 80's mother in law who wants to try simple browsing and email. On 3/29/2012 5:14 PM, Peter Loron wrote: >> From what I have read/seen, normal full Linux distros that have ARM >> builds (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc) run pretty well on there. At least as >> of a couple months ago, there was no hardware acceleration driver >> for X but it was being worked on. Once that is in place, the >> desktop should be pretty usable, subject to the limited CPU and RAM >> available. > > I think once a rev or two of the ARM distros have come out and the > drivers get refined, it will make a very nice low-end box for email, > light browsing, watching video, media fronted machine, etc. > > For most people, currently available computers have more power than > they need. > > -Pet

David wrote: > I agree that the Pi is an excellent bit of kit for the price. The > developers have put a lot of effort into it. > > I wonder how many people will be disappointed with it due to their > expectations being far too high. It's not a $25 computer that will run > a full distribution with all sorts of added programs It will run a full distribution. Take your pick between debian, fedora or arch and it's SD card based so storarage is reasonablly cheap. The main limiting factor will be what you can reasonablly have in ram at one time not what you can have installed. > , but I have talked > to a number of people who said "I can't wait to install X on it". > I think the current state of play with X is that it will run on the framebuffer but they are still working on a GPU accelerated X server. > I hope that a small number of decent, targeted distributions are > released that use the hardware to the best of its ability (much like > DD-WRT, OpenWRT etc do for routers). I'd hate to see a large number of > half baked, unmaintained distributions that tail off after 6 months. > Personally one of the big attractions of the Pi to me is that I can actually run a regular linux distro rather than the extremely stripped down stuff you have to run on hacked routers. People run debian on the NSLU2 and that is far lower spec than the Pi

> -----Original Message----- > From: @spam@piclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu [KILLspampiclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu] On Behalf > Of Philip Pemberton > Sent: 29 March 2012 22:42 > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: Re: [OT] Element14 and Raspberry Pi update. > > On 29/03/12 17:36, RussellMc wrote: > > To me for my initial intention for it, the big deal is that it offers > > 1080p(i(e))* video and an SD card in a well priced device, with > > 'ethernet' being an excellent bonus. > > Though somehow I doubt there's an MDEC on there... so you won't be > decoding MPEG-4/AVC video on there any time soon. Well, not in real time > at least. > It seems to decode MPEG-4 and H.264 very nicely from the videos showing it running XBMC. Mike ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or services. =======================================================================

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:21:16 -0700, Marcel Duchamp wrote: :: I'm thinking :: of my late 80's mother in law who wants to try simple browsing and :: email. For some reason I read that as your mother-in-law in the 1980's - meanign she was old fashioned. :) Then I thought 1980 isn't that long ago. Colin -- cdb, RemoveMEcolinTakeThisOuTbtech-online.co.uk on 30/03/2012 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.justhost.com.au This email is to be considered private if addressed to a named individual or Personnel Department, and public if addressed to a blog, forum or news article.

For Gus. The conspiracy continues :-) : Note the lack of newspapers or cucumber sandwiches. They say: And finally, some of you were asking whether there were any photos of the Raspberry Pis we have already in the UK. (We showed you some pictures from the factory the other day.) Jack, trustee extraordinaire and our COO, sent me these. Sadly, he has not done the hostage proof-of-life thing by making the pallet hold today’s newspaper, nor has he balanced a cucumber sandwich and a cup of tea on the Raspberry Pis to demonstrate that they are in England; but they’re here, waiting to go out to you as soon as EM tests are passed and the CE docs are filed. Much more at: > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/945#comments

