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Open chromium full screen on start up

I would like to set up a couple of Raspberry Pis to open automatically chromium or any other browser available to at start-up, and in full screen mode. I was wondering if any of you can help me. These will be placed as some fixed stations where I…
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Is it legal to use Raspberry Pi to develop a product and sell it?

I have a project in mind that uses Raspberry Pi to develop a software. The final product will be modification of the Raspberry Pi circuit (get rid of any components that the project doesn't use) and add in some other circuits of mine. For the…
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Raspberry Pi sleep mode, how to avoid

I use "wheezy" latest release. The device provides some web service features and supposes to be active 24/7. However if the server wasn't requested for certain amount of time (it is hard to tell exact time), the device seems going to sleep…
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Writing .img file to SD Card from a Mac

I want to burn a .img file of Wheezy OS to my 8GB SD Card from Mac OS X but can't figure out how. Any help would be appreciated.
user4039
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Cannot connect to raspbian jessie lite but to raspbian jessie

I've installed Raspbian Jessie with dd to my Pi1-B. Everything works fine and I can connect to it via ssh. I do not need any graphical system and want to keep the machine as simple as possible. Therefor I've downloaded and installed Raspbian Jessie…
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How to get more than one uart interface

Ok, I have one uart interface (TXD GPIO 14, RXD GPIO 15). I want at least one more uart interface. Possible solutions: Bit banging: Use two unrelated spare GPIOs. I understand that timing is a problem on a standard linux. Would it be reliable with…
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Are there any non-Linux operating systems available?

Some variation of Linux is the de facto standard for Raspberry Pi. However, smaller, lesser known operating systems do exist and some would seem appropriate for such a small device. Are there any other operating systems that are compatible with the…
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What is the power on state of the GPIOs?

What is the state of the GPIOs when power is applied? eg High, Low, Hi-Z? Also does any OS change the state of any GPIOs when it loads? Hopefully not.
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What are the overclocking capabilities?

I've not ordered mine (yet!), but I do some overclocking as a hobby to the extent that my netbook, Android phone, desktop, and even my wife's Blackberry are overclocked. Is there potential to overclock the RPi beyond stock voltage and speeds? I…
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SSH to RPi without a network connection?

Is it possible to SSH in to an RPi without a network connection? I could imagine that you could do it using a LAN cable from the computer to the RPi or maybe using a USB cable. I do actually have access to a network, however it doesn't allow…
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IPv6 connectivity

Is IPv6 connectivity supported on the Raspberry Pi? If yes, is it enabled by default/how do I turn it on?
user13
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Pros and Cons of a Pi Cluster?

I have seen a lot of posts asking how to build a "supercomputer" or cluster with Raspberry Pis, but I have found very little with the pros and cons of actually making a network of Pis. I am interested in building my own small cluster, but I have a…
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SSH into Raspberry Pi without knowing IP address

I have a Raspberry Pi connected to Ethernet and with a Mac (though USB cable). I'm trying to SSH in the Pi but I don't know the IP address. I have tried : ifconfig but I have I can't see eth0 lo0: flags=8049 mtu…
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RasPi Camera Board and Motion

I just got my Camera Board and a Model A Raspberry Pi to use as a security camera for my house. I had been using Motion with a Logitech C170 USB camera on my Model B board and it worked great except for the quality. I was expecting the Raspberry Pi…
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Level of Hackability of raspberry pi

I have been working with embedded systems (mostly micro controllers) for about 3 years. I want to know how much of RPi of actually open source?? I know arduino gives us complete details of hardware /software etc. But what about RPi? This is…
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