[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 144, Issue 7

[Dave B]

On 05/04/16 22:28, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 16:42:40 -0700
> From: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT"<KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com>
> Cc:elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Raspberry PI 3 and K3
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> Setting aside the tiny screen, it fails the test with the external keyboard.
>
> I'd really like to do this in just two boxes -- and as someone who
> touch-types over 80wpm, it must have a really good keyboard.
>
> On 4/4/2016 11:53 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
>> >NUE PSK also works well with KX3

You can easily attach the largest screen you wish to the HDMI port, and 
any flavour of keyboard via USB.   + a real mouse too of course, and an 
external sound system for digimodes etc.  Not forgetting the usual array 
of USB<>RS232 devices, or some software can be configured to flip a bit 
on the digital I/O header on the Pi, for things like PTT control.

What you CANOT DO (sorry.)   Is run native Intel x86 or x64 programs on 
it, not even if you use the embedded version of Windows 10.

That is because it does /NOT/ use an Intel CPU, it uses an ARM chip.   
(Utterly different op-code/language if you will.)   I see many comments 
where it would appear that many people do not know or appreciate that 
difference.

Programs for the Pi (any version, and any OS) need to be compiled/built 
to run on the ARM CPU, usually the best results are when you build from 
source on the Pi.   Though that can take a while with some software.

Enjoy...

73.  Dave G0WBX.

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