I buy a Logitech K400 which has a touchpad on it for about $20

at Walmart or other places that sell them. I either use a repurposed

TV or go to the local IT recycler and get me a monitor for $5-$10.

You do not need that much SD card for Chirp so that will cost less

than $10. So far I still am not near $100. Part of being a ham is

learning to scrounge. Part of running a RPi is also learning to

scrounge. For travel I carry a RPi the keyboard and an HDMI cable

and use the HDMI port on the TV in the hotel.

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 12:46 AM Ken Hansen <ken@n2vip.org> wrote:

You need to add a screen, a mouse, a power supply, and an SD card.

The screen can get pricey pretty fast - money saved by buying a smaller screen will soon be spent on a pair of 'readers' to use the smaller screen.

I'm a big fan of RPi, but people like to gloss over the actual cost of such a setup.

An RPi 400 (Pi in a keyboard) setup can easily run $100 + monitor, cheaper than a new laptop, but pretty close to low-end, off-lease corporate laptops.

Ken, N2VIP

> On Jan 24, 2022, at 10:00, Chuck Hast <kp4djt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And for the price
> of a RPi 400 you just need to add a screen and you
> are off to the races...
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