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RE: A promise to myself: learning and growing
As an owner of multiple Raspberry Pi computers, what I like most is the large community and the large amount of resources for learning.
As an owner of multiple Raspberry Pi computers, what I like most is the large community and the large amount of resources for learning.
That's what I was seeing! They're the crypto of computers. Accessible, just strong enough, and open source with a lot of people ready to teach. I saw people doing all kinds of things with them from gMeboy-type consoles to servers. I kinda think I like the pi zero w to start with, but I'm unsure.
Thanks for the comments to btw. I saw from @ginabot that you upvoted my post and your handle intrigued me. Gave you a follow cause it looks like you resteem some relevant stuff, I'm gonna go poke around on your profile rq.
Any recommendations as to what pi to start with? The cheaper the better, as I'm on a super tight budget.
The Pi Zero is definitely the cheapest @ $10 for the one with built in wireless. Here is a link to a model comparison I just found:
http://socialcompare.com/en/comparison/raspberrypi-models-comparison
I have a range of models. 1A, 1B, 2B, 3B, Zero (no wireless). You can start your learning experience with any model depending on what if anything you want to connect. Check out adafruit.com, they have amazing resources and some great starter kits.
OMG theres so many to choose from! do they all use the same OS and accessories?
They all use the same OS, I use Raspbian a Debian based Linux customized for the Raspberry Pi hardware. The older RPi's have 36 GPIO pins and the newer ones have a 40 pin GPIO interface. Hat's (RPi foundation name for interface cards. Older hats will work on newer computers but not recommended. So you could start with a Zero and as new need more horsepower happens you just upgrade RPi board, sd card will work the same on all the newer models.
Sweet.
Any chance you've got a zero w you'd sell for some SBD? Down to pay a bit of a premium for the convenience.
Otherwise I'm convinced that's the route I'll take when I get paid in a week.
Unfortunately both my Zeros do not have wireless. Real pain as that means adding hardware for networking. As I said checkout https://www.adafruit.com/product/3410 this is a basic starter kit.
Yep, a lot of those packs are really enticing.