Quote (huber420 @ Apr 23 2015 12:25am)
Just want to know what your personal experience has been. What are you using it mostly for. How well does it
perform. What OS are you using. What recommendations do you have etc etc.
Only issues I really had on mine was usb power (fixed with a poly fuse mod) only effects rasp pi v1 models however.
As well as configuring a screen I got, me and ducky spent a bit trying to figure out the guide and the constant image copy corruption.
I'd suggest you really consider if you want one as they really do add up costs wise. There not super fast and you really can't get far over 1ghz from base of 700mhz.
Don't buy cheap shit ... omfg please just don't be cheap... the markets flooded with shit parts that don't work and you will encounter some for sure if your cheap.
Some power cables won't hold the correct voltage or the usb device drains so much power it basically browns the cpu and your forced to either replace it or use a usb
hub. Cheap sd cards are quick to die and cause you so many imaging issues. You can push it more but you can burn it out fairly quickly that way. There is 4/8 core
boards that are not rasp pi's and cost a bit more but preform much much better.
I use mine for a plethora of things, mainly educational projects for my son. I have a few sd cards with different flavors for different tasks. RASPBIAN / XBMC / PWNPI
Some projects we've done so far...
-Wifi pen testing - we ssh into it and power it via a external usb battery can drop and leave location for remote attack.
-Basic coding
-Simple electronics (control leds / clock)
-XBMC media center
We are currently making a game console from it. I want to get a camera module and some lenses and configure a time lapse portable camera also soon (theres night
and day cams for it). My buddy who has a ton uses them to control vacuum ovens remotely.