hey, new here, saw Raspberry Pi can do a lot of things. Feel like buy one and tinker with it and learn some techie knowledge.

just want to ask you guys if you can help me understand the difference
http://my.element14.com/jsp/bespoke/bespok...equestid=249225

whats the difference between the SD card provided?
MEMORY, SDCARD, RASPBERRY PI, 4GB
MEMORY, 4GB, SDHC, ULTRA

both same capacity, just one preinstalled the OS in it but is halved.

Once clarified will order the lot and learn how to tinker about  

Thanks, do let me know what else I need aside from the board, HDMI screen/ cable, ethernet, USB keyboard/ mouse

so just grab the board and the case will do? the rest buy externally then thanks

With so many types of USB hub at different price level/ design/made in China, it is hard to determine which ones have over-current protection at port or device or any protection at all..

See this example for the PTC
( http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/ATX_Br...design_overview )

haha , look too naked unless built one with lego which i saw rather interesting. time to order and learn how use a Raspberry Pi with zero knowledge in programming xD

Start up with hello world.. C or C++..

learn using either vi,vim,nano,gedit and compiler such as tcc, gcc, g++

Pretty simple.. google up and good luck !

thanks, lots to learn, since this would be my first, never done any computing language before (business grad)

thanks, lots to learn, since this would be my first, never done any computing language before (business grad)

Anybody here got a GPIO IR receiver working?
How to enable the remote function?

This?

then i definitely recommend you to take up python instead of C if you wanna do more than just installing RaspBMC. much simpler and direct.

then i definitely recommend you to take up python instead of C if you wanna do more than just installing RaspBMC. much simpler and direct.

learning c/c++ or assembling language will give him a foundation of basic programming.
From there onwards, there wont be much difference when porting up to java, C,C++...

Will take whichever built a good foundation, any recommended site? got to know some from lifehack < inclusive of java programming

learning c/c++ or assembling language will give him a foundation of basic programming.
From there onwards, there wont be much difference when porting up to java, C,C++...

well c/c++ is anything BUT basic.

the language norm for RPi is python anyway, and if he wants to do anything related to GPIO then Python can get him up and going in no time instead of doing the same thing in C, or even mov ax,cx in assembly for that matter