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vreihen:
Given the unobtanium status of Raspberry Pi boards since COVID and the global chip shortage, I don't think that using it as a base for any project is a good idea right now.

Along this line, I cannot buy a replacement key fob for a new-to-me vehicle because the dealer and manufacturer cannot source them, my bank is rationing replacement ATM cards because they can't get blank chipped cards, and I could not even locate a single electronics component vendor with a stock of simple/basic/common 25xx EEPROM chips when I looked last week (unless I wanted to pay a scalper $15/chip).....

weatherman172:
Yep, understood.  Bad supply chain times.  I have a Raspberry Pi sitting on the bench doing nothing so I had to ask about a VLF receiver for it.  As far as supply chain goes, TSM is building a gigantic chip plant here in Phoenix and I believe Intel is also working on one in Chandler AZ.  Hopefully, more chips are coming at some point. 

Chris
WG7B
Tempe AZ

Cutty Sark Sailor:
 :-" hint...... heavy lifting by one of new STM boards, as in System Red...

meteodelta:

--- Quote from: weatherman