* Originally in FIDONEWS
* Crossposted in RASPBERRY
Hello Richard!

02 Feb 16 13:36, you wrote to David Drummond:

It will use slightly more power than a RPi B.
If power usage is the main concern, I would use a RPi A+.

I would go for a Pi Zero, but for you will need a usb/network dongle.

Because funnily the USB/Ethernet chip uses more power than the main CPU/GPU.

Node 2:280/5005 has been nodelisted from 2014-03-07 it is hosted on a
RaspberryPi B without any glitsches. It runs the same software I use on
2:280/5003. In addition it hosts a point system that is directory linked.

I have an additional point system on a separate RPI B that uses binkd,
crashmail2 and JAMnntpd.

The other system used binkd and fidogate for the main node and hpt and golded
for the piggyback point.

Binkd was dowloaded from github as the one from de raspbian repository does
not support IPv6, husky/hpt, golded and fidogate came from
sourceforge. All are compiled locally. I think I got crashmail2 and
JAMnntpd from the raspbian repostitory, but both can be compiled locally as
well.

For fun I will host a node or Point on a RPI zero, when I can get hold of one.
The RPI by itself is less then 10 Euro's, but you will need a micro sd,
a USB network dongle and a powersupply, so that will more than double the
price of the whole system, unless you have the latter laying around anyway.

I have tried to power a PRI from a USBport on my ADSL modem/router, but that
appeared to be a low power outlet and could not supply enough current for
the RPI.


Kees

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