Raspberry Pi is here!

Post by **Kawa** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:33 pm

Saw it featured on BBC News @ 6:30am.
By 7:30am, both sites that sell them were down with so much traffic!

Look smart though

Post by **Ammo** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:56 pm

Delivery dates from what i saw are April time

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:42 am

Vtecmec wrote:That's right linux booting off an SD card. It won't run windows, but if you have a look on the forums, there are thousands of people with planned projects, it won't be too long until someone smart comes up with the goods.

Thought so. There must be Linux frontends for the CarPC though...

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:02 pm

Not very many, this might produce more though

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:14 pm

It's ARM based. Android runs on ARM. Android is designed around touch interfaces. Android.

Post by **Gayno** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:23 pm

Android could be a good shout, but will need to read usb touchscreen drivers.

No doubt someone will have Android on before we know it!

RaspBMC could work well also.

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:32 pm

Android would be sweet, it already has everything needed for a CarPC. As said it's driver support that could hold it back

Post by **Gayno** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:34 pm

I think it's possible, there's lots of Android devs out there so it may come to fruition before we know it.

Fingers crossed!

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:47 pm

Ammo wrote:Android would be sweet, it already has everything needed for a CarPC. As said it's driver support that could hold it back

It only outputs in composite, not VGA though so it may look a bit crap on a small screen. It does output in HDMI, but it means getting an HDMI screen (not cheaps).

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