Still crazy after all these years

[Matthew Carpenter]

RaspberryPi is an incredible little machine.  I have used it for a Linux 
ARM desktop at times :)

For anyone so inclined, there is code for a RPi that turns it into a 
little lab industrial control system (ICS) running several of the 
protocols popular in that vertical.

Matt

On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 16:40:41 Terence wrote:
> Buying from any supplier will benefit the project, and you can 
contribute
> directly should you wish.
> 
> They are great to play with, and I am hoping to implement a home 
security
> system based on one.
> 
> On 17 February 2015 at 16:35, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at modizzle.net> wrote:
> > Re: Rapberry PI
> > 
> > I'll probably pick one up to play with, and wondered if there is an
> > advantage to buying from the company as opposed to Amazon or Newegg 
or
> > something. I have a gift card for Amazon, so that's preferred, but do 
want
> > to actually support the project.
> > 
> > Any tips?
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> 
wrote:
> >> On Monday, February 16, 2015 13:57:44 kwall at kurtwerks.com wrote:
> >> > On 2015-02-16 10:55, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> > > That is really weird; the /kid/ gives the /old man/ the pi.  
These
> >> > > things are (partly) advertised as DIY gadgets that are supposed 
to be
> >> > > used to teach kids how to program and build embedded controllers 
for
> >> > > what-have-you.  Clearly the kid knows what the old man likes.  
Yes,
> >> 
> >> it
> >> 
> >> > > is a time suck.
> >> > 
> >> > I thought about playing with an Arduino awhile back as something 
to
> >> > attach to a Linux box to control random stuff. Never go past the
> >> > thinking about part. I'm ready to pull the trigger on that or a
> >> > raspberry pi now, though.
> >> 
> >> Arduino is better if you are interested in lower-level embedded
> >> development.  I use it for lots of things where I want to create a
> >> firmware thing from the ground up (with a community full of free 
source
> >> code to do all sorts of things and a gui dev environment that is
> >> amazingly simple).  Arduino uses an Atmega169 (or 328 for twice the
> >> memory) and is akin to the kind of microcontroller found in 
refrigerators
> >> and Smart Thermostats.
> >> 
> >> RaspPi is really a tiny Linux system.  It also has a bunch of GPIO 
pins
> >> that you can connect some cool peripherals up to, and do many of the
> >> things you can use an Arduino for, but it's real power is in how 
*many*
> >> things it can do using full Linux, USB, NIC, etc...  It's more like 
a
> >> smart phone than a fridge.
> >> 
> >> > On 2015-02-16 10:11, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >> > > lol, I have been doing that very thing
> >> > > 
> >> > > Actually, I've been using it for vulnerability research on 
embedded
> >> > > platforms.  Very handy little suckers.
> >> > 
> >> > Good to see you are all still here. I got pretty burned out for a
> >> 
> >> while,
> >> 
> >> > but I think I'm starting to come up for air again.
> >> 
> >> I have to admit to having checked the list once every 6-8months for 
a
> >> while.  So focused on $DAYJOB.  About 8 years ago I chose Kubuntu 
and
> >> have had very few questions about Linux.  I limited my tinkering in 
the
> >> OS to focus on compiled binaries, to see how they worked.  I needed 
Linux
> >> to *just work* and for the most part, it's gone that way.  Far 
better
> >> than my luck with Windows.  Mac has been ok, but I still don't like 
it
> >> much.  It is not optimized for the way I work.  I'm a die-hard 
KDE/Linux
> >> boy.  The way it works is how my brain works.
> >> 
> >> Great to hear from you again, friends.
> >> 
> >> Matt
> >> 
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> > Ken Moffat
> > kmoffat at modizzle.net
> > 
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