[arm-allstar] Possible alternative to the Raspberry Pi 3?

[David McGough]

HamVoIP support for most of these boards is in progress.  I expected a 
release during Christmas week, however, other events got in the way 
(powerful winter storm, complete with rolling blackouts and 
frozen/broken water pipes!).

Stay tuned for more info-

73, David K4FXC


On Fri, 6 Jan 2023, Joe Moskalski via ARM-allstar wrote:

> I think I have mentioned this before on here but if you are looking for a
> relatively inexpensive Allstar device, this little TV box will do the job
> nicely. I have several of them running without any issues so far.
> 
> https://www.amazon.com/Android-T95-Quad-Core-Player-Support/dp/B082KBZ9HK/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1W0UI63MONDHA&keywords=t95+h3&qid=1673025874&sprefix=t95+h3%2Caps%2C205&sr=8-4
> 
> Unfortunately you can't use HamVoIP on it but an Allstar distribution put
> together by a French ham who goes by spotnik does work on this device. Here
> is a link where you can download it and some infor on the setup.
> 
> https://allstarsimulcast.com/index.php/software-downloads/
> 
> The sputnik software will run on just about any single board computer using
> the Allwinner H3 processor.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 11:27 AM wrhowell amphibiansolutions.us via
> ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> > I bought one of these inovato Quadra items.  Besides the major
> > interferance it caused on my radios, how hot it seem to run at, and the
> > fact that trying to get the software to load either on the exsisting
> > software or a complete load of a new OS ---- it just didn't work. I ended
> > up giving it to my son-in-law to use a a media delivery box and he came
> > back wih pretty much the same issues so we thru it in the trash. And any
> > help from the tech support was only by mail and worthless at that.
> >
> > It's too bad as it would have made a nice littel option to the Pi and for
> > a great price. I guess you get what you pay for as it is said.
> >
> >
> > William, KI5PHN
> > ________________________________
> > From: ARM-allstar <arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org> on behalf of larry
> > via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Sent: Friday, January 6, 2023 1:55 AM
> > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Cc: larry <larry at n7fm.com>
> > Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Possible alternative to the Raspberry Pi 3?
> >
> > Looking further at their web site --- Links at the very top of their
> > page explains that some cooling probably needs to be dealt with.
> >
> > *It Says   "BEFORE ORDERING* please read this link: keeping your quadra
> > cool
> > <
> > https://forum.inovato.com/post/keeping-the-quadra-cool-12455928?pid=1333518445
> > >
> > and amateur radio operators: potential adapter interference
> > <
> > https://forum.inovato.com/post/possible-radio-interference-with-quadra-power-adapters-12495535?pid=1333868530
> > >"
> >
> > Just pointing to a caution note from here.
> >
> > Overall it looks like a neat alternative at a great price.
> >
> > Larry - N7FM
> >
> >
> > On 1/5/23 10:13 AM, Nate Bargmann via ARM-allstar wrote:
> > > I have been catching up on back issues of Steve, N8GNJ's, Zero Retries
> > > newsletter and in the October 28, 2022 issue he noted the availability
> > > of a possible Raspberry Pi alternative, the Inovato Quadra:
> > >
> > > https://www.inovato.com/
> > >
> > > It looks like a rather complete system.  It comes with Debian installed
> > > on the internal 16 GB eMMC so I don't have any idea what the possibility
> > > of installing HamVoIP is.  It does have a microSD slot but I've not dug
> > > deep enough to see if it will boot from it and use the eMMC as mounted
> > > storage.
> > >
> > > I don't have any interest in the product or the company.  With Pi 3B+
> > > units "selling" at about 4X their MSRP, this looks like it could be a
> > > possible alternative.
> > >
> > > 73, Nate, N0NB
> > >
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