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Bill Of Materials / Hardware Assumptions
This is a surprisingly straight forward project that has minimal in the way of hardware requirements. Below you'll find a list of everything we recommend / assume.
- Raspberry Pi 4 with at least 2Gb of RAM
- An equivalent board with at least 2Gb of RAM capable of running Ubuntu 64bit Linux can be used instead but we do not support anything but the Raspberry Pi 4 at this time
- Please note: RAM usage is significantly affected by source image resolution /and/ panel size. 2Gb of RAM should be enough for a 2k screen and 20Mpx source images. If you're not sure get a 4Gb Raspberry Pi.
- HDMI Monitor
- This 5.5" 1440x2560 (2k) display looks promising and is being tested currently
- Geekworm Armor Case
- If you would like an always on fan, select the model with the integrated fan option
- Pimoroni Fan SHIM
- This has better cooling as well as on/off support than the Geekworm Armor Case with cooling
- You probably want this instead of the Geekworm armor case with fans
- USB to Serial adapter
- There are a lot of options, choose one you know that will work well
- Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter
- HDMI cable
- USB disk (thumb drive / ssd) for storing pictures
- This is optional but will help prevent micro sd card wear if regularly changing photos or running backups
- The Sandisk Ultra Fit USB disks are great options and work well with the Raspberry Pi boards
- 1x micro sd card
- Must be at least 16Gb. The base install of software consumes almost 8Gb of storage, you'll want more than 8Gb to properly buffer updates and upgrades
- Power supply (at least 3A to avoid voltage issues)