So, I was given this....
2 02 Nov 2019 06:52 by u/DoesKnowHarm
Ok, so a few months ago a friend gave me this set up bc i was looking to buy a Raspbery Pi. This thing however, I've no idea of its capabilities, where to start nothing. I've been reading about it, but its over my head. What can do?
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21 comments
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 07:13
It tells you what it is. It's an Arduino Yun. I think that one is the first model.
There are tons and tons of resources for it.
0 u/DoesKnowHarm [OP] 02 Nov 2019 07:17
Yeah...I can read.
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 07:20
Well, there you go. Do that. Type that name into your favorite search engine and add modifiers. It's usually used in IoT. I have one monitoring the oil level for the furnace and telling me the temperature in that room in the basement. I keep it on its own dedicated network, so that it's not available over the internet.
0 u/crazy_eyes 02 Nov 2019 07:18
I bet you could build something interesting with that
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 07:22
Once upon a time, I was going to build a fancy gate for the house. I realized how silly that was, after buying a few parts and figuring out that I'd never get to it and could just buy the system right off the shelf. I was going to give people RFID chips in magnet housing so that they could automatically open the gate based on criteria, and build a phone app so that I could also authorize people remotely.
I'm just not that energetic.
This is why I have like six Raspberry Pi (first series) still sitting in their packages. I opened one of them.
Also, I was probably drunk when I ordered them.
0 u/crazy_eyes 02 Nov 2019 07:37
LoL its so much easier to just buy something already designed and assembled, but so much cooler when you make your own, especially if it works as you imagined it to be. Thats satisfying
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 07:44
I'm not even sure I ever really wanted the gate - it'd just be a hassle. I still haven't bought a gate.
I could buy one, right now - and easily have it do what I want, including fobs and even keycards.
I haven't.
I'm pretty sure that I was REALLY drunk back then. These were like first or maybe second gen Pi. It might have been like 2012, or something.
They've been sitting in that drawer ever since. I've tried to give 'em away a few times. I think I might have even given one away.
0 u/crazy_eyes 02 Nov 2019 07:47
Ive never played with a pi or what you called this thing, I dont have a clue what i would want it to do, plus most anything I would want it to do has already been done and mass produced to the point where i can go down the road and get it
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 07:51
I have one that monitors the amount of oil in the tank, for the boiler. It also gives a readout on a web page. That's it. That's all it does.
I'm not ever actually going to run out of oil. If I do, then the whole world is pretty fucked and my readout isn't very important. They stop by once a month to top it off.
0 u/crazy_eyes 02 Nov 2019 07:54
You could do that with a long stick and a pencil
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 08:05
It has a gauge on it.
0 u/crazy_eyes 02 Nov 2019 08:09
lol
Of course
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 08:15
It came with the tank, I am pretty sure.
0 u/crazy_eyes 02 Nov 2019 08:21
I would imagine
0 u/HndrxMn 02 Nov 2019 07:44
Eh, been there. I've got about five projects sitting on my workbench right now due to the same affliction. Amp is coming along though, inherited some tools to cut a square hole in a chassis that will fit the power and standby [mute] switches I have.
0 u/TheBuddha 02 Nov 2019 07:46
Yup. I keep telling myself that I'll get to them when I retire - except I've been retired for over a decade. What happens is that I keep obligating myself to do stuff, often for other people. I pretty much suck at retirement.
0 u/voats4goats 02 Nov 2019 07:13
Havent messed too much with Arduino but it looks like the main Arduino board and a cell phone transmitter.
Arduino you buy additional modules to perform additional functions.
Some sample projects below
https://lifehacker.com/top-10-kickass-arduino-projects-1747407543
0 u/privacy_first 02 Nov 2019 07:36
Google for it....
Ask yourself "what do I want to do " ?
then google the answer you gave yourself, you will find plenty of documentation....
0 u/Element115 02 Nov 2019 11:38
It's the processor part of a circuit, and you've got a piece that lets you connect to a cellular network which might make it good for remote control or alerts.
It does the same stuff the pi does, read pin voltages and turn pins on/off just without being a full computer.
0 u/Merchant_Menace 02 Nov 2019 11:51
So maybe try getting yourself some signal wires and some small servos, like the ones in an rc car. You can control them by programming the arduino. Maybe try starting there?
0 u/Smells_Like_Tacos 03 Nov 2019 02:17
The sky is not the limit. Less computing power was utilized for the first space missions (your 1995 and older car computers were even more advanced [OBD1] )