I recommend something other than a
Raspberry Pi 3 for a multiple node set-up. I have several
instances of single and dual node installations using usbradio on
INTEL ATOM processor based computers, as follows.
Intel D2500 fanless motherboard - about $60
A Mini-itx Case/Power Supply - about $50
2 gig of RAM - about $16
Samsung 16 gig SSD MMBRE16G5MSP - about $20 (used)
This makes a very capable fanless computer for about $150.00. Yes
- it's not $40.00, but it also doesn't have the machine gun effect
of running usbradio on a Pi3. I've had zero issues using these
used-reclaimed SSD drives. eBay is a good source for everything.
Kevin W3KKC
On 2/5/2018 6:39 PM, Pierre Martel wrote:
Ok this will make the decision to buy 2
raspberry pi 3 with 4 sd card easy.
Unless someone tell me that there is a better
small computer that could do the job for my 2 nodes using
usbradio.
On 2/5/18
5:34 PM, Pierre Martel wrote:
> Yes I knew that dsp is supported on Dial but there was
talk that on the
> raspberry pi it was not as stable as on x86
architecture.
I know of no one having issues running usbradio with current
DIAL on the RPI3.
I have a couple nodes running as such.
That said, I would only run one usbradio interface per RPI3,
they are simply
not that powerful. I use a supermicro Intel atom server for
our main Tampa
site, and it's got 3 repeaters running pciradio and 2
usbradio interfaces on it.
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Bryan Fields