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

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Post by cgulovsen » Mon, May 12, 2014, 10:35 PM UTC

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!

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

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Post by ColinWright » Mon, May 12, 2014, 10:38 PM UTC

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

http://www.monkmakes.com

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

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Post by garrettdreyfus » Tue, May 13, 2014, 2:49 AM UTC

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

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

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Post by debacle » Wed, May 14, 2014, 2:13 PM UTC

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

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

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Post by TobbenTM » Fri, May 16, 2014, 10:11 AM UTC

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.