HN Explorer

Ask HN: Do you use a Raspberry Pi? What do you use it for?

2 points by boredatworkme ↗ HN
Basically the title.

I'm trying to scratch an itch with the Raspberry Pi. Beyond trying to think of using it for some leisure browsing, I just cannot think of what I can use it for.

Can you folks let me know if you own a Raspberry Pi and what do you use it for?

5 comments

[ 113 ms ] story [ 132 ms ] thread
ilyas121
IP cam for remote robotics work
jeffreygoesto
- UPnP and DLNA web radio feeding a tube radio from the 60s.

- Jukebox for a special kid.

mpd, mpc and upmpdcli were a real breeze to use and configure.

[dead] wryoak
I have six sitting around unused and one working as a pihole but I used to use the other ones:

- Had a couple providing sensor data on agricultural hobbies

- Had one set up with Octopi and then another in my command center just feeding diagnostics and stuff from the octopi

- Have deployed one-offs to identify nocturnal garden invaders (ie, motion sensor + night cam)

I want to make a synth with one but I haven't gotten around to it

sidpatil
I have an IBM 3151 video terminal connected to mine, through a USB-to-serial adapter. I use it for Web browsing, reading text files, light code editing/trying ideas in REPL, ssh to my desktop, etc.

At first, I wanted to connect the terminal (on the upper floor) to my desktop (in the basement) by patching the server's RS-232 to the terminal through the in-wall Cat5e. Then I figured it'd be better to just throw FreeBSD on the Pi and connect the terminal to it, since I could ssh to the desktop with Ethernet instead, which is a more effective use of the two Cat5e runs, since I'd also be able to connect a VoIP phone next to the terminal.

simonblack
I got one just a few days ago. It's destined to be a standalone web-server - more or less "set and forget" - and a UPS controller.

That will relieve my main computer of having to do those things from then on.