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Raspberry PI
The Raspberry PI is a small personal computer
designed and marketed by the non profit Raspberry PI Foundation in
Great Britain. It is sold for $40 by many companies including
Amazon. See
our shopping guide to Raspberry PIs.
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The TARPN plan is built around the Raspberry PI and G8BPQ node software. The Raspberry PI uses an SD memory
card (usually about $8) as a boot drive. The card is initialized according to a procedure
documented in the "builders" section of this web page.
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Once initialized, the Raspberry PI can serve as a headless
switch and the packet radio system can be accessed by SSH, TelNet, Remote Desktop, TARPN-HOME
and BPQtermTCP.
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The Raspberry PI is capable of operating as a stand-alone workstation using a USB keyboard, mouse, and
HDMI or composite display. VGA and DVI are available via adapters.
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When used headless, the Raspberry PI must be connected via WiFi (optional)
or Ethernet to the LAN supporting your workstation.
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When operated as a workstation, the Raspberry PI can support the packet node switch and let the user connect out
into the network or receive calls.
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