Raspberry Pi 2 Announced
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@SonshineAcres
Often thought that this would make a great thing to have in a smart home. I'd like to have the same thing in my house,.. -
@SonshineAcres said:
Obviously I need to design the data logger to handle many types of inputs, not just thermal needs. I think there may be applications in the Dairy business, monitoring tank temperatures and flow rates and alarming appropriately. Remember, I'm retired, so it's all PLAY.
My fiance works in the dairy industry as a milk inspector / procurement. I can tell you that an inexpensive, fool-proof, way to monitor tank temperature would be a great product for many producers out there. If it could also integrate into the scale and send that data in a text message farmers would be very happy (as would my fiance).
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@coliver he lives in the middle of dairy country too. He's got several farms just on his road.
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Everyone saying that everything about this Raspberry Pi is better expect they video performance apparently sucks now so it doesn't work as well for Media Centers or Digital Signage.
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Not sure what the use case of this would actually be as linux would be better on the Pi in most cases. but this is interesting.
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@coliver That's interesting. If I can pull off this first phase, taking it to a higher level should be a breeze. I'll keep you informed of my progress. Keep in mind, it's not the top priority on my list, but it sure has my interest currently.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Everyone saying that everything about this Raspberry Pi is better expect they video performance apparently sucks now so it doesn't work as well for Media Centers or Digital Signage.
I thought that it had the same video system as before?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Everyone saying that everything about this Raspberry Pi is better expect they video performance apparently sucks now so it doesn't work as well for Media Centers or Digital Signage.
I thought that it had the same video system as before?
That what I thought too but, every I know who has both says it just doesn't work as well. Videos will have artifacts in them or play at a low frame rate on the 2 where as on the first Model B it will play fine with the same setup.
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@thecreativeone91 There is a warning that compiled apps for the previous models will have to be recompiled for the new CPU. https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-2-model-b/what-to-watch-out-for There are differences and not everything transports over to the new model.
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@SonshineAcres said:
@coliver That's interesting. If I can pull off this first phase, taking it to a higher level should be a breeze. I'll keep you informed of my progress. Keep in mind, it's not the top priority on my list, but it sure has my interest currently.
Oh, I was just saying if you could get it working reliably and have it wifi/cellular connected there would be a market for it. This overall sounds like a fun project.
