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[coolnezz]

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PIDRIVE RASPBERRY PI HDD FROM WESTERN DIGITAL GIVES THE LITTLE PC BIG STORAGE

By Jon Martindale — September 10, 2015






Although Raspeberry Pi computers tend to be used for quite small and simple tasks, which are well suited to their (relatively) low powered hardware, that doesn’t mean some of those functions couldn’t be augmented by a hardware upgrade. Traditionally USB drives and SD cards have offered gigabytes of space to Pi users, but Western Digital wants to up the ante, with a newly compatible one terabyte hard drive, known as the PiDrive.


Of course this wouldn’t be news if this HDD wasn’t a little bit different than your average storage drive. It comes without the usual SATA interface desktop and laptop users are used to, and instead employs a modified USB 3.0 header which allows for a direct connection to the Pi’s USB port. Better yet, it also hooks up to the power port and the power adaptor, which means that you can power both the drive and Pi from the same source, with a single cable.

It also has a built in 4GB MicroSD card to handle an operating system if desired and supports both the Raspberry Pi Model B+ and the Pi 2 Model B.

But of course this isn’t the first time that an enterprising hacker has put together a Pi that boots from or can store information to a hard drive. Traditionally though, a powered USB hub was required to provide data transfer and power to the drive. By removing that need and giving the Pi a new powerbrick in the same breath, it makes a newly equipped Pi much neater.

If you’re still on the fence, the guys over at ProjectPi gave it a sterling thumbs up and they even have a 35 percent discount code (WDPiDrive111) for U.S. and U.K. customers, bringing the standard $80 price tag down to a very reasonable $52 plus shipping.

[tatskie]

ah, 0k...medy0 may pagka arte diay ning kaha-a....hehehe. murag law0m cya tanaw0n. or basin sa angle lng sa pagkuha nim0 sa piktyur.

kanang buffal0 nim0 diha? unsa na router or st0rage?

oo para may pagka-classic tan-awon ... ang kanang Buffalo kay karaan na na Nfiniti router.

[salbahis]

nice.... i wonder if WD PiDrive Kit is already available diri sa pinas or sa US or UK pa karon..

[Waknoy999]

naa ko stock ani nga mga RPI pm me if interested complete na with pre installed OS pa... just pm me 09435331105

[salbahis]

anyone know where to get this? kanang diri sa pinas or preferably sa cebu

[Waknoy999]

got raspberry pi units pre order basis lang... if u want...

[waterboy0911]

bago lang ko kapalit ug rpi 2 model b. prob ko karon sa display sa hdmi to vga.. sigi ko change sa value sa config.txt hantod karon kay wala pa gihapon nako ma gamit kay no display.. isa isahon gyud nako ni until na mo display na ni sya..

[EdTV]

naa ba seminars or tutorial unsaon pag gamit aning raspeberry pi. so far ako nagamit kay gizduino paman. ty

[tatskie]

bago lang ko kapalit ug rpi 2 model b. prob ko karon sa display sa hdmi to vga.. sigi ko change sa value sa config.txt hantod karon kay wala pa gihapon nako ma gamit kay no display.. isa isahon gyud nako ni until na mo display na ni sya..

Unsa imo gigamit na adapter bai? katong daan na VGA adapter using Pi's GPIO or HDMI to VGA adapter? Wala naman unta kay i-configure kung ang latter imo gigamit. Unsa imo OS?

[tatskie]

sa mga gagamit ug google TTS sa ilang pi unya mikalit lang ug ka-wala na migana. Sulayi ninyo ang Pico TTS. Medyo kuti lang i-setup pero mas sayon gamiton. Let me know kung need mo steps ug sample script.