This is a bit off topic, but it would be incredibly cool if someone would 
document a novice-oriented “how to” project to set up a Raspberry Pi as a 
dedicated CHIRP machine.

I’m still combing through the threads for such - and thanks for that “how to” 
instruction Aubrey. 

Michael Solon
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> On Apr 4, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Aubrey Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> There doesn't appear to be an "official" way to search the archives, but you 
> can use Google's "site" directive to do it.
> 
> For example, if I want to search for "Raspberry" (i.e. Raspberry Pi), then I 
> can put the following into the Google search bar:
> 
> "site:intrepid.danplanet.com/pipermail/chirp_users/ raspberry"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 4/4/19 9:23 AM, sam walton wrote:
>> I'm personally fascinated by your results. As far as I know there is no way 
>> to search this mailing list to filter for topics like this? Happy to be 
>> pointed to instructions.
>> 
>> Are there resources for learning how to integrate boards like the RPi with 
>> radios like my Baofeng? Or is this knowledge mostly around the Direwolf 
>> community?
>> 
>> thx, sam452
>> 
>>> On Apr 3, 2019, at 11:16 PM, Dan Clemmensen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I ran CHIRP successfully on a Raspberry Pi Zero W  (Pi0W) as an experiment 
>>> to see if I could eliminate the need for a USB-to-Serial cable. It worked. 
>>> Many modern HTs use a 3.3V serial interface, which is what the Pi0W exposes 
>>> on its header pins. I just connected the Pi0W's RxD, TxD, and GND to the 
>>> appropriate pins on the Baofeng UV-5RA. with  2K resistors in the RxD and 
>>> TxD wires and just a straight wire for GND. It worked. CHIRP did take a 
>>> very long time to get itself initrialized the first time. I think that is 
>>> because the Pi0W is a slow single-CPU machine.  For packet, I intended to 
>>> use the Pi0W,  running Direwolf, but I'm now shifting to the FriendlyArm 
>>> NanoPi Duo, because is has on-board audio I/O which eliminates the need for 
>>> a USB audio dongle. The NanoPi is also only about half the size of the Pi0W 
>>>  and it has four CPUs. The downside is that it is not as well supported, so 
>>> I'm on my own for pretty much everything. I have CHIRP running on the 
>>> NanoPi Duo now. I intend to see if I can build a CHIRP wire for my Yaesu 
>>> FT-4.
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:47 PM Larry Lovell <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Thanks, I mentioned the other platforms.  Right now, I am trying to get 
>>>> Packet and then APRS running on my Raspberry Pi.
>>>> I will try CHIRP on it as well.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 8:04 PM Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Also do not forget it runs on the major platforms, i.e. It started out on 
>>>>> Linux and is of course available for
>>>>> Windows (as you have presented) and Mac. I believe it will also run under 
>>>>> BSD. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> A lot of us like to run it on a Raspberry Pi. 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 6:57 PM Amnon Zohar <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> remark for your presentation
>>>>>> the cheap cables with clone prolific chips works fine with the older 
>>>>>> driver version 3.2.0.0
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> a good source for technical staff  can be found at www.miklor.com (the 
>>>>>> bible ofradios)
>>>>>> you can download that driver there....
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ‫בתאריך יום ג׳, 2 באפר׳ 2019 ב-23:44 מאת ‪Larry Lovell‬‏ 
>>>>>> <‪[email protected]‬‏>:‬
>>>>>>> I wish to thank all of you for your findings on the Yaesu radios.
>>>>>>> I am giving a presentation on CHIRP to our local (Eastern Idaho) HAMs 
>>>>>>> tonight.
>>>>>>> If you are interested, the PDF of my presentation is located at: 
>>>>>>> http://www.qrvtronics.com/CatHAM_Radio/files/UsingCHIRPorOtherSoftware.pdf
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:36 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Well there's some truth there, but what truth I'm aware
>>>>>>>> of should not scare anyone off from using chirp with Yaesus.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Back in early 2014 I was doing some chirp code development
>>>>>>>> on FT-60s, fixing some bugs and with the eventual goal of
>>>>>>>> adding "Settings" control. Someone else has since done that.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Part of that process is mapping the memory by twiddling bits
>>>>>>>> in the image, uploading to the radio, and seeing through the
>>>>>>>> radio's button interface what changed. It went pretty smoothly
>>>>>>>> for a while, then I managed to brick *TWO* FT-60s. One of
>>>>>>>> which was repaired by sending it to the factory to replace
>>>>>>>> an eprom.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm not going to add any further detail here, my investigation
>>>>>>>> was pretty thoroughly documented in a thread on the chirp_devel
>>>>>>>> mail list with subject "How to brick an FT-60" starting 3/22/14.
>>>>>>>> See also Bug #1547: [FT-60] Chirp should check parity on download.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> But normal use of chirp to program radios doesn't do this. The
>>>>>>>> user interface only lets you make limited, well understood
>>>>>>>> changes to the radio image bitmap. I still do that with mine.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -dan
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> > Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:05:06 -0600
>>>>>>>> > From: Larry Lovell <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> > Subject: [chirp_users] Programming Yaesu Radios using CHIRP
>>>>>>>> > To: Discussion of CHIRP <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> > 
>>>>>>>> > Has anyone had a problem programming a Yaesu radio with CHIRP?
>>>>>>>> > Someone mentioned that their Yaesu was damaged and had to be sent to 
>>>>>>>> > the
>>>>>>>> > factory because CHIRP had overwritten some code controlling the 
>>>>>>>> > processor.
>>>>>>>> > It also had to be re-flashed.
>>>>>>>> > Since I don't fully understand how CHIRP works this doesn't make 
>>>>>>>> > sense to
>>>>>>>> > me, but knowing manufacturing companies, they may share Channel 
>>>>>>>> > Memory with
>>>>>>>> > processor memory and not think much about it.
>>>>>>>> > Thanks for your information.
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Chirp + Editcp + MD380Tools on Linux
>>>>> Celestial!!!
>>>>> Chuck -- KP4DJT
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