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Having written several clocks that tell the time at various locations on Mars for my [[blog: | Having written several clocks that tell the time at various locations on Mars for my [[blog: | ||
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- | The Raspberry Pi was a shoe-in for the job. Items required: | + | The Raspberry Pi was a shoo-in for the job. Items required: |
- Raspberry Pi 4B+ 2GbRAM (£34) | - Raspberry Pi 4B+ 2GbRAM (£34) | ||
- Power Supply Unit (£8) | - Power Supply Unit (£8) | ||
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- SmartiPi Touch 2 case (£24) | - SmartiPi Touch 2 case (£24) | ||
- | Total cost: £130.00 plus SD card (16Gb) plus p+p. | + | Total cost: ~£130.00 plus SD card (16Gb) plus p+p. An 8Gb SD card is sufficient if you want to minimalize, but a 16Gb will have a longer life. |
These were all standard components that fit together in just a few minutes. Writing the software would take a bit longer - this was after all, mainly a software task. Luckily, I'm a programmer. <- Mark Watney moment, did you spot it?. | These were all standard components that fit together in just a few minutes. Writing the software would take a bit longer - this was after all, mainly a software task. Luckily, I'm a programmer. <- Mark Watney moment, did you spot it?. | ||
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===== Installation ===== | ===== Installation ===== | ||
- | Full installation instructions can be found on [[blog: | + | Full installation instructions can be found on [[blog: |
===== Caveats ===== | ===== Caveats ===== |
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