On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Barry Roberts wrote:
> That TI board looks really cool. If I had known about those before I
> bought my EverSpring temperature sensors, I might have bought those
> instead. But I'm not designing a product, I just want sensors that
> are plug-and-play to use in my
Thus said Dan Egli on Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:10:48 +0530:
> Any good recommendations for a Linux-compatible (DD-WRT or Tomato
> would be best) off-the-shelf router? I want it to be AC capable and
> have gigabit ethernet ports for the LAN. Wan could be Fast Ethernet or
> Gigabit, really doesn'
I got a Buffalo ??? It comes with DD-WRT with instructions to install
Open-WRT. Works great. I can get a signal from inside my condo through
several walls to my car in the parking lot.
This is the one I got (out of stock):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162047
These a
On December 5, 2014, Levi Pearson wrote:
> Although DIY network router projects typically have more *features*
> than you get on a commercial home network router product, they
> certainly don't universally work *better* at the core networking
> tasks. The open source alternatives on commercial rout
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Levi Pearson wrote:
>
> You might want to look at some of the new "Internet of Things" chips
> that companies like TI and Broadcom are promoting. They both make
> fairly cheap development boards that have microcontrollers and onboard
> wireless (WiFi, BT, or both)
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> On December 3, 2014, Barry Roberts wrote:
>> Less processor and RAM than a pi/beagle/cubie, but considering all the
>> stuff it includes (wirelss, GB switch, GB NICS, power supply, case,
>> etc.), for $78, you MIGHT be able to put together a pi or
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Barry Roberts wrote:
> Pi is designed for an educational tool, maybe a set-top box,
> which it sucks at, and has been coerced into some arduino-type
> applications that could use more processing power or easy
> networking (home control, monitoring, robotics, electr
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
>
> Many home-brew/DIY projects lack the polished look of the commercial
> models. But they are fun to get assembled, and work better than a
> commercial model too.
Dream on (in this particular case). You ignored the part where I
said it wouldn't
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> Many home-brew/DIY projects lack the polished look of the commercial
> models. But they are fun to get assembled, and work better than a
> commercial model too. So looks are the least of my consern. However, I can
> always look at other models to
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> As to BeagleBoard, the
> only project I've ever seen seems to indicate it's similiar to the Arduino,
> but just more powerful. I don't know if that's right or not. I'd have to
> take a much closer look at it to see how compatable it is. I don't wa
On December 3, 2014, Barry Roberts wrote:
> Less processor and RAM than a pi/beagle/cubie, but considering all the
> stuff it includes (wirelss, GB switch, GB NICS, power supply, case,
> etc.), for $78, you MIGHT be able to put together a pi or a beagle-based
> option for a similiar price, but prob
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Barry Roberts wrote:
> A couple of years ago I looked for AC-capable routers that could
> easily be flashed to a good Linux OS, but there weren't any at the
> time. Looks like the Asus AT-AC66U (1.3 Gbps wireless) is $169 and
> supported by dd-wrt.
>
I was able
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
>
> As to what I was doing, I hadn't decided for sure. I had a few ideas, but
> they all needed more than one NIC available. One idea was a homebrew
> router. Of course there are others too, but let's focus on the router idea
> for now. One thing at
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> Also, what the heck is a cubietruck? That one I can conclusively say I've
> NEVER heard of. At least, not that my mind can conjure up.
>
> Thanks!
> --- Dan
It's the third version of the arm based SoC cubieboards. It has 2G of
RAM, which is high
On Dec. 1, 2014, Barry Roberts wrote:
> Since the built-in NIC is USB, I'm curious why you eliminate USB for a
> second NIC.
Didn't realize that the onboard NIC was USB. That does change things a bit.
As to what I was doing, I hadn't decided for sure. I had a few ideas, but
they all needed more t
On 12/01/2014 09:07 AM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 12/01/2014 04:59 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
>> I was thinking of various uses one could put a Raspberry Pi to, and a
>> question occurred to me. I know the Model B (and B+) have an Ethernet port
>> built in. Has anyone ever seen a shield, or other method
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Barry Roberts wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Levi Pearson wrote:
>
>> Or, use something like the Beaglebone Black instead of a RPi in the
>> first place. By the time you get your RPi, your board to connect the
>> Arduino, and the Arduino itself, you've
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Levi Pearson wrote:
> Or, use something like the Beaglebone Black instead of a RPi in the
> first place. By the time you get your RPi, your board to connect the
> Arduino, and the Arduino itself, you've blown through the price
> difference between the boards.ilman
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Doran Barton wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 10:27:07 -0700
> Levi Pearson wrote:
>
> > Or, use something like the Beaglebone Black instead of a RPi in the
> > first place. By the time you get your RPi, your board to connect the
> > Arduino, and the Arduino itself, y
On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 10:27:07 -0700
Levi Pearson wrote:
> Or, use something like the Beaglebone Black instead of a RPi in the
> first place. By the time you get your RPi, your board to connect the
> Arduino, and the Arduino itself, you've blown through the price
> difference between the boards. The
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Barry Roberts wrote:
> If you really need the I/O connections on the duino, and the
> networking and linux of the pi, I would add something like this to a
> pi:
> http://www.dfrobot.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1148&search=raspberry&description=t
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> I was thinking of various uses one could put a Raspberry Pi to, and a
> question occurred to me. I know the Model B (and B+) have an Ethernet port
> built in. Has anyone ever seen a shield, or other method (besides USB) of
> including an additional
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
>
> I was thinking of various uses one could put a Raspberry Pi to, and a
> question occurred to me. I know the Model B (and B+) have an Ethernet port
> built in. Has anyone ever seen a shield, or other method (besides USB) of
> including an addition
On 12/01/2014 04:59 AM, Dan Egli wrote:
> I was thinking of various uses one could put a Raspberry Pi to, and a
> question occurred to me. I know the Model B (and B+) have an Ethernet port
> built in. Has anyone ever seen a shield, or other method (besides USB) of
> including an additional port on
I was thinking of various uses one could put a Raspberry Pi to, and a
question occurred to me. I know the Model B (and B+) have an Ethernet port
built in. Has anyone ever seen a shield, or other method (besides USB) of
including an additional port on the Pi? I know that the GPIO pins will
allow you
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