[GRLUG] The Raspberry Pi Model B has had its RAM doubled to 512MB, but will stay at its original price

[Patrick TenHoopen]

Pretty nifty!

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Now you can turn the Raspberry Pi into a laptop!
> http://liliputing.com/2012/06/turn-a-raspberry-pi-into-laptop-with-a-70-motorola-lapdock.html
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>> Will host on days other than Wednesday as soon as my schedule allows.
>> Casey
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Steven Scherbinski
>> <steve.scherbinski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Any chance we could do these on a day other than Wednesdays?  I've got a
>>> pi I haven't done much with, and I would like to come, but my Wednesdays are
>>> full already.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Josh <leapole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I will bring a my r-pis with me tomorrow, a webcam and stuff, I would
>>>> like to make my raspberry pi into a garage door opener.  I think a few
>>>> others where looking at the furnace setup last week.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a Panasonic network camera.
>>>>> BL-C210.  The wired type.  "For indoor
>>>>> use only."  People are welcome to play
>>>>> with it if they want.  It's brand new, so
>>>>> I can't even guarantee that it works...
>>>>>
>>>>>    -- Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Using it for security Cameras is something I want to try.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey MM can U bring that webcam by on Wednesday?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Casey
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would love to learn how to use the gpio's on these boards.  It might
>>>>>>> be overkill to use this device as a plc, but I am not familiar with plc's
>>>>>>> and the programming involved with them, but I do have a passing familiarity
>>>>>>> with linux and a few of the scripting languages.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd love to be able to hook this up to the furnace/ac with some
>>>>>>> movement sensors and servos have it control which registers are open or
>>>>>>> closed.  How about hooking it up to a few cameras for a security system.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Share and Enjoy
>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Stop by tomorrow's GRLUG Social @ The Warehouse, 112 Baldwin St.,
>>>>>>>> Jenison between 8 and 10PM to see a raspberryPi with XBMC streaming video
>>>>>>>> and stuff from the network (controlled by Apple and Andriod phones).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greg, bring your Message Board and we'll try to run it with a Pi.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Casey
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Greg Stoike <newtoz at mozor.net>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Only ideas I've had were:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Use it as an internet radio device that I can control via a webpage
>>>>>>>>> that will play through my stereo in my bedroom. I saw a neat youtube video
>>>>>>>>> of a guy using xbmc for this that I'm going to try out first.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't know how possible this will be, but I want to eventually use
>>>>>>>>> one to work with my message board that I aquirred but just haven't had
>>>>>>>>> enough time to completely redo.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm sure I'll start thinking of more as soon as I get the device. I
>>>>>>>>> stopped checking out what people were doing with them a while ago since it
>>>>>>>>> took them forever and a day to ship mine.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These things will probably turn into the experience I had with
>>>>>>>>> Atoms/Zacates. Once I got my hands on one, I kept finding uses for them. I
>>>>>>>>> now have 2 Atoms and 2 Zacates. Marvelous creatures
>>>
>>>
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