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I just ordered my unit today. I have the 7" display and a PI 4. I have DL and read the Assembly manual.
I'm going to need a video to avoid card placement errors.
I have time to look up the M3, M5 screws measurements.
Time to study the Operations Manual and dust off the Elecraft K2.
I'm looking forward to fun times.
73
John
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I just ordered my unit today. I have the 7" display and a PI 4. I have
DL and read the Assembly manual.
I'm going to need a video to avoid card placement errors.
I have time to look up the M3, M5 screws measurements.
Time to study the Operations Manual and dust off the Elecraft K2.
I'm looking forward to fun times.
73
John
TI4JWC N0URE
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Good to see I'm not the only one who needs a bit of guidance here.
Gerry Sherman
Sent by the Tunderbird
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On 2022-07-30 01:24, John Clark wrote: I just ordered my unit today. I have the 7" display and a PI 4. I have DL and read the Assembly manual.
I'm going to need a video to avoid card placement errors.
I have time to look up the M3, M5 screws measurements.
Time to study the Operations Manual and dust off the Elecraft K2.
I'm looking forward to fun times.
73
John
TI4JWC N0URE
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Is this the correct 7" Display?:
Also, I assume that the a RPi 4 with 4GB is ok?
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i ordered that exact one yesterday, same day delivery at no extra charge. it arrives, the box is somewhat crushed, and the display is mangled. Attempt number 2 arrives Monday.
Dig-key also has them, slightly lower list price, but as a single item, by the time you add shipping, especially if you have Prime, its no better than a wash.
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 08:02 AM, <msamis@...> wrote:
Is this the correct 7" Display?:
Also, I assume that the a RPi 4 with 4GB is ok?
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Thank you, Ashhar.? I will be ordering soon.? I have so far built uBitx versions 4 and 5 with Nextion screens and Inkits enclosures. I also have a version 6. Can't wait to play with sBitx!
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I hope you like it. It is the most fun radio. A little quirky as I had no experience working a big gun radio. I just saw online videos to see how they operate and built it up. - f
Thank you, Ashhar.? I will be ordering soon.? I have so far built uBitx versions 4 and 5 with Nextion screens and Inkits enclosures. I also have a version 6. Can't wait to play with sBitx!
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Thank you, Don.? That is helpful!? Sorry you had bad shipping.
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Hi Ashhar-? Yes- I have been following you and watched your intro to sBitx on YouTube about a year ago,? I have had more fun building the uBitx than making QSOs with them! I am sure there will be a few challenges with sBitx, but that's what makes it interesting.? This is certainly better that trying to get 40 or 50 year old boat anchors back on the air!? Plus it is state-of-the-art.
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If you need to now how to become quirliger: copy the way some DMR transceivers have to be operated. Thats is I guess almost the Top of quirkiness.? Vy 73 and have a nice Sunday
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?Hi Ashhar-? Yes- I have been following you and watched your intro to sBitx on YouTube about a year ago,? I have had more fun building the uBitx than making QSOs with them! I am sure there will be a few challenges with sBitx, but that's what makes it interesting.? This is certainly better that trying to get 40 or 50 year old boat anchors back on the air!? Plus it is state-of-the-art.
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I was looking over the Github site.? If we purchase the $299 version, is there an image for the Pi that can be downloaded and includes the OS and everything else, or do we need to load the RPi OS and compile and install the rest of the software? I did read the install.txt file, but it was a year old and did not seem complete. Thanks for your help.
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?There is a link on this page.
On Sunday, July 31, 2022, 06:30:39 PM CDT, msamis@... <msamis@...> wrote:
I was looking over the Github site.? If we purchase the $299 version, is there an image for the Pi that can be downloaded and includes the OS and everything else, or do we need to load the RPi OS and compile and install the rest of the software? I did read the install.txt file, but it was a year old and did not seem complete. Thanks for your help.
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Thank you!? This is perfect.
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The display you are looking for is the official Raspberry Pi display; that's the one the kit is designed for. Digi-Key currently has a bunch of them:? ry-pi/8997466/6152806
is also the correct display. The distinguishing mark is the Raspberry Pi logo in the center of the board that is attached to the back of the display.
