Time for Pi

[Mel Wilson]

On Sat, 2013-05-18 at 10:34 -0400, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
[ ... ]
> • MicroUSB power cable — There's some awful crap out there, and not
> all of it's cheap. Go for short and thick. There are data+charge and
> charge only types; you really only need the latter. I use the short
> Nokia cables from dx.com at $3 a pop.

Thanks.  I've been having trouble with power cables.  I didn't know
about Nokia.

> [...]
> • SDHC card — Unless you have a specific tiny embedded application,
> get a brand-name Class 10 32 GB SDHC. Whatever Canada Computers had as
> their weekly special is what I use. Technically, you should check the
> compatible cards list (http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards) first.

You really should check.  Many model numbers within popular brands will
not work.  Staff at Canada Computer camera shop have been very good
about bringing up that web page and helping select.

	Mel.

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