[mdlug] Upcoming meetings - RPI stuff

[Dr. Robert Meier]

Gib,

If you could bring in loaner Raspberry Pi2s and Pi3s,
that would be a big help.

I will bring some power and ethernet cables,
microSD cards, and some other tools, but not enough for everyone,
so if you can bring in some power and ethernet cables,
microsSD cards, ... that would also help.

Pi 0W s are workable, but the need to swap/mount/.../umount/swap
microSD cards makes debugging slow.  Pi 0 (non-W) require a
USB-OTG cable and wifi dongle (I'll bring one extra with me.)

The goal is to setup each Pi with NO monitor nor keyboard required,
so the monitors and keyboards should not be necessary.

Thank you,
Bob

On 06/06/2017 08:29 PM, gib at juno.com wrote:
> I have a half dozen Raspberry PIs that would work.  I have a few RPi zeros too.
> 
> I brought in a lot of stuff that day. Bags and bags.
> 
> Do we need 6 monitors?
> 
> I have 6 keyboards.
> 
> Several SD cards.
> 
> Many cables and chargers.
> 
> Network wifi router, ethernet cable.
> 
> Monitor cables.
> 
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "musichall at juno.com" <musichall at juno.com>
> To: mdlug at mdlug.org
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Upcoming meetings
> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 17:44:34 GMT
> 
> Hi Bob, Although I am interested & intrigued by the Pi for its power and versatility, I am not presently a Pi user, and am not quite ready to purchase (still evaluating for my own use). For the March (I believe) meeting, Gib was presenter and had a number of Pi modules which he loaned out to everyone for the purpose of the meeting. I see in the MDLUG home page a reference to using Pi for embedded applications. I think the Pi would serve well for an application I have in mind (which can also be (and is) served by a web page), but to go with h/w route, I would be looking at the ability to service a 16ms interrupt (i.e. power-line) for timing purposes. Can the Pi handle that? Yes, I can bring an ethernet cable and a 120v-USB power adapter; but should I bother coming to this meeting, since I don't have a Pi (yet)? Thanks, Rich Hall 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: "Dr. Robert Meier" <list1c30fe42 at bellsouth.net>
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Upcoming meetings
> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:22:04 -0400
> 
> Pi users,
> 
> June Raspberry Pi: Headless Image howto
>  ...
>  Bring your own Raspberry Pi, ethernet cable, and
>  memory card already loaded with Raspbian, and follow along.
> 
> The equipment to be used
>  microSD card
>  4 to 32Gio
>  Raspberry
>  Preferred: Pi 2 or Pi 3 with ethernet cable
>  Acceptable: Pi Zero W
>  Problematic: Pi Zero
>  with USB-OTG cable and Broadcom Wifi dongle
>  laptop
>  capable of read/write microSD card
>  ethernet or wifi to match Raspberry Pi
>  web browser: wget(1), curl(1)
>  partition editor: fdisk(8)
>  block writer: dd(8)
>  formattor: mkfs.ext3(8)
>  labeler: e2label(8)
>  checksum: sha1sum(1)
>  comparator: diff(1)
>  remote shell client: ssh(1)
>  Power supply
>  Preferred: laptop with usb jack
>  Acceptable: usb battery module
>  Acceptable: usb wall charger with extension cord
>  USB Power cable
>  required: micro plug for Raspberry Pi
>  required: compatible with power supply
> 
> if you would like me to purchase equipment for you,
>   to be reimbursed at twice purchase cost,
>   please post your request to this list before Wednesday 6pEDT.
> 
> --
> Bob
> 
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