Few months ago, i bought Raspberry pi (mini computer without limbs :) ).
With lot of struggle, especially in Chennai ( i stay in Chennai), where there is no proper internet connection, difficult to get needful accessories, finally made some thing work using this tiny device.
Although the intent is nice, but in reality the accessories and availability in India is very difficult, also very pricey.
This tiny device is a mini computer + micro controller with no real time clock.
Primary information:
1. Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB RAM. Costs 2750/- from Element 14
2. The device has only two USB ports and can not drive external devices (except keyboard and mice) - so one has to buy a Powered USB hub, costs Rs 1000+.
3. The device clocks at 700MHz and ram is very little 512MB/256MB. So processing power especially browsing and playing multimedia files (of course the purpose is not do this) is very slow. On top of that Memory read/write speed is less, it will be very much sluggish to use. So again with a good reading speeds, one has to shell out some Rs. 500 -1000.
4. Now, if some body wants to use with the device with wi-fi, (very few devices are recommended) again one more thousand is required to buy a working wi-fi adapter. I have purchased Dlink DWA-131 (recommended to use even without using Powered USB hub). Also, i have tested with my Belkin Wireless G adapter with powered hub, it works.
Al-together atleast INR 7000/- is required to get started working on it. Of course this can be minimized if people are available to work in groups! ( i did not mention about the display).
Now coming to the main part, most of the communities are targeting for multimedia & programming, but again some are focusing on education and the projects with raspberry pi are very nice . I am trying to build some interesting things which stimulate children.
With lot of struggle, especially in Chennai ( i stay in Chennai), where there is no proper internet connection, difficult to get needful accessories, finally made some thing work using this tiny device.
Although the intent is nice, but in reality the accessories and availability in India is very difficult, also very pricey.
This tiny device is a mini computer + micro controller with no real time clock.
Primary information:
1. Raspberry Pi Model B 512MB RAM. Costs 2750/- from Element 14
2. The device has only two USB ports and can not drive external devices (except keyboard and mice) - so one has to buy a Powered USB hub, costs Rs 1000+.
3. The device clocks at 700MHz and ram is very little 512MB/256MB. So processing power especially browsing and playing multimedia files (of course the purpose is not do this) is very slow. On top of that Memory read/write speed is less, it will be very much sluggish to use. So again with a good reading speeds, one has to shell out some Rs. 500 -1000.
4. Now, if some body wants to use with the device with wi-fi, (very few devices are recommended) again one more thousand is required to buy a working wi-fi adapter. I have purchased Dlink DWA-131 (recommended to use even without using Powered USB hub). Also, i have tested with my Belkin Wireless G adapter with powered hub, it works.
Al-together atleast INR 7000/- is required to get started working on it. Of course this can be minimized if people are available to work in groups! ( i did not mention about the display).
Now coming to the main part, most of the communities are targeting for multimedia & programming, but again some are focusing on education and the projects with raspberry pi are very nice . I am trying to build some interesting things which stimulate children.
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