My number came up. I ordered it with most of the options, just to rule out any unnecessary misadventures. I have no idea what to do with it. Strange that the Linux Fedora on a SD card is on back-order, hopefully that will change before the promised 6-week delay to ship is reached. It does not matter though, I have no use for the product with out the software. It does seem strange that they don't simply post an ISO and instructions. <<Unless, of course, it really don't work as promised>> If it turns out to be a hoax or other misadventure, it won't be my first time on that trip! I don't plan on investing much more time until I receive the product... They must have about a half million dollars in orders accepted now. On 3/30/2012 7:56 AM, cdb wrote: {Quote hidden}> Another update, with pretty pictures of desert in someone's garage. > > www.raspberrypi.org/archives/945#comments > -- > cdb, TakeThisOuTcolinEraseMEspam_OUTbtech-online.co.uk on 30/03/2012 > > Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk > > Hosted by: http://www.justhost.com.au > > > This email is to be considered private if addressed to a named individual > or Personnel Department, and public if addressed to a blog, forum or news > article. > > > > -- John Ferrell W8CCW “During times of universal deceit, Telling the TRUTH becomes a revolutionary act” George Orwell

-----Original Message----- From: RemoveMEpiclist-bouncesTakeThisOuTmit.edu [piclist-bouncesEraseME.....mit.edu] On Behalf Of John Ferrell Sent: 31 May 2012 16:46 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] Element14 and Raspberry Pi update. >My number came up. >I ordered it with most of the options, just to rule out any unnecessary misadventures. >I have no idea what to do with it. >Strange that the Linux Fedora on a SD card is on back-order, hopefully that will change before the promised 6-week delay to ship is reached. >It does not matter though, I have no use for the product with out the software. It does seem strange that they don't simply post an ISO and instructions. The links to the Fedora Remix installation files can be found at http://www..raspberrypi.org/archives/805 However, there are newer distros available on their download page at http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads The Arch Linux distro seems to be the best bet in terms of out-of-the-box speed. Cheers Mike ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or services. =======================================================================

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:46 PM, John Ferrell <EraseMEjferrell13triad.rr.com> wrote: > My number came up. > I ordered it with most of the options, just to rule out any unnecessary > misadventures. > I have no idea what to do with it. > Strange that the Linux Fedora on a SD card is on back-order, hopefully > that will change before the promised 6-week delay to ship is reached. > It does not matter though, I have no use for the product with out the > software. It does seem strange that they don't simply post an ISO and > instructions. > <<Unless, of course, it really don't work as promised>> You mean like this? http://www.raspberrypi.org/download

Yes. Being a Windows user with several aborted attempts at Linux I remain optimistic. On 5/31/2012 3:20 PM, Chris McSweeny wrote: {Quote hidden}> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:46 PM, John Ferrell<RemoveMEjferrell13EraseMEEraseMEtriad.rr.com> wrote: >> My number came up. >> I ordered it with most of the options, just to rule out any unnecessary >> misadventures. >> I have no idea what to do with it. >> Strange that the Linux Fedora on a SD card is on back-order, hopefully >> that will change before the promised 6-week delay to ship is reached. >> It does not matter though, I have no use for the product with out the >> software. It does seem strange that they don't simply post an ISO and >> instructions. >> <<Unless, of course, it really don't work as promised>> > You mean like this? > http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads -- John Ferrell W8CCW “During times of universal deceit, Telling the TRUTH becomes a revolutionary act” George Orwell

It arrived today. I wanted to head off as many trivial problems as possible, so I ordered the ethernet cable, 4GB card with OS installed, HDMI cable, RCA plug cable, switching PS. It would have been cumbersome to connect power with the tiny USB connector. However, I over looked the specs on the PS about the Euro connector. I will see if adapters are available locally or hack an AC connection. The PI was $35 but the PS & "stuff" brought the bill up to $76.60. On 5/31/2012 3:44 PM, John Ferrell wrote: {Quote hidden}> Yes. > Being a Windows user with several aborted attempts at Linux I remain > optimistic. > > On 5/31/2012 3:20 PM, Chris McSweeny wrote: >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:46 PM, John Ferrell<RemoveMEjferrell13spam_OUTKILLspamtriad.rr.com> wrote: >>> My number came up. >>> I ordered it with most of the options, just to rule out any unnecessary >>> misadventures. >>> I have no idea what to do with it. >>> Strange that the Linux Fedora on a SD card is on back-order, hopefully >>> that will change before the promised 6-week delay to ship is reached. >>> It does not matter though, I have no use for the product with out the >>> software. It does seem strange that they don't simply post an ISO and >>> instructions. >>> <<Unless, of course, it really don't work as promised>> >> You mean like this? >> http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads -- John Ferrell W8CCW “During times of universal deceit, Telling the TRUTH becomes a revolutionary act” George Orwell