The displays get redistributed by a number of companies. For example, I have one that I got at Micro Center a while back with the OKdo brand on the box. That's the one I plan to put in my sBitx. I have also seen them from element14 and RS. So long as you are getting the official display it doesn't matter which brand is on the package.
To answer another question in the thread, you can use any Raspberry Pi 4 with at least 2 GB of RAM. The sBitX software doesn't require more, but a 4 GB or 8 GB Pi will work just fine. Ham radio software isn't large for the most part so you're unlikely?to need the additional RAM even if you experiment with?running other?concurrent applications, but it doesn't do any harm other than cost extra.
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 7:30 PM < msamis@...> wrote: I was looking over the Github site.? If we purchase the $299 version, is there an image for the Pi that can be downloaded and includes the OS and everything else, or do we need to load the RPi OS and compile and install the rest of the software? I did read the install.txt file, but it was a year old and did not seem complete. Thanks for your help.
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Thank you!? This is good info.? I thought the extra memory couldn't hurt but wanted to make sure. The only semi-free Pi I have is a 4 with 4GB.
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On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 07:59 PM, Shirley Dulcey KE1L wrote:
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is also the correct display. The distinguishing mark is the Raspberry Pi logo in the center of the board that is attached to the back of the display.
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The displays get redistributed by a number of companies. For example, I have one that I got at Micro Center a while back with the OKdo brand on the box. That's the one I plan to put in my sBitx. I have also seen them from element14 and RS. So long as you are getting the official display it doesn't matter which brand is on the package.
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Thanks..thats good to know. As I was googling looking for price and availability, I was seeing a lot of the rebranded displays, and was skeptical about knock-offs.
Sparkfun also has a bunch, but their shipping is brutal, eliminates any savings..: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13733
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation appears to be policing its trademarks and logo effectively. I haven't seen any non-authorized knockoffs that have those things.
There are, however, plenty of things out there that claim Raspberry Pi compatibility but do NOT have the official marks. Those may be good products, or not. In this specific case, buying one of those would not be a good idea because it would likely be incompatible with the case; the sBitx requires a specific physical design.
Sparkfun offers free US shipping on orders over $100. If you're in the US and you also want some other items from them, they?would be a good source. If nothing else, you could add a second display for a friend who also wants to build an sBitx. They also have plenty of other Raspberry Pi-related products, though like everybody else they don't have stock of any of the boards other than the Pico.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:03 AM Don--AE4DW < AE4DW.Don@...> wrote: On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 07:59 PM, Shirley Dulcey KE1L wrote:
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is also the correct display. The distinguishing mark is the Raspberry Pi logo in the center of the board that is attached to the back of the display.
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The displays get redistributed by a number of companies. For example, I have one that I got at Micro Center a while back with the OKdo brand on the box. That's the one I plan to put in my sBitx. I have also seen them from element14 and RS. So long as you are getting the official display it doesn't matter which brand is on the package.
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Thanks..thats good to know. As I was googling looking for price and availability, I was seeing a lot of the rebranded displays, and was skeptical about knock-offs.
Sparkfun also has a bunch, but their shipping is brutal, eliminates any savings..:
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I¡¯m not sure if this is the case for the most recent Pi, but the early versions had a custom, proprietary chip which is very hard to replicate. ?This was done to greatly reduce cost, not to lock out the design from third parties. ?But this is probably why there are no knock-offs.
73 Goody
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On Aug 1, 2022, at 10:30, Shirley Dulcey KE1L < mark@...> wrote:
The Raspberry Pi Foundation appears to be policing its trademarks and logo effectively. I haven't seen any non-authorized knockoffs that have those things.
There are, however, plenty of things out there that claim Raspberry Pi compatibility but do NOT have the official marks. Those may be good products, or not. In this specific case, buying one of those would not be a good idea because it would likely be incompatible with the case; the sBitx requires a specific physical design.
