wow. Not just low-power and light-weight, but low $$. This could easily replace those 12v Evolve laptops everyone lugs into the field. I am loving this channel.

The great content continues! Thank you.

They are great Craig. Thanks for sharing a Xmas list for my wife to buy me. Haha

Nice video.

Im here waiting

Great video Craig! You may have already done this, but how about a video showing the hardware and software installation for one of the screens? Would certainly help us old non-programmers. Thanks!!

@KM6LYW

6 ай бұрын

Hey Bob, check the last link in the description to see adafruit's configuration documentation, it's top-notch. Better than I could ever do !

@BobGarrett66

6 ай бұрын

@@KM6LYW Perfect!! Will do. Thanks.

I just got my RPi5 but not a Patron. Maybe I'll pony up and try it when I can 😮‍💨. DragonOS looks interesting.

Please show that radio interface board ASAP. Looks grerat!

You are doing cool things and analog design cannot do. Yes I have built many APRS digipeaters but you have gone farther. Now I did see your new analog board yes I want to see that one. Keep going is helping the ham world.

Please talk about the radio interface board soon! :)

@KM6LYW

6 ай бұрын

shhhhhh, still secret, more soon

@KM6LYW how about using the likes of the Nextion screens for low refresh rate status display?

@craig9309

5 ай бұрын

My screen driver works with the ST7789 and more recently ILI9341 screens. Essentially anything adafruit supports.

Great work. This could be what I am looking for. I like to make a very small HF APRS tracker. DigiPi maybe the answer. I have few questions, can you help me out. I like to use QMX radio and DigiPi together to create a HF tracker. Can we add GPS and make it happen? Can we run fldigi to do CW through digiPi with QMX? Thank you very much.

@craig9309

5 ай бұрын

Hey, i know nothing about the QMX, but digipi can use a gps, for time (ft8) and location (TBEACON in direwolf).

KEWL!

DgiPi Dark mode on the way?

have you tried the epaper ones and compared current draw and battery life ?

@KM6LYW

6 ай бұрын

I don't have an e-ink display yet. stellar battery life, but low refresh rate. The blinking LEDs for transmit/receive need a higher rate.

@ZiggleFingers

6 ай бұрын

@@KM6LYW i would just add a physical led somewhere if i felt i needed that or just just a low refresh TX status

I'd been looking at one of those tiny monitor displays for my pi. I hesitated, because the WSJT-X docs say the minimum screen resolution is 1024x780, and most of them are 800x480 or 1080x600. Have you run into any sizing problems with the 720x720 screen from this video?

@craig9309

6 ай бұрын

i was able to call CQ in the video, ultimately make contacts, but you'll notice some of the buttons were a bit hard to read since they were a bit squished. It's feasible, but I bet 1024 would be best.

Is there a 7 inch screen you would recommend for Digipi? I need the larger display. Thanks

@KM6LYW

4 ай бұрын

DigiPi will drive an ST7789 or ILI9342 display. I don't think they make a 7" version, as they're typically low-res.

where can I find screens that have a cable instead of being soldered directly onto a board?

@craig9309

17 күн бұрын

I might suggest an HDMI monitor in your case. The screens in the video are connected via the GPIO pin header, not soldered.

@incription

17 күн бұрын

@@craig9309 thanks, I looked at some options, I think I can probably retrofit a mobile phone display, not sure how to get it thru a hinge but I have some ideas

Not sure about little screens....seems Node-Red and a tablet, phone, PC a way better way to go and probably much cheaper!

Radio control circuit? Another video? Hmmmm.....

DEE

@craig9309

5 ай бұрын

YES! nailed it, thank you, I was starting to worry we didn't have any Ozzy/Randy-Rhodes fans here