Is anyone making something actually useful with Rasberry Pi?

[IdeasVacuum]

It seems like an interesting computer, perhaps for some sort of 'embedded' solution. Any PB people done more than play with this hardware? Has anybody been using PB with it? I note that it is selling in the UK for only £15, has the wind gone from it's sails or is it just so popular that savings are being made in production quantities?

[Joakim Christiansen]

I make useful stuff with ESP8266 and Arduino's, my Raspberry PI is mostly collecting dust. I did use it as a networked SDR receiver for a while though. Linux on it also crashed all the time when I used its web-browser, but it might be stable with the latest release.

[the.weavster]

I note that it is selling in the UK for only £15, has the wind gone from it's sails or is it just so popular that savings are being made in production quantities?

I'm guessing that's not the latest model. I know Farnell's profits took a big hit because they had a lot of stock of the Pi B when the Pi B 2 was released, it knocked 12% off their share price. The new Pi B version 2 is around the £25 to £30 mark.

[Num3]

No Pi(e) for me, just arduino uno and my designed and assembled controller hardware

[helpy]

Some time ago there was a contest in The MagPi (in issue 31): "WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A RASPBERRY PI 2?"

In the new MagPi issue nr 33 (PDF, 70 pages) the five winners are presented.

There you can find some projects (also some funny things like an "animated scarecrow").

[infratec]

I used it as a serial printer replacement.
A dental desinfection station needs a serial printer for documentation.
The company want 600EUR for that printer

I used a serial to USB adapter and wrote a small programm which scans the port and store the output with date and time stamp.
Since there was no ethernet:
When an USB-Stick is plugged in, I mount it, write the files on it, verify the files, dismount it and delete the logged files.
The user can now store the files on his PC.

costs: 60EUR

Bernd

[IdeasVacuum]

Well, some excellent projects there! Not so impressed with the competition winners of the MagPi contest though
Raspberry Pi has sold more than five million units since it's release in 2012. Impressive.

infratec, I don't quit get your use for the Pi - it's not a printer, yet I assume there is a need to print to paper - and couldn't the PC be connected directly instead of a Pi?

I'd never heard of the arduino uno or the ESP8266 so learnt something useful today.

[the.weavster]

I've got Kodi Helix running on a Pi 2, it's great.
I'd guess it's the most common use for a Pi.

[Joris]

I have an raspberry pi B+ for about one month. Great thing !
Tried already many software with succes (linux mostly) to see what is possible without using external devices, except hdmi-screen and keyboard. Also funny, I can remote controll it over internet (from my PC).
To me it is an equivalent of a small computer (using raspbian or riscos or hatari or...) just a bit slower but only using about 1.5 watt. That's less then whatever in sleepmode uses .

Now, I found a way to use it for midi (my final goal) with an old interface which isn't supported buy MS-windows (of course).
PB can't be used but there is python...
I don't like python as to me it looks equal complex as C, so I think I'm gonna learn some C which is much faster and more universal.
These are some usefull sites :
https://www.adafruit.com/
https://www.raspberrypi.org/

There is also an new smaller computer for 9 dollar http://nextthing.co/ comming out...
I'm gonna follow that on e too.

And windows 10 on a raspberry pi ... no way I will use that. To get started you need already the latest raspberry pi 2 , yeah ... the'll never change. F...k them.