Hi Ken and Mark
I can see either way, my normal digital station (if anything I do is normal that is) is a laptop and an
FT817 with a interface kit. The laptop sound card is as good as the Signal Link I also have. However
I also have a Rpi B+2 that runs the Flsuite just fine. Not using the Signal link but a USB sound dongle
Codex which I guess falls under the "Just because" category.
Now what I have found is with the Rpi setup there are a lot of individual pieces strung together. I have
also found that using the Rpi setup you will need a powered USB hub to to get full advantage of all
of the USB pieces working properly.
Along those lines, I am looking at building a platform on the back of the Cody 10" monitor to house
the Rpi, USB hub, and power distribution. But I still have the cabled keyboard to contend with.
So all in all if I am going out to do serious digital I will take the Laptop. If I am going out to? enjoy
the portable (I only do portable HOA you know) I might do the Rpi for fun.
Just me.
Marty kd8bj
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On 4/2/19 4:12 PM, Ken Hansen ken@... [FT817] wrote:
Curious why you are interested in running digital modes off a raspberry pi? (To be clear, "just because" is a perfectly fine answer)
Windows laptops with enough 'umph' to handle digital modes and give you a 12-15" screen & full keyboard can be had for just under $150. In my experience, the raspberry pi is like the stone in the children's 'stone soup' fable [1] - buying everything you need to build out a Raspberry Pi can run up to $150 pretty quickly.
Anyway, just curious, thanks,
Ken, N2VIP
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On Mar 31, 2019, at 10:27 PM, 'Mark A. Miller' mark@... <mailto:mark@...> [FT817] <FT817@... <mailto:FT817@...>> wrote:
Hi:
I am considering running my FT991a for digital modes with a SignaLink USB interface (in place of the internal sound card) so that I can run the entire system with a Raspberry Pi instead of a Windows laptop. Has anyone tried this, and if so, what menu settings did you change for this new configuration?
73,
Mark, WA0ZIG
