Ask HN: Just bought a Pi...now what?

9 pointsby cgulovsenvor 12 Jahren4 comments

Total beginner and I just bought a Raspberry Pi and I'm looking to jump right in...just curious how long did it take you to get accustomed to the pi and what did you make with it? Thanks!

4 comments

TobbenTMvor 12 Jahren

I made a bandwidth 'monitor' using my Pi and two tachometers using the GPIO port and monitoring the gateway.

So just make something you think would be cool!

Raspian is not really any different from other distros tbh.

garrettdreyfusvor 12 Jahren

I've been loving this project http://www.woutervanwijk.nl/pimusicbox/. It allows me to stream spotify through my speaker system.

ColinWrightvor 12 Jahren

I also bought a minimal box of hardware to play with: buzzer, LED, breadboard, wires, etc., with booklet.

http://www.monkmakes.com

debaclevor 12 Jahren

I gutted about half a dozen computer cases for their LEDs to teach myself how to use the GPIO, to start.