Hi Mr. Arun,
Thanks for the announcement and offer.
Here is an interesting project where Raspberry Pi Zero W can be useful
for its spec.
Few months before, I developed a video streaming device for travel
entertainment/edutainment in transport vehicles (especially targeting
college buses were educational video lectures can be streamed during
commuting) using Raspberry Pi 3B+
https://www.instamojo.com/linuxbaskar/funbox-media/?ref=store
Later, I realized that Rpi Z W would be a better option than Rpi 3B+
for the following reasons.
* For the video streaming purpose, 512MB RAM is just enough
* Ethernet is not required for this kind of setup
* One single USB port is just enough
* LibreELEC supports Rpi Z W which is a perfect match for the purpose.
Rpi Z W would be a perfect match for travel entertainment/edutainment
or in places where no internet is available.
I have already demonstrated this one (using Rpi 3B+) in the ILUGC meet
few months before.
S. Baskar
On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 2:36 PM Arun Venkataswamy <arun289@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Hi,
I had bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W a couple of months back. I realised that
this does not have the horsepower for my use case and am buying the 3B+. It
is a great device though to learn computing/Linux in a low powered
environment.
Specs:
https://robu.in/product/raspberry-pi-zero-wireless-wh-pre-soldered-header/
The core is a ARMv6 SoC running at 1Ghz with 512MB RAM. Inbuilt WiFi and
Bluetooth.
I used the system with Raspian Stretch Linux distribution.
Open to anyone, but assume it would be useful for students :)
Reply to this thread with your ideas. If we get enough interest, will setup
a poll where member can vote. The winner can take the device.
In case anyone is interested in what I bought it for, it was to do ADS-B
tracking of flights using a SDR dongle. I wanted to gain some experience in
using Linux compute and device control in remote locations. A starting
point to setup a remote observatory for my telescope. Right now, "remote"
is my terrace :) later it would be Kodaikanal.
You can look at what this little device could achieve:
https://flightaware.com/adsb/stats/user/arun289#stats-103968
It is off now. It detected 974 aircraft and 78,222 lat log positions in
about 1 week of intermittent operation.
Regards,
Arun
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https://barndoor.space/