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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 (Verified Working)
- Please note: these are the panels we KNOW WORK ; do not deviate unless you want to fiddle with a lot of boot loader configuration
- CONFU 5.5" 2k (1440x2560)
- Electric Magic 8.9" 2k (2560x1600)
- HDMI Monitor (TESTING)
- Please note: these are the panels we are TESTING ; do not use these unless you'd like to help us sort the settings needed for use
- Generic 5.5" 1080p panel
- 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
- You probably want this instead of the Geekworm armor case with fans
- This will NOT require soldering to use but assumes you have room to slip the fan all the way down on the main header
- 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)