[arm-allstar] Pi3 B+

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

 I am afraid you got taken by an April fools joke. In case anyone did not
get it the April 1 message I sent showing the Pi3B+ with the big heatsink,
and rather outlandish claims was an April fools joke.

While the Pi 3B+ is probably more capable the issue is more a USB bandwidth
issue that has not really changed much in the Pi3B+. So if you want truly
reliable and clean audio I would limit the radio nodes to 2 per server. In
most cases I personally only run one per server. This is especially true in
a repeater or situation where you need reliability and redundancy. Have all
you eggs in one basket is not a good idea. If it goes down for some reason
all the nodes go down. Having multiple Pi's connected to an Ethernet switch
is a far better idea. At $35 or less per Pi we are not talking about big
money here. People pay over $500 and sometimes $1000 to get a dedicated
repeater controller that has less capability and flexibility than using
Pi's. There is no reason to cram multiple radio nodes on one Pi.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 2:49 PM, "chris novara via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Are the master minds who do such a wonderful job thinking that the new Pi
> will support several nodes running? I know this is a work is progress and
> initial testing you guys showed something around 5 or 6 ?
>
> I would be happy with 4 using the existing USB ports.
>
> Thanks for all everyone does! This will be game changing in multiple ways.
>
>
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> Chris AB7BS
> Oregon
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