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[abarbarian]

You will soon find some use for the Pi. Keep an eye on this site and you will spot a funky idea to suit sooner or later.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

The roll up looks an amazing idea but seems to not be so good in real life from the reviews I read at Amazon. I have been looking at getting a wireless mini kb with trackpad for a while now but keep on getting put of by buyers reviews.

You will need a powered hub if you are running more than a kb and mouse.

At the moment I am just using my Pi to surf the web and play video clips and pics when I am at me mums. With a bit of tinkering thrown in aswell. I do have some projects in mind but I need to find some spare time to play.

Have fun with the pie making.

[ross549]

What kind of USB power supply are you using? If your keyboard is acting up it is the first sign of power issues.

Adam

[rolanaj]

It's not really that the keyboard acts up so much as the keys are spongy(?) and the layout is a little strange. You kind of have to really smash the keys sometimes to type. The usb hub I have doesn't have a power supply at all so I have to replace it.

[zlim]

I have one of those keyboards too. It is so old it has a PS/2 connector. I know what you mean about the spongy keys. I bought it to connect to a laptop. I kept my laptop safely away from my coffee cup because I did not want an accident and was willing to put up with the spongy keys so I could compute and drink coffee.

[ross549]

rolanaj, on 12 May 2013 - 10:02 PM, said:

It's not really that the keyboard acts up so much as the keys are spongy(?) and the layout is a little strange. You kind of have to really smash the keys sometimes to type. The usb hub I have doesn't have a power supply at all so I have to replace it.

I agree. The keyboard I have for my Pi is not very good either. Logitech K400. It is wireless and works week aside from the sponginess.

I wish dell mad a simple wireless keyboard based on their normal keyboards and not a slim keyboard.

Adam

[rolanaj]

I thought the roll up one would be good for the little one to use because it wouldn't matter if she spilled stuff on it.

I had to replace the keyboard for my PC a year or so ago and it is fine except when I want a capital letter, then I have to make sure to jam the caps lock key down and hit the letter I want capitalized really hard. The letter i seems to be the worst one, beyond annoying but I'm too cheap to replace it yet. I have other keyboards kicking around but they have the PS/2 connectors and I'd need an adapter.

[abarbarian]

I got me an empty large plastic water cooler bottle about fifteen years ago with the intention of filling it with loose change an then buying meself a huge treat. I never got more than an inch or two of the bottom covered as I kept on dipping into it. So today I emptied it and took the swag to the local store  which has a change converter machine. Shocked I was when I looked at the total, £42.57. Recovering quickly I dashed home and ordered one of the Pi cameras that will be on sale tomorrow. I'd had a early interested party e-mail from Farnell earlier in the day hence the hunt for loot.Whilst I was in town I took the opportunity to bank a cheque I received yesterday from the local scrap yard where I had taken a trailer load of scrap to weigh in. £15 I got for a load of old tat that folk have over the last few years have paid me small amounts of loot to dispose of. I was shocked to discover that Farnell's were wanting to charging £4 more than RS for my order. What order you say,thought you were only getting a camera ? Did I not mention a camera ? How remiss of me.I just did a quick proof read and I did mention a camera, I thought I had.Anyways, adding up £15+£42.57=£57.57 which was less than Farnell wanted but more than RS wanted I spent the difference on a chicken wellington which was reduced to half price and a glorious fresh cream horn.So here I sit well fed and watered, I found a half bottle of mulled wine at the back of a cupboard this evening, feet up and waiting. Me version B latest model Pi with translucent case and camera module should arrive in a few days time. I should have recovered from todays exertions by then.
I'll post pics.
Just been reading through the RaspiCamDocs. This looks like some piece of kit.



http://www.raspberry...ag/camera-board

http://www.raspberry...g/archives/3890

Edited by abarbarian, 14 May 2013 - 06:18 PM.

[abarbarian]

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You have a shipment being sent from RS COMPONENTS LTD that is due to be despatched on 15/05/2013 using our Express 24 service.

Looks like it may arrive today.

[abarbarian]

Icky thump ! Not ten minutes after me last post a jiffy bag was pushed through the letter box. I'll be posting pics.

[ross549]

Very cool! Let us know how it works!

[abarbarian]

ross549, on 17 May 2013 - 08:10 PM, said:

Very cool! Let us know how it works!

Not at all. That is how it don't work. Am I hacked off ? ;-(

[ross549]

What doesn't work? The camera? The Pi itself? The USB power supply?

[abarbarian]

The new Pi works fine and so does the wi-fi dongle. Can not say about the Pi camera as I can not get it set up.

I have used the firmware update hack, just last week as it happens. I had to do that to get the wi-fi working as well as update and upgrade for the os.

Today update and upgrade run but call errors on some web addys then tell me the system is up to date apart from three programs. The firmware upgrade hack complains it can not find a webb addy and refuses to run.

Spent hours doing initial reading to make sure things ran smoothly. Read loads of post about how goody the camera was and loads of I'll show you my vids I made.
Checked re checked everything I did and the only conclusion I can come up with is there is something wrong with the servers I am trying to access. Maybe they are down for maintenance or something.
Anyway I'm hacked of. The bunch of lilies I bought at the bud stage are now almost fully open. Great. No blooming timelapse video of them.

Edited by abarbarian, Yesterday, 03:57 PM.

[ross549]

I wonder if the servers are being slammed.....

Adam