Awesome Stuff Craig. I was sleepin on the sales and I won't get mine until February now!!! I want an 8GB model... "buy once cry once" as they say. (Not really at these prices though)
Hey, Craig, I am a retired EE. And one of the old guys gave me a good suggestion. Lick your fingertip before touching the chip, just in case something is out of control. If it pops spit when you touch the chip, over 100C. My finger also tops out at about 60C to keep my finger on it.
Great stuff....I only recently found your videos. Got my license a few years ago and trying to get back into it. Have to ask, can you tell me more about that desktop arcade in the background? I've always wanted one of those larger ones, but that size looks perfect to have. I want one too!!!
Very cool. Is this specific to the Icom 705 or would it work with other radios? I currently have a xiegu g90 I've been trying to get set up for digital modes
Craig what is the possibility of you and Jason KM4ACK doing a joint build? love aspects of both your builds. I like your script web functionality and I like his conky and all over software suite. Thanks
Yah, i think each approach appeals to different users. My goal is to get people excited about data modes with minimum effort, even though you'll learn more by building your own OS/apps/hardware combos.
@KM6LYW if the Pi 5 can run it and you can add Vara in all its colours to the DigiPi image then I think we will need no other setup for the majority of digital modes.
@talmidandy - vara is closed source and proprietary, kind of a genetic dead end. The technology is amazing, however it's x86/Windows only, requiring multiple levels of emulation on the Pi requiring pi4 or better. It doesn't advance the art, and, given the license, I can't legally redistribute the software. for HF email, ARDOP is included and serves the purpose of vara in that case.
Intermittently? we noticed silent-transmit on every 3rd frame or so if you picked "plughw" for audio device, instead of default. otherwise, stable imho.
I installed FLDIGI on my new Raspberry Pi 5. Sadly, it slows down the mouse cursor to a level that makes it unusable. Anyone else who had better luck? Any suggestions?
