[PD-ot] Raspberry Pi (was: Re: [PD] [OT] openstomp ... PD pedal?)

[Ed Kelly]

Hmm. Doesn't seem to have an audio input though, so perhaps it'll work for a synthesizer but not for a "stompbox" straight away. The site recommends a "USB microphone" for audio in, so that's not encouraging...
Ed


>>> So what about a Raspberry Pi  inside a stompbox that runs pd?
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>>> But could the arm11 in that thing handle awesum (sic) audio processing? ;)
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>>Well the Raspberry Pi is based on an ARM chip. Does anyone know how these chips compare when running RJDJ or libPD applications?
>>Perhaps this is a possibility, without too much modification of libPD or even RJDJ.
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>>...but someone would need to write a host for the Raspberry Pi.
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>> What do you need by "writing a host for Pd"? Something like a very simple OS?
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>Er..well I can see they run Linux, so I think I was mistaken. My head was in the world of BASIC - nostalgia gets in the way of the facts!
>Of course, Pd would need to be compiled for the hardware.
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>I think we need to wait until one of us gets one and tries it out before we find out what they're capable of. I've expressed interest, but they're massively oversubscribed.
 

> I bought mine yesterday, and should receive it in about a week. The first thing I'll do is try to install Pd.

 

On the other hand, the idea of a dedicated PDOS isn't a bad idea...Ed
 
> Yes, how hard would it be to have this?
Well, it could be a highly stripped-down version of Linux. I don't think anyone has the time to write an OS, so I was being mischievous in suggesting this. I am having some funny ideas today...
Ed

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>Even if it was just the PD core, it would enhance the educational scope of the Raspberry Pi - which is the whole point of this single-board computer (I learned my first programming on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the 1980s).
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>>I never thought I would see the day when the BBC Microcomputer would rule the world in telecommunications, but ARM chips and the ARM RISC instruction set are running  every smartphone on the planet right now (correct me if I'm wrong :) and some of these smartphones run RJDJ and libPD really well.
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>>Dataflow music programming in schools. Maybe...
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