Update: Yep! It’s official. Just bought mine from Element14.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=19963
Looks like element14 may be producing Raspberry Pi’s with a 512MB RAM module rather than the current 256MB. Very interesting 🙂
Happy Friday Everyone!
I got an email this morning from the Orlando Sentinel that the interview with the Raspberry Pi foundation at FamiLAB was ready. I have a small part in it, as you will see 🙂
It has been an exciting two weeks, busy, but exciting. I have not had time to work on emulation at the moment. I have a long list of priorities to get done, but I’m working hard on things for the Raspberry Pi every day!
Also tonight I am going to see the Mythbusters Behind The Myths Tour! Should be a fun time.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Today is 10/11/12!!
Just had to share that!
Hey all,
Sorry for the late post. The past two days have been jam packed and I had limited internet access.
Friday and Saturday I was at Magic Ruby. It was a Ruby conference at the Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios park. I’m still decompressing from the conference, so I’m not ready to make a full review about it. Some talks were amazing, some were downright crappy. I’m just exhausted.
Right after the conference Friday night, I had to run straight to the FamiLAB Hacker Space in Longwood, Florida because they were hosting Eben and Liz from the Raspberry Pi foundation!
We spent the first part of the night hanging out with Eben and Liz, showing off our projects. Liz loved my arcade cabinet, and I need to get a kit out to her ASAP 🙂 Eben and Liz then did an interview with the Orlando Sentinel (as did I regarding my projects). After the interview, Eben did a presentation to a standing room only gathering of people regarding the Pi, as well as a QA from the audience. It was a great event!
Eben and Liz are both really humble and genuinely nice people. I’m really glad I was able to spend some time with them.
Also, on a side note, my little Color Picker test app for Windows 8 passed certification, and is now in the Windows App Store! Go me!
Have a great weekend!
-Shea
EDIT: Now with Video!
Been working on this for a bit. I now have limited access to a Laser Cutter. This mini Raspberry Pi Arcade Machine I made is so cool. The initial SVG came from here: http://www.ponoko.com/design-your-own/products/arcade-cabinet-enclosure-7231. I had to modify the holes for the slab of wood I was using and the screen size for my 2″ adafruit display.
Enjoy!
This is a short post because I am celebrating our anniversary with my fiancee 🙂
I will make up for it by posting tomorrow.
Also, to anyone in Orlando, FL, Eben and Liz from Raspberry Pi will be at the FamiLAB Hackerspace next Friday, October 5th 2012.
I’m currently working on making .deb files for all the emulators. I’m also recompiling all the source code on the latest version of Raspbian. I’m hoping that will solve some issues people have been running into lately.
More updates to follow 🙂
Hey all,
It’s been a fun week. I have been playing a LOT of Black Mesa on Steam. If you have never played Half Life then I recommend you pick up this great fan remake of the original game. If you HAVE played Half Life then you need to play this game and see how great it is. It’s free. It’s awesome. It’s a lot of fun. http://release.blackmesasource.com/
Today Adafruit linked to me again. This time about my Battery Powered Pi and how I was using their 2″ screen. That made my day 🙂 The screen is working out great!
On the news about the overclocking…Holy Crap does it make a difference! Street Fighter 2 is now 100% playable, and i’ve been able to load D&D (a CPS2 game) and it play amazingly. I’ll be getting some video of that up soon. If you are using Raspbian, update and upgrade to the latest version. It’s worth it.
Have a great weekend!
Hey All,
Today the Raspberry Pi foundation announced a new Raspbian release. I’m currently putting it through its paces, but so far it seems great.
Improvements:
WiFi – I had never tried WiFi until today. I have never had good luck with Linux and wireless adapters. I have an older Belkin USB N wifi dongle and I plugged it in and it worked instantly. Used the GUI WPA_CONFIG tool and it found my dongle, my network, and once I entered my password, I was connected. Super hassle free.
Audio – Apparently there have been fixes for the audio issues. I haven’t had good experiences with Audio on the Pi. I go from Composite to HDMI a lot, and I use a lot of different emulators. There has always been clicks and hisses. I am hoping this is fixed now. I will be testing this out later.
Overclocking – raspi_config now includes an Overclocking menu item and has introduced Turbo mode. This is coming straight from the Raspberry Pi website:
“We’ve been doing a lot of work to understand the impact of voltage and temperature on lifetime, and are now able to offer a “turbo mode”, which dynamically enables overclock and overvolt under the control of a cpufreq driver, without affecting your warranty. We are happy that the combination of only applying turbo when busy, and limiting turbo when the BCM2835′s internal temperature reaches 85°C, means there will be no measurable reduction in the lifetime of your Raspberry Pi.”
This is awesome news! I’m downloading all of my binaries to this new image and will be testing out the performance for you all.
Have a great night!
Hey All,
Excited to post today. I was out shopping today at Walmart and I came across a portable battery pack charger on clearance. I had tried to use a friend’s Duracell Portable charger and while it would power the Pi, it only outputted 500mA so it wasn’t able to power my LCD. I took a chance and picked this battery pack up and what do you know…it worked!
It’s a Kodak Power Pack KP1000 – 5v 700mA.
I’m now one step closer to my portable gaming station 🙂
-Shea