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On 09/08/14 18:52, bad apple wrote: > Ok, another request for recommendations (this one will probably be best > answered by Gordon I suspect). > > I'm only a few years late, but I finally need to buy myself a couple of > Pis for various hackjobs and overdue projects. Believe it or not, I > still haven't even seen one yet, let alone hacked on one. > > Not wanting to waste time or money, I'm keen to avoid arseing about with > random flaky power supplies, dodgy SD cards or unsupported USB hubs and > I don't mind paying extra to get that flawless, no hassle "everything > works out of the box" experience. I want a Pi (or 5) with: > > # a nice little case, although I don't mind ordering this separately > # decent compatible SD card, at least 16Gb > # USB hub that will work immediately > # no hassle PSU that will drive everything correctly You could go for http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=SC13457 http://cpc.farnell.com/multicomp/mc-rp002-blk/enclosure-raspberry-pi-black/dp/SC13460 http://cpc.farnell.com/stontronics/t5582dv/psu-raspberry-pi-5v-2a-uk-euro/dp/SC13463 Though that's only going to give you an 8G micro SD card. Since the B+ has 4 USB ports you may not need a USB hub. http://cpc.farnell.com/dynamode/usb-h70-1a2-0/hub-usb-2-0-7-port-with-ac-adaptor/dp/CS21973 This recommended for the A&B so should be fine with the B+ > I'm only interested in model B's which I understand have just been > refreshed, so I don't want the old model. Recommendations for suitable > USB wifi dongles that play nicely with Pis would be appreciated too, > although most of them will probably be wired. http://cpc.farnell.com/the-pi-hut/100008/wifi-dongle-raspberry-pi-802-11n/dp/SC13270 With CPC "free" delivery typically turns out to be next working day anyway. > > Is there any possibility of driving these things with PoE by the way? > I've got a bunch of expensive PoE 24 port gigabit switches that so far > are only driving a couple of Cisco VOIP phones. Assuming the switches will do PoE mode B you'd need to split off the pairs 4&5 (blue) and pairs 7&8 (brown) to feed to a regulator which will knock the 44-48V down to the 5V (on micro USB) the Pi needs. Together with a 25k resistor between these two pairs. Unlikely to be something you can buy.
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