Clueless Projects: USB-System-Visualizer

[cluelessgenius]

hey guys,

 

so i got this idea im about to implement next week and thought id share it with you for maybe you have some ideas or help with problems later on.

 

basically im mounting a display in my side panel and since i dont want to allocate extra horse power for it im not gonna connect it to the main rig. instead im gonna run a raspberry pi with it.

now for the tricky part im gonna attempt to connect pi and pc via usb and create a virtual network.

im gonna send systemdata through it like temps, load, activity basically whatever i fancy.

then im gonna display that in on the sidepanel of my case in some hopefully really creativly animated way using monogame.

 

first thing though is gonna be creating the network.

[pbx2]

12 minutes ago, cluelessgenius said:

hey guys,

 

so i got this idea im about to implement next week and thought id share it with you for maybe you have some ideas or help with problems later on.

 

basically im mounting a display in my side panel and since i dont want to allocate extra horse power for it im not gonna connect it to the main rig. instead im gonna run a raspberry pi with it.

now for the tricky part im gonna attempt to connect pi and pc via usb and create a virtual network.

im gonna send systemdata through it like temps, load, activity basically whatever i fancy.

then im gonna display that in on the sidepanel of my case in some hopefully really creativly animated way using monogame.

 

first thing though is gonna be creating the network.

Going to watch this, Seems like something i can do for myself.

Good luck.

[cluelessgenius]

4 minutes ago, pbx2 said:

Going to watch this, Seems like something i can do for myself.

Good luck.

very possibly so yes. but im not sure wether to with usb host-to-host cable or just get a usb network adapter and hook up the pi that way all i know is im not using wifi and im not giving up my ethernet port on the main rig so some form of direct network is gonna happen

[pbx2]

Just now, cluelessgenius said:

very possibly so yes. but im not sure wether to with usb host-to-host cable or just get a usb network adapter and hook up the pi that way all i know is im not using wifi and im not giving up my ethernet port on the main rig so some form of direct network is gonna happen

Ethernet port on pi cannot go to the router or switch? Or get a cheap pcie Ethernet card.

[cluelessgenius]

2 minutes ago, pbx2 said:

Ethernet port on pi cannot go to the router or switch? Or get a cheap pcie Ethernet card.

well i want this connection to also work on the go where theres no router. so it has to be pc directly to pi but i guess this could also be an easy solution to that instead of writing my on network drivers and what not.