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:22 PM, John Ferrell <RemoveMEjferrell13TakeThisOuTspamtriad.rr.com>wrote: > It arrived today. > I wanted to head off as many trivial problems as possible, so I ordered > the ethernet cable, 4GB card with OS installed, HDMI cable, RCA plug > cable, switching PS. > It would have been cumbersome to connect power with the tiny USB > connector. However, I over looked the specs on the PS about the Euro > connector. I will see if adapters are available locally or hack an AC > connection. > The PI was $35 but the PS & "stuff" brought the bill up to $76.60. When did you place the order

I think I did the "Express interest" email in late March. I got notification I could order (RS) and I placed the order on May 30. The confirmation said expect six weeks. They seem to be on top of things... On 7/12/2012 9:34 PM, V G wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:22 PM, John Ferrell <EraseMEjferrell13spamspamBeGonetriad.rr.com>wrote: > >> It arrived today. >> I wanted to head off as many trivial problems as possible, so I ordered >> the ethernet cable, 4GB card with OS installed, HDMI cable, RCA plug >> cable, switching PS. >> It would have been cumbersome to connect power with the tiny USB >> connector. However, I over looked the specs on the PS about the Euro >> connector. I will see if adapters are available locally or hack an AC >> connection. >> The PI was $35 but the PS & "stuff" brought the bill up to $76.60. > > > > When did you place the order? -- John Ferrell W8CCW “During times of universal deceit, Telling the TRUTH becomes a revolutionary act” George Orwell

::CPC are now shipping Raspberry Pi 's in the UK now. This should mean you will be getting on of the USB fuse free ones. Someone where I work received their second one from RS UK/AUS last week and they have the new zero ohm resistor substitutes for the fuses. Colin -- cdb, RemoveMEcolinKILLspambtech-online.co.uk on 27/08/2012 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.justhost.com.au This email is to be considered private if addressed to a named individual or Personnel Department, and public if addressed to a blog, forum or news article.

I ordered mine at the beginning of July from RS and will be waiting until the middle of September! Joe ________________________________________ From: spamBeGonepiclist-bouncesSTOPspamEraseMEmit.edu [KILLspampiclist-bouncesspamBeGonemit.edu] On Behalf Of Bill [EraseMEbill.finkleEraseMEntlworld.com] Sent: 27 August 2012 10:41 To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.' Subject: RE: [OT] Element14 and Raspberry Pi update. Hi All CPC are now shipping Raspberry Pi 's in the UK now. Should receive one in 7 days ! hopefully. Bill Finkle

On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:24:58 -0700, PICdude wrote: :: What was the issue with the fuses? Some of the fuses had a higher resistance than others (being Polyfuses) and the voltage drop across them on some Pis was enough for some Pis to have problems with USB comms. Colin -- cdb, @spam@colin@spam@spam_OUTbtech-online.co.uk on 29/08/2012 Web presence: http://www.btech-online.co.uk Hosted by: http://www.justhost.com.au This email is to be considered private if addressed to a named individual or Personnel Department, and public if addressed to a blog, forum or news article.

Hi All. Raspberry Pi has arrived, 5 days early. Now to find out what I can do with it. Lots of fun over the weekend :) Bill Finkle -----Original Message----- From: spamBeGonepiclist-bouncesKILLspammit.edu [.....piclist-bouncesspam_OUTmit.edu] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: 27 August 2012 10:41 To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.' Subject: RE: [OT] Element14 and Raspberry Pi update. Hi All CPC are now shipping Raspberry Pi 's in the UK now. Should receive one in 7 days ! hopefully. Bill Finkle