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Mark Sims

Mon, Jul 3, 2017 4:50 PM

The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact Thunderbolt monitor.

Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD touchscreen along with the latest Lady Heather code. I've added touchscreen support and some optimizations to the screen code for better display on smaller screens. The combo makes for a very nice package that shows pretty much everything and lets you control the unit from the touchscreen. The PI + touchscreen does cost around $100 though. I've seen some really nice builds, such as Willis Hendly's, with the Tbolt, power supply, and PI/touchscreen (I think he actually uses a Beaglebone) mounted in a box. Perhaps he will do a post showing his implementation.

The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact Thunderbolt monitor. Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD touchscreen along with the latest Lady Heather code. I've added touchscreen support and some optimizations to the screen code for better display on smaller screens. The combo makes for a very nice package that shows pretty much everything and lets you control the unit from the touchscreen. The PI + touchscreen does cost around $100 though. I've seen some really nice builds, such as Willis Hendly's, with the Tbolt, power supply, and PI/touchscreen (I think he actually uses a Beaglebone) mounted in a box. Perhaps he will do a post showing his implementation.

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Richard Solomon

Tue, Jul 4, 2017 2:37 AM

I would like to see what he has done. I have a Raspberry Pi and a Touch Screen just

waiting for an application.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

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The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact Thunderbolt monitor.

Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD touchscreen along with the latest Lady Heather code. I've added touchscreen support and some optimizations to the screen code for better display on smaller screens. The combo makes for a very nice package that shows pretty much everything and lets you control the unit from the touchscreen. The PI + touchscreen does cost around $100 though. I've seen some really nice builds, such as Willis Hendly's, with the Tbolt, power supply, and PI/touchscreen (I think he actually uses a Beaglebone) mounted in a box. Perhaps he will do a post showing his implementation.

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I would like to see what he has done. I have a Raspberry Pi and a Touch Screen just waiting for an application. 73, Dick, W1KSZ Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> ________________________________ From: time-nuts <time-nuts-bounces@febo.com> on behalf of Mark Sims <holrum@hotmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 3, 2017 9:50:35 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitor Kit by KO4BB The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact Thunderbolt monitor. Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD touchscreen along with the latest Lady Heather code. I've added touchscreen support and some optimizations to the screen code for better display on smaller screens. The combo makes for a very nice package that shows pretty much everything and lets you control the unit from the touchscreen. The PI + touchscreen does cost around $100 though. I've seen some really nice builds, such as Willis Hendly's, with the Tbolt, power supply, and PI/touchscreen (I think he actually uses a Beaglebone) mounted in a box. Perhaps he will do a post showing his implementation. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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Ben Hall

Tue, Jul 4, 2017 5:28 PM

On 7/3/2017 11:50 AM, Mark Sims wrote:

The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact
Thunderbolt monitor.

Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD
touchscreen along with the latest Lady Heather code.

A modification on the above option - instead of a dedicated display,
enable the VNC server on the RPi and use RealVNC on your main computer
as the display for the RPi. I'm working on this as the setup for my
second TruePosition board.

It works pretty well. Here is a screen-shot from my desktop PC using
RealVNC into the VNC Server on my RPi running Lady Heather, but without
the TruePosition hooked up yet:

http://www.kd5byb.net/TruePosition/LHVNC.JPG

thanks much and 73,
ben, kd5byb

On 7/3/2017 11:50 AM, Mark Sims wrote: > The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact > Thunderbolt monitor. > > Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD > touchscreen along with the latest Lady Heather code. A modification on the above option - instead of a dedicated display, enable the VNC server on the RPi and use RealVNC on your main computer as the display for the RPi. I'm working on this as the setup for my second TruePosition board. It works pretty well. Here is a screen-shot from my desktop PC using RealVNC into the VNC Server on my RPi running Lady Heather, but without the TruePosition hooked up yet: <http://www.kd5byb.net/TruePosition/LHVNC.JPG> thanks much and 73, ben, kd5byb

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Chris Albertson

Tue, Jul 4, 2017 7:16 PM

The Raspberry Pi idea is good because for your $100 it can do a few other
tasks at the same time.

It can run LH but also maybe she other services like NTP, a small web
server and also a WiFi based backup server that backs up any notebook
computers you have (it such a hassle to plug in an external drive to a
notebook that few people do it. So I have mine do an hourly backup over
WiFi.)

I have a Pi3 on my desk right now and yes, it is more than powerful enough
and would be under utilized even with a half dozen light weight servers
running.

So a $100 t-bolt monitor is rather expensive but if you can get four of
five other functions at the same price, maybe worth it.

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Mark Sims holrum@hotmail.com wrote:

The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact
Thunderbolt monitor.

Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD touchscreen
along with the latest Lady Heather code. I've added touchscreen support
and some optimizations to the screen code for better display on smaller
screens. The combo makes for a very nice package that shows pretty much
everything and lets you control the unit from the touchscreen. The PI +
touchscreen does cost around $100 though. I've seen some really nice
builds, such as Willis Hendly's, with the Tbolt, power supply, and
PI/touchscreen (I think he actually uses a Beaglebone) mounted in a box.
Perhaps he will do a post showing his implementation.

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Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California

The Raspberry Pi idea is good because for your $100 it can do a few other tasks at the same time. It can run LH but also maybe she other services like NTP, a small web server and also a WiFi based backup server that backs up any notebook computers you have (it such a hassle to plug in an external drive to a notebook that few people do it. So I have mine do an hourly backup over WiFi.) I have a Pi3 on my desk right now and yes, it is more than powerful enough and would be under utilized even with a half dozen light weight servers running. So a $100 t-bolt monitor is rather expensive but if you can get four of five other functions at the same price, maybe worth it. On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Mark Sims <holrum@hotmail.com> wrote: > The K04BB device is a great little relatively inexpensive and compact > Thunderbolt monitor. > > Another option is to use a Raspberry PI and the 7" color LCD touchscreen > along with the latest Lady Heather code. I've added touchscreen support > and some optimizations to the screen code for better display on smaller > screens. The combo makes for a very nice package that shows pretty much > everything and lets you control the unit from the touchscreen. The PI + > touchscreen does cost around $100 though. I've seen some really nice > builds, such as Willis Hendly's, with the Tbolt, power supply, and > PI/touchscreen (I think he actually uses a Beaglebone) mounted in a box. > Perhaps he will do a post showing his implementation. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California

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