[arm-allstar] Raspberry PI Zero

[David McGough]

Hi Guys,

The Pi Zero datasheet doesn't indicate any on-board Ethernet hardware,
either! ....So, it probably wouldn't be too useful for AllStar, in a
general purpose way.

There are a great many very inexpensive RPi styled boards becoming
available these days, for example: http://www.orangepi.org/ and
http://ameridroid.com/products/odroid-c1 ...The issues with these new
boards seemingly being Linux driver support (at least on the Odroid C1).

I was an early purchaser of several Odroid C1 boards, getting my first 
samples almost a year ago. The C1 shows enormous potential, however, the 
USB drivers weren't quite right, resulting in frequent, random audio pop 
and clicks; which I'll add are NOT the AllStar software's fault.  A year 
later, these issues persist (yes, there has been a quantity of discussion 
about this in the Odroid forums!).  But, even with the USB woes, the C1 
still makes a GREAT AllStar hub, etc., where USB drivers aren't needed!

So, whatever the case, the good news is that the future looks bright for
these little, inexpensive boards, for this type of application!


73, David KB4FXC




On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Doug Crompton wrote:

> I would have to say no. It is a step backward from the Pi 2 in many 
ways. Hams are cheap but the Pi at $29.95 (microcenter in store) or $35 
elsewhere is a very good value. I think we will see even more powerful 
boards like the Pi 2 in the future. We are looking to go up in capability 
at the same price not down in capability just to be cheap. 
> 
> Here is an article that makes a comparison -
> 
>  http://www.itpro.co.uk/desktop-software/25678/raspberry-pi-zero-vs-raspberry-pi-2-model-b
> 
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> 
> 
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 00:51:41 +0000
> From: n7jys at yahoo.com
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: [arm-allstar] Raspberry PI Zero
> 
> I have not look into the new PI Zero yet but was wandering if could run the RPI2 Allstar image or any future for this Pi Zero to run an Allstar node? Thanks
>  Eric (N7JYS) Marshall's Communications
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