<div dir="ltr">I have a printer that I need to use with google cloud print, but it doesn't directly support it. So I'm thinking instead of leaving my desktop on all the time I can just have a RPi running. I am on laptops most of the time and don't like to waste the power the old deskop needs.<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Matthew Carpenter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@eisgr.com" target="_blank">matt@eisgr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">RaspberryPi is an incredible little machine. I have used it for a Linux<br>
ARM desktop at times :)<br>
<br>
For anyone so inclined, there is code for a RPi that turns it into a<br>
little lab industrial control system (ICS) running several of the<br>
protocols popular in that vertical.<br>
<br>
Matt<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 16:40:41 Terence wrote:<br>
> Buying from any supplier will benefit the project, and you can<br>
contribute<br>
> directly should you wish.<br>
><br>
> They are great to play with, and I am hoping to implement a home<br>
security<br>
> system based on one.<br>
><br>
> On 17 February 2015 at 16:35, Ken Moffat <<a href="mailto:kmoffat@modizzle.net">kmoffat@modizzle.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Re: Rapberry PI<br>
> ><br>
> > I'll probably pick one up to play with, and wondered if there is an<br>
> > advantage to buying from the company as opposed to Amazon or Newegg<br>
or<br>
> > something. I have a gift card for Amazon, so that's preferred, but do<br>
want<br>
> > to actually support the project.<br>
> ><br>
> > Any tips?<br>
> ><br>
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Matthew Carpenter <<a href="mailto:matt@eisgr.com">matt@eisgr.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
> >> On Monday, February 16, 2015 13:57:44 <a href="mailto:kwall@kurtwerks.com">kwall@kurtwerks.com</a> wrote:<br>
> >> > On 2015-02-16 10:55, Tony Alfrey wrote:<br>
> >> > > That is really weird; the /kid/ gives the /old man/ the pi.<br>
These<br>
> >> > > things are (partly) advertised as DIY gadgets that are supposed<br>
to be<br>
> >> > > used to teach kids how to program and build embedded controllers<br>
for<br>
> >> > > what-have-you. Clearly the kid knows what the old man likes.<br>
Yes,<br>
> >><br>
> >> it<br>
> >><br>
> >> > > is a time suck.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > I thought about playing with an Arduino awhile back as something<br>
to<br>
> >> > attach to a Linux box to control random stuff. Never go past the<br>
> >> > thinking about part. I'm ready to pull the trigger on that or a<br>
> >> > raspberry pi now, though.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Arduino is better if you are interested in lower-level embedded<br>
> >> development. I use it for lots of things where I want to create a<br>
> >> firmware thing from the ground up (with a community full of free<br>
source<br>
> >> code to do all sorts of things and a gui dev environment that is<br>
> >> amazingly simple). Arduino uses an Atmega169 (or 328 for twice the<br>
> >> memory) and is akin to the kind of microcontroller found in<br>
refrigerators<br>
> >> and Smart Thermostats.<br>
> >><br>
> >> RaspPi is really a tiny Linux system. It also has a bunch of GPIO<br>
pins<br>
> >> that you can connect some cool peripherals up to, and do many of the<br>
> >> things you can use an Arduino for, but it's real power is in how<br>
*many*<br>
> >> things it can do using full Linux, USB, NIC, etc... It's more like<br>
a<br>
> >> smart phone than a fridge.<br>
> >><br>
> >> > On 2015-02-16 10:11, Matthew Carpenter wrote:<br>
> >> > > lol, I have been doing that very thing<br>
> >> > ><br>
> >> > > Actually, I've been using it for vulnerability research on<br>
embedded<br>
> >> > > platforms. Very handy little suckers.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Good to see you are all still here. I got pretty burned out for a<br>
> >><br>
> >> while,<br>
> >><br>
> >> > but I think I'm starting to come up for air again.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I have to admit to having checked the list once every 6-8months for<br>
a<br>
> >> while. So focused on $DAYJOB. About 8 years ago I chose Kubuntu<br>
and<br>
> >> have had very few questions about Linux. I limited my tinkering in<br>
the<br>
> >> OS to focus on compiled binaries, to see how they worked. I needed<br>
Linux<br>
> >> to *just work* and for the most part, it's gone that way. Far<br>
better<br>
> >> than my luck with Windows. Mac has been ok, but I still don't like<br>
it<br>
> >> much. It is not optimized for the way I work. I'm a die-hard<br>
KDE/Linux<br>
> >> boy. The way it works is how my brain works.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Great to hear from you again, friends.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Matt<br>
> >><br>
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