Looking for ideas
I’ve been itching to buy a raspberry pi since they first came out, but I can’t think of an excuse. Have any of you played with one?
I gather they’re brilliant for doing things like multimedia kiosks – which, it so happens, I have professional experience designing. But for what? I mean, would a touch screen even respond to a beak?
Posted: August 10th, 2026 under personal.
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Comment from Anonymous
Time: August 10, 2026, 8:32 pm
Yeah, I have one, a 2W. Have some thoughts about some simple automation and home monitoring. Added a spare monitor, keyboard and mouse and now have a functioning Linux computer for under a hundred bucks. It is amazing how complete it is – internet, Bluetooth, USB ports, anything else that you might want. Only regret is that I should have spent a bit more and gotten the top-line model, the Pi 5, for faster speed. Still might.
Comment from QuasiModo
Time: August 10, 2026, 9:20 pm
I have a couple of them plus some Pi Pico’s to tinker with…lots of example projects out there:
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en
I prefer ESP8266 or ESP32 for my electronics tinkering…Pi is pretty much a full fledged computer and a bit overkill for those.
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