A Raspberry Pi Arrived in the Mail

My Raspberry Pi A+ arrived ! With 3 days shipping but delayed a day thanks to some weird thing with the CanadaPost mail man.

The CanadaPost Box !

Thank-you Canada Post !

I got these from from www.buyapi.ca:

  • 2000mA USB power supply
  • A+ Coupe Royale Pibow case
  • Raspberry Pi Model A+
  • Mini WiFi USB dongle (EP-N8508)


The Parts

The Parts

Introducing the Raspberry Pi A+ :

The specs :

  • Broadcom BCM2835 SoC full HD multimedia applications processor
  • 256 MB SDRAM @ 400 MHz
  • MicroSD memory slot
  • HDMI output port
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • One USB port
  • 40 pin GPIO
  • Camera interface port (CSI-2)
  • LCD display interface port (DSI)
  • One microUSB power connector

Assembling the gorgeous A+ Coupe Royale Pibow case :

Assembling the case

Assembling the case

Some shots of it in action :

First step was to load a microSD card with Raspbian, boot up, and configure it for a static IP and ssh so I don’t have to keep juggling my USB keyboard and WiFi on its single USB port.

Stay tuned for more !

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