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

9 pointsby cgulovsenabout 11 years ago
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

TobbenTMabout 11 years ago
I made a bandwidth &#x27;monitor&#x27; using my Pi and two tachometers using the GPIO port and monitoring the gateway.<p>So just make something you think would be cool!<p>Raspian is not really any different from other distros tbh.
garrettdreyfusabout 11 years ago
I&#x27;ve been loving this project <a href="http://www.woutervanwijk.nl/pimusicbox/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.woutervanwijk.nl&#x2F;pimusicbox&#x2F;</a>. It allows me to stream spotify through my speaker system.
ColinWrightabout 11 years ago
I also bought a minimal box of hardware to play with: buzzer, LED, breadboard, wires, etc., with booklet.<p><a href="http://www.monkmakes.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.monkmakes.com</a>
debacleabout 11 years ago
I gutted about half a dozen computer cases for their LEDs to teach myself how to use the GPIO, to start.