Sparkfun offers free US shipping on orders over $100. If you're in the US and you also want some other items from them, they?would be a good source. If nothing else, you could add a second display for a friend who also wants to build an sBitx. They also have plenty of other Raspberry Pi-related products, though like everybody else they don't have stock of any of the boards other than the Pico. On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:03 AM Don--AE4DW < AE4DW.Don@...> wrote: On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 07:59 PM, Shirley Dulcey KE1L wrote:
? is also the correct display. The distinguishing mark is the Raspberry Pi logo in the center of the board that is attached to the back of the display. ? The displays get redistributed by a number of companies. For example, I have one that I got at Micro Center a while back with the OKdo brand on the box. That's the one I plan to put in my sBitx. I have also seen them from element14 and RS. So long as you are getting the official display it doesn't matter which brand is on the package. ?
Thanks..thats good to know. As I was googling looking for price and availability, I was seeing a lot of the rebranded displays, and was skeptical about knock-offs.? Sparkfun also has a bunch, but their shipping is brutal, eliminates any savings..:? ?
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The main Raspberry Pi boards are impossible to make exact clones of. The SoCs are made by Broadcom and are specifically designed for the Pi, and they won't sell them to anybody else. Broadcom's SoC business is primarily chips for routers and similar applications; the ones for the Pi have some of the features that would be used in that application stripped out.
But there are other Raspberry Pi products that could be cloned but are not. Those include the cases, keyboard, mouse, camera, and touchscreen display that they sell. Other companies DO sell cases, camera modules, and touchscreens for the Pi, but they do not have the brand and logo. Nobody has bothered with Pi-specific keyboards or mice; aside from the brand they're just generic USB peripherals. There is also a big ecosystem of HATs for the Raspberry Pi, nearly all of which are made by third parties. The Raspberry Pi Foundation did acquire one of the former third party HAT makers, IQaudio, so those are now official products.
The RP2040, their new microcontroller chip, is another matter. There are numerous boards from other manufacturers (Adafruit, Sparkfun, Seeed Studio, Arduino, and more) that feature that chip. The Raspberry Pi people will happily sell you the chips for $1 each to put into your own design. The only thing you can't do is put them on boards that feature the Raspberry Pi branding and logo; they WILL come after you for that. Third party boards featuring the RP2040 CAN have a small logo showing that they contain a processor from Raspberry Pi, as you can see on the back of this Sparkfun Thing Plus board, but they must also have their own branding.
I¡¯m not sure if this is the case for the most recent Pi, but the early versions had a custom, proprietary chip which is very hard to replicate.? This was done to greatly reduce cost, not to lock out the design from third parties.? But this is probably why there are no knock-offs.
73 Goody K3NG On Aug 1, 2022, at 10:30, Shirley Dulcey KE1L < mark@...> wrote:
The Raspberry Pi Foundation appears to be policing its trademarks and logo effectively. I haven't seen any non-authorized knockoffs that have those things.
There are, however, plenty of things out there that claim Raspberry Pi compatibility but do NOT have the official marks. Those may be good products, or not. In this specific case, buying one of those would not be a good idea because it would likely be incompatible with the case; the sBitx requires a specific physical design.
Sparkfun offers free US shipping on orders over $100. If you're in the US and you also want some other items from them, they?would be a good source. If nothing else, you could add a second display for a friend who also wants to build an sBitx. They also have plenty of other Raspberry Pi-related products, though like everybody else they don't have stock of any of the boards other than the Pico. On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:03 AM Don--AE4DW < AE4DW.Don@...> wrote: On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 07:59 PM, Shirley Dulcey KE1L wrote:
? is also the correct display. The distinguishing mark is the Raspberry Pi logo in the center of the board that is attached to the back of the display. ? The displays get redistributed by a number of companies. For example, I have one that I got at Micro Center a while back with the OKdo brand on the box. That's the one I plan to put in my sBitx. I have also seen them from element14 and RS. So long as you are getting the official display it doesn't matter which brand is on the package. ?
Thanks..thats good to know. As I was googling looking for price and availability, I was seeing a lot of the rebranded displays, and was skeptical about knock-offs.? Sparkfun also has a bunch, but their shipping is brutal, eliminates any savings..:? ?
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