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The Lab46 Tutorials
Raspberry Pi
It's not fruit.
What follows is a brief outline of my explorations with and of the Raspberry Pi system on chip.
Some Tools:
- Rasberry Pi Model B
- Globalsat BU-353 USB GPS Navigation Receiver (around $40)
- Cisco Linksys AE1000 Dual-Band USB Adapter (refurb around $15)
- Kismet (build from source)
- gpsd (apt)
- Schumacher 410w Digital Power Converter (Part: XI41DU)
Background
My intentions for my Raspberry Pi are to have a mobile computing environment that has no association with any given network, detached from keyboards, mouses and monitors … accessible only via ssh. Ideally my goal is to have the RPi automatically boot the wireless adapter into ad-hoc mode allowing me to configure it remotely over the air. However, I have yet to make this work, and so I've gone the route of turning my Macbook pro into a fly-by-night DHCP server, dishing out an IP address to the Pi. The other option to achieve this type of setup would have been to setup the Avahi zero conf utility, but Ive read that this is less than reliable and so I went the DHCP route.
In addition to my network requirement, electronics also have a power requirement. While I will eventually procure a small battery power source for the Pi (making it compact and more versitile), I currently use a 410 watt power converter which utilizes a battery (auto/lawn mower/atv) or auto cigarette lighter to supply 5 volts to a USB or 120 volt AC to a conventional household device. With this setup my Pi is as mobile as my vehicle. With a smaller battery my Pi will be as mobile as my feet.