CBC News and the Raspberry Pi

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Fri Mar 2 16:47:49 UTC 2012


On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 07:55:42AM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
> Actually, all the connectors on the Raspberry Pi are more-or-less
> standard. The power connector is one of the tiny USB ones, so
> (depending on model) a spare/after-market cell phone charger will
> power the Raspberry Pi. The HDMI, composite video, audio, USB, SD
> card, and Ethernet connectors are all also standard stuff.
> 
> What I see as being far more likely than the Raspberry Pi changing
> shape to accommodate old PC cases is one or more firms offering some
> sort of commercially made case specifically for the Raspberry Pi (and
> here I think the builders of those external 3.5"/2.5" hard drive cases
> would have a good head start on other firms).

Why would you want a PC case for something with no drive connectors?
It doesn't need a case to hold things, just a case to protect it.

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