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to: MARTIN GREGORIE
from: RICHARD OWLETT
date: 2020-02-14 12:54:00
subject: Re: Simple matrix of Rasp

On 02/14/2020 11:26 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:57:28 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> While searching for other info I was reminded about Raspberry Pi.
>> Problem is that https://www.raspberrypi.org/ over does glitz.
>> I need a text based matrix of cards vs features.
>> [Pointer either to appropriate page of or a U.S. vendor would be fine]
>> All relevant specs seem to be available as PDF. Just need to know which
>> one I want.
>>
>> My proposed system would be composed of:
>>     Least power hungry board with headers and one USB port installed.
>>     One touchscreen display.
>>     One battery.
>>     One case to hold it all.
>>
> There's a 7" touch screen available with a plastic case that contains
> both the RPi and screen while giving access to the ethernet and USB
> sockets. It will fit models 2, 3 and 4, but you may not want to put a
> model 4 in it for cooling reasons.

Documented WHERE?

>
> This package needs only a PSU, keyboard and mouse to operate as a stand-
> alone computer, though there is no room to add expansion cards or 'hats'
> to the RPi.
>
> Alternatively, there are cases that would hold just the RPi - add a PSU
> and an ethernet connection to a PC and you have access to the RPi over an
> SSH connection. If the PC is running Linux. nothing more is needed. If
> its running Windows, you'll probably want to add PuTTY or a similar
> package to your Windows box so you can run the RPi as a headless system
> that you can login to from the PC and/or transfer files.
Documented WHERE?

>
> You can do the same with a WiFi dongle too.


Documented WHERE?

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