I started making my first website yesterday.
It's dinky and nowhere near done, but its gonna be mine. I told myself at the start of this process that I would buy myself a chip computer when I made my website, but it seems they're discontinued. That got me looking for a replacement of similar construction and I found that there's a whole world of these single board computers out there that are really really cool! I'm gonna get one but haven't decided which yet.
I'm leaning toward the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ but I'm undecided. It's almost quadruple the cost of the $9 C.H.I.P. that I originally had in mind. The Pi though is something I've actually heard of, which means there's a good net of support for them. If my non-technical self has heard of it, its gotta be legit.
With a bit of open mindedness (a quality I'm trying to grow in myself), I can easily see how this project can grow into much bigger things. Especially when you figure in my personality type. I take things to the extreme. We'll see where it goes; this computer stuff is a new chapter for me. Nobody tell my family. They already think I have problems with my hobbies lol
Stay relevant y'all
Nate
As an owner of multiple Raspberry Pi computers, what I like most is the large community and the large amount of resources for learning.
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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.
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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.
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OMG theres so many to choose from! do they all use the same OS and accessories?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yep, a lot of those packs are really enticing.
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