I paid 125 + 20 for shipping.(which in my opinion should have been 6 bucks)

too bad no news from RS..I read is free delivery..wonder how true is that...

juz curious.. which power adapter did you guys use? i saw 1 youtube clip, the fella use iphone charger.

i bought an opamp for RM1.20 from RS and also free delivery to me, so all are free postage, with no minimum order amount

This post has been edited by noobandroid: Jul 3 2012, 09:59 AM

I use htc charger. But yes you can use iphone charger as well, better would be ipad charger with higher amp rating.

I almost bought a iphone adapter, but its 28 plus another usb/micro usb cable which is another 25 bucks in my local phone shop... so I gave up.

Anyone know of cheap online vendor selling those?

Just keep in mind, it is a 5 v 700A - 1.3A micro usb, not mini usb.

bought from both the distributors, around the same price give or take RM 10-15 difference only. My other Pi is sitting in the box, waiting anxiously for my cases to come - https://www.modmypi.com/shop/raspberry-pi-c...y-pi-case-black

no case a bit worried about static.

This post has been edited by mintgadget: Jul 3 2012, 08:45 PM

how much is the casing including delivery and tax (if got)..


anyone tried to order Adafruit casing?

This post has been edited by jimmy_none: Jul 3 2012, 11:35 PM

the case looks nice leh. and does not seem that expensive too. how much shipping?

Guys,

You may find the magazine useful http://www.themagpi.com/

Thanks.

so what's the different between the hardware vs MK802 mini PC ?

i think its the price tag and also the RAM...

Been using Debian for a while now on Pi, the sound works terriblely, ppl in the forum said its the driver problem and it should be fixed, but no date given, any distro got sound working perfectly? Btw I'm using 3.5 mm jack so not from HDMI. Thanks.

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Added on July 6, 2012, 3:24 amI think u mean 5v 700mA and what is that 1.3A? Im running it for day's taking power from my powered USB hub, it draw about 4watt (I got a power meter) extra from the adapter. As long as your adapter can provide minimum of 1A, everything should be fine, and if u doesn't overclock or drawing too much power from its USB, u even can run it from USB2 port direct from PC, which only offer 500mA max, if it doesn't have enough power, u will notice your network starting to have problem. USB3 will be enough as it gives 900mA. MicroUSB cable, u can easily get from any shops that sell phone or their accessories. Even some computer shop sell them.


This post has been edited by narf03: Jul 6 2012, 03:24 AM

yeah... typo... the pi has a small piece of paper saying 700mA to 1.3A.

5V Multiple by 1A is 5 watt. All those shops that I went to buy the micro usb cable... wanted like 25ringgit for it... wtf....and the adapter is another 45 RM... unless you buy a cheap imitation iphone adapter... which is like also 25 RM...

sure can easily get those things... but do you trust the voltage?? and do you want nose bleed paying those price?

Surely, if you have friends who have old adapters they no longer need, sure can buy for 5 rm... and cable too!!!

The raspberry Pi FAQ said it will run well from 4 AA batteries, so that's 6.x volt for new batteries and 4.8V when they are about to die, so I guess it can do some voltage regulation. Like I say, u just need micro USB cable, power it from a USB3. If RM45 for an adapter, I would buy a slightly better powered USB hub which cost about RM30, I'm using 1 of this, multi purpose, can use as a hub and can power the Pi, err power a few Pi =p. mine comes with 2A adapter and 7 USB ports, oh btw its charging my iPad and HTC wildfire as I type and few USB devices plugged in, I say this is a much better choice.

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Added on July 7, 2012, 1:00 amI have to add, for Pi, they only have 1 or 2 USB, the USB hub seriously help a lot when u need to connect 3 things or more onto Pi, like keyboard, mouse and a USB flash drive for some data in or out.

This post has been edited by narf03: Jul 7 2012, 01:00 AM

where you buy from? I not from KL... so PC/hardware/electronic things here... usually a tat more expensive then the big cities

If online... do share.

forgot where i brought it, i have 2 of it, 1 at home and 1 at office, now im in office, i hot glued it onto table, home, i hot glued that onto wall, all i remember it cost about RM30, forgot where i brought from, maybe digimall(cause my office is near there and 50% of computer things i have from it).

* you must get a powered usb hub, not a hub without a power adapter, as if you want to use it to charge or power devices, adapter is a must. mine comes with 2A adapter.



This post has been edited by narf03: Jul 7 2012, 06:25 PM

have you tried to connect usb flash drive and/or usb harddrive to you pi?

Thanks

HDD no, flash drive yes, you need to 'mount' outside X.

plug in your flash/drive
do a

the last character is L
to list out all partition

then create a folder in your pi(SD), ie


then mount your drive to the folder, for SD, it should be 1 of those, thats shooting blindly, for accurate, check the fdisk -l result


for HDD, you need to know that the maximum power output from pi is 100mA, its NOT enough to make your HDD work, unless thats a SSD(may still not work), so you need to power it from external power source.

This post has been edited by narf03: Jul 8 2012, 01:51 PM

Thanks so much. Jotted down those cmd.

anyhow, if harddisk, is daisy chained via the powered usb hub should be ok?

Should be ok, many ppl used that, but u will need to use sudo fdisk -l to see what is the mount point name for your HD, won't be /dev/sd??