[amsat-bb] rasbarry pi

[Joseph Armbruster]

James,

Look into up-board.org, should suite you better than a RPi.  It's not cheap
but it's not expensive either, considering what you're getting for the
size...

73's,
Joseph Armbruster

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 7:12 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> You could install Ubuntu instead of Raspian, I guess. Gpredict is in the
> repositories.
>
> At any rate: GIYF.
>
> Hans
>
> BX2ABT
>
>
> P.S. I always think it is funny that people want something cheap, small
> and lean like an RPi and still expect something like the whole clunky
> Windows system with its software to work on it. The RPi was designed
> with the maker/educator in mind and that almost automatically means
> using a Linux based distro.
>
> So please, if you want to start tinkering with RPis or other single
> board computers (SBCs) then start changing your thinking and that means
> no more Windows. If you don't want to change, then don't consider low
> cost SBCs an option.
>
>
>
> On 2/14/20 2:52 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > I answered you when you asked this on January 29th, but will provide more
> > detail as to why this isn't possible without quite a bit of effort.
> >
> > The Raspberry Pi uses an ARM-based processor, generally running some
> > distribution of Linux. SatPC32 is written for computers using x86-based
> > processors running Windows. There is a possibility you could get it
> > running, slowly, with a lot of effort through use of x86 emulation and
> the
> > Wine compatibility layer, but it would require quite a bit of rather
> > advanced work.
> >
> > Gpredict is the software you want to use for satellite tracking and it
> > works great on the Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately it's not in the Raspbian
> > repository, so it does require some work to get it installed. Without
> > knowing what operating system or what version of the Raspberry Pi you are
> > using, I can't direct you to the proper guide.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Paul, N8HM
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 1:37 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Is anyone running sat 32  on a raspberry computer? If so how would I set
> >> it up?
> >> Jim KI6WJ
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