[GRLUG] RaspBerry Pi

[Richard Nienhuis]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ports requirements, IIRC, are:
> * One(1) VGA port, or DVI-I and a DVI->VGA adapter
>

Does the screen actually support rs-232?

> * One(1) USB port for One(1) RS-232 serial port for the touchscreen's
> input (USB is the most convenient)
>


> * One(1) USB port for the ticket printer.
>

Cash reader uses serial

> * One(1) USB port for the cash reader.
>

It has a SD/etc slot so thats good enough.

> * One(1) USB port, one(1) SATA port or one(1) IDE port for booting the
> OS. (Unless we talk about netboot again)
> * One(1) ethernet port for network access.
>
> That's minimum, and can even be worked downward a little with a USB
> hub or expansion card. Anything else is gravy.
>
> Flash will run on android but this arm is the wrong arch.  It really
doesn't support flash at all.

> I know Adobe Flash runs on Arm (it's running on my Xoom), but I don't
> know if they have an Arm Flash plugin for Linux. So a low-power x86
> processor would be ideal. AMD's low-power Bulldozer might even be
> appropriate. What's the lowest wattage x86 processor around that can
> handle Adobe Flash?
>
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