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Optional step would be to shutdown Pi at this point and backup the SD card.

Replace existing monitor with 7 inch LCD making necessary connections.

Make changes to /boot/config.txt documented above plus any others that need to be made.

Transfer Raspbian Jessie to microSD card using Win32 disk imager.

I’ve no idea whether this is true of Wheezy or not. Support for the LCD and the touchscreen are built into the Raspbian Jessie kernel. Provided that you have Rev v2.1 of the LCD this is the most straightforward bit of the entire build. Margins 0=margins disabled, 1=margins enabled When adding this line the USB power manager will change its output current limit (for all 4 USB ports combined) from 600mA to double that, 1200mA.

The initially proposed architecture is shown in the diagram below: Smaller displays are available but the size and lower resolution may make the relatively “busy” fldigi display difficult to read. With the added bonus of being touch sensitive, I chose the 7″ display as a trade off between compactness and readability. I very quickly narrowed it down to the two devices from :ħinch HDMI LCD (C) 1024×600 HDMI USB Not only Pi 165 x 107 Capacitiveġ0.1inch HDMI LCD (H)1024×600 HDMI USB Not only Pi 257 x 162 Capacitive Next in the search was an LCD with HDMI input.

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However, the very nature of Open Source Software means that there is always someone willing to put in the effort and dedication to make things work and this card is no exception with support being provided by Matthias “Hias” Reichl at Įncouraged by this level of support I went and purchased the card and will document in subsequent updates my success or otherwise in integrating the card.

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Be warned though support forums are awash with complaints about how poorly the device is supported and that drivers don’t work properly. The only such card that I found was a Cirrus Logic (formerly Wolfson) device from Element 14. While there are a number of Hardware Attached on Top (HAT) options for HiFi grade cards for the Pi, the options for such soundcards with a microphone/line in input for the Raspberry Pi are somewhat limited. To keep things compact I searched for suitable sound card that utilised the GPIO pins. Any soundcard will therefore be an external device connected either through one of the USB ports or the GPIO pins. The Raspberry Pi on all versions has neither of these features for reasons of cost and simplicity. FeasibilityĪ quick google revealed that it should be well within the capabilities of the Pi 2.Īn obvious prerequisite for data modes is to have both a microphone/line in input for decoding and a line out output with reasonable fidelity for modulating the transmitter.

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To see how small I could build a data mode decoder running flgigi with appliqué sound card and small LCD for portable operation.

I have shelved these projects for the time being.

After building my OpenElec media box I purchased another Raspberry Pi 2 that I had planned to either turn into an ADS-B receiver or a weather station data logger.Īfter a bit of thought I decided that a Pi Zero would be more suitable for the weather station logging and the ADS-B receiver would require the setting up of another antenna which I don’t have space for.

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