<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109002" dir="ltr">I ordered one - they are back ordered for 10 days :-) I am thinking about attemption to use the larger GPIO (40 pins) to potentially eliminate the need for USB entirely. I have designed boards for the Pi before. I am very interested in this platform. That said I also have BBB's and quite a few other single board systems.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_108986"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109001"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109004" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109003">____________<br>Steven Donegan<br>KK6IVC FCC General Class License<br>SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86<br>www.sscc.us<br></div></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109007" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109006" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109005" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109008" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jon Byrne <email@jonbyrne.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Doug Crompton <doug@crompton.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org" <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 4, 2015 9:23 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [App_rpt-users] Raspberry pi status<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109009" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv9232304351"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109012"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109011" dir="ltr"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422816535355_109010" class="yiv9232304351gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;">I have a Raspberry Pi 2 in hand now so happy to do any tests I will see what I can get together myself but if anyone has already tried on the RPi one and has any notes let me know.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;">Additionally on the point that they are not availible in any quantity they have sold 150,000 ish already, thats is just over 48 hours and they are making 20,000 a day so I suspect that they will have surpassed the BBB on that front if not already.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;">That being said obviously Dougs comments about the ethernet & usb are potentially a stumbling block but I think its worth a try.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;">Jon<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;">2E0RFU<br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>------------<br clear="none">Jon Byrne - 2E0RFU<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:email@jonbyrne.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:email@jonbyrne.com">email@jonbyrne.com</a> -<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://jonbyrne.com/">jonbyrne.com</a> - 07842 230 604<br clear="none"></div></div></div></div>
<br clear="none"><div class="yiv9232304351gmail_quote">On 4 February 2015 at 16:55, Doug Crompton <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:doug@crompton.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:doug@crompton.com">doug@crompton.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9232304351gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv9232304351yqt1846070565" id="yiv9232304351yqt18048"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" color="#000000">Skyler,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> The quick answer is no, at least for the model B. The new model 2 looks more promising but I am told it still has the same Ethernet tacked to USB which is very inefficient. It also is not yet available in any quantity and any new board requires a great deal of work to get it to a production Allstar system.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The Beaglebone Black works exceptionally well and is a proven design. Granted there are some things we would like to see improved, like a faster processor and more USB ports but neither are stopping it from working at this point. </font><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" color="#000000"><font face="Tahoma,sans-serif" color="#000000">If you need more USB ports use a good hub. </font>More RAM has not been a factor since Allstar runs quite nicely in 512K. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">As I mentioned before we are looking at new boards but I suspect the BBB will be supported for some time to come so it is still a good choice.</font><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">73 Doug</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br clear="none"></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4">WA3DSP</font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br clear="none"></font><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio">http://www.crompton.com/hamradio</a></font></b><font style="font-size:16pt;" size="4"><br clear="none"></font><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><hr>Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 09:19:35 -0700<br clear="none">From: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:electricity440@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:electricity440@gmail.com">electricity440@gmail.com</a><br clear="none">To: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a><br clear="none">Subject: [App_rpt-users] Raspberry pi status<div><div class="yiv9232304351h5"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">This is probably something that has been asked a lot before, but with new advances to the pi, more ram etc. I am curious if anyone has it working. A lot of people who want to set up a node keep ask me if it works on the pi. Does AllStar work on the raspberry pi for a simple node?<span></span><div><br clear="none"></div><div>73</div><div>Kd0whb</div><div>Skyler<br clear="none"><div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" color="#38761d">Skyler Fennell</font><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" color="#38761d"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://amsatnet.info/">amsatnet.info</a></font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" color="#38761d">KDØWHB</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" color="#38761d"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:electricity440@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:electricity440@gmail.com">electricity440@gmail.com</a></font></div></div><br clear="none">
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