[arm-allstar] RPi3 operation

[Doug Crompton]

Just a quick note on the RPi3. This is a very new product and because of that both hardware deliveries and software maturity will take a little while to settle down. Probably several months. It may also take awhile until we have an image for the Pi3. We are working on getting the 1.3 images for the BBB and RPi2 out which should be available in about a month. Once they are out the door we will be working on an image for the RPi3. If you in a hurry to get a Pi node on the air I would recommend the RPi2. There is plenty of stock out there. For most users the RPi3 would offer no noticeable advantage over the RPi2 running the current images. That being said given time and further programming there will be things the RPi3 can do that the RPi2 could not. Stay tuned. 

Also the dropouts you are experiencing probably have nothing to do with processor speed but rather a USB issue. The new code (1.3) will eliminate the simpleusb delay issue on both the RPi2 and BBB (worse on the RPi2). Coming soon are complete rewrites of the channel drivers which we are hoping will greatly improve and hopefully eliminate most of the USB radio issues. For now it is still best to use simpleusb whenever possible. 
73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio

To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 17:07:16 -0600
Subject: [arm-allstar] RPi3 operation
From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
CC: tomw at ecpi.com

I was doubtful that the download image for the RPi2 would work on the RPi3 and it indeed looks like it doesn’t…  Is there a release for the RPi3 on the horizon?   I used the RPi2 with USBRadio to interface to a Yaesu DR1-X but the audio had lots of dropouts – switched to USBsimple on advice from K5TRA and that made the audio sound wonderful but there is a considerable delay with the Fusion so am wanting to try USBRadio again with the faster Pi to see if that would cure the dropouts and go back to a reduced delay… Tom N5TW
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