Raspberry Pi

[MattyP]

For those experimenting with the Atrix Lapdock... it works... see here!

[zip accident]

For those experimenting with the Atrix Lapdock... it works... see here!

I know this isn't exactly the thread to ask this, but what are the chances of that lapdock working with other devices than the pi and the phone it's made for?

[MattyP]

For those experimenting with the Atrix Lapdock... it works... see here!

I know this isn't exactly the thread to ask this, but what are the chances of that lapdock working with other devices than the pi and the phone it's made for?

Probably a good chance... It looks to be that the USB and HDMI connections on the Lapdock are standard so guessing the KB and Trackpad on the dock will just register as a USB keyboard and trackpad/mouse. Not tried it though.... worth having a google around to see what people have done with it.

[tufty]

It looks to be that the USB and HDMI connections on the Lapdock are standard so guessing the KB and Trackpad on the dock will just register as a USB keyboard and trackpad/mouse. Not tried it though.... worth having a google around to see what people have done with it.

That's my understanding. All you need is a micro-hdmi and micro usb connection, and you're good to go. Not quite so sure how you go about powering stuff from the lapdock, though, which would be my main interest.

[xav]

For those experimenting with the Atrix Lapdock... it works... see here!

I know this isn't exactly the thread to ask this, but what are the chances of that lapdock working with other devices than the pi and the phone it's made for?

I bought myself a lapdock, but unfortunately missed out on the really cheap ones

So far I've connected up the HDMI to both a RasPi and an Acer nettop PC - both worked fine (though the RasPi didn't use the full resolution of the lapdock, but I didn't bother to experiment any further as it's not my Pi). I used a micro-HDMI female-to-female coupler off ebay, and an off-the-shelf micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.

I haven't connected up the USB part yet. Because the lapdock squirts power out of the USB port to charge the phone, you need to cut the +5V line if you want to use it as a keyboard/trackpad to a normal USB socket. I've bought a micro-USB extension lead which fits in easily alongside the micro-HDMI coupler (no need to trim them, as some people online seem to have required), and I intend to splice that to the USB plug end of an old sacrificial A-B printer lead, either omitting the +5V connection, or taking that out separately as in the example in the link. The only reason I haven't done this yet is that I want to pick up some heatshrink tubing at the weekend to give a better finish.

Googling seems to show several people using two adaptors and a cable for each of the two connectors - that's 6 "bits" in total. My approach uses two parts for the HDMI cable (coupler and lead), and one spliced USB cable.

With every man and his dog seemingly buying lapdocks for this purpose, I'm surprised that there isn't (yet) a Kickstarter project to build a board that plugs in instead of the phone to provide standard sized HDMI and USB sockets.

[wanye]

i do hope so, i've just put an order in

well, the lapdock order got cancelled by ebuyer, and the hdmi adapters off ebay *just* arrived today!

i swear, im stopping ordering crap from china, this order took nearly 6 weeks to arrive ffs...

now, i need to find me a cheap lapdock from somewhere

[wanye]

i went for the one via amazon prime for a shade under £70. might be £20 more than it was when i originally ordered from ebuyer, but at least i'll get it tomorrow now

[Firefox]

Mine finally turned up today. Yay.

It's currently plugged into the charger to see if any magic smoke escapes from either of them.

I think I might actually order a HDMI-to-DVI adaptor so that I can play with it at my desk instead of just plugging it into the telly. They I can plug it into my network as well...

[The ghost of raids past]

ordered mine 3 weeks ago from RS. Delivery was supposed to be within 3 weeks and still nothing to say its even been shipped.

[Misfit]

Mine turned up today. Hopefully get a chance to play with it soon, but life is total chaos at the moment...

[Wudzi]

WHERE'S MY FUCKING RASPBERRY PI?

Ive got a got a cupboard full of leads and arduino bits that I need to chuck it in.

[matt303]

What SD cards are you lot using?

I've changed may camera so need to order a card for that and I'll need one for my on order R-Pi.

[Cloudane]

I use this fella
http://m.mymemory.co.uk/product?p=25586

[matt303]

I've ordered a couple of the 8gb Scandisk Extreme cards, hopefully work fine.

[toxibunny]

mine's coming in about 6 weeks, apparently...