James, Might a recommend a thin client? They are very cheap, under $20 USD, sometimes including free shipping on eBay! I have zero idea what other folks have success with, but I'm using Limey Linux on a Neoware CA-22 that I bought a few years ago for about $40 USD. Very low power, in the order of 13W... Well, my ADD took over so I went to check. During boot, the thin client peaked at about 18.5W. When fully booted to prompt, meaning idle Node, power consumption was 13W. I am going to see if I can power the whole setup using a wheel chair battery and a 3A or 5A supply. I have my node radio at 5W. Because it sits idle most of the time, and current draw from the radio during TX is 2.4A, this will be fine, even when I'm connected to a another node and mostly listening. Think about it... ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ On Sun, 2013-07-07 at 13:57 +0100, James Hill wrote:

Guys,

The old laptop that I use on my node is just about ready to roll over and die (numerous SMART warnings, and it's getting extremely hot).

I'm looking for new hardware options.

Any suggestions? In an ideal world, I would like to use my Pi with simpleusb (PL is handled by radio with hardware COR), but from reading the archives, it's been said that it is likely to never happen. Has anyone actually used a Pi & made it work?

Or, what about a Thin Client?

I haven't got that much money to splash on new stuff, and I need something with a low (ish) power consumption.

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Cheers,

James G0FHM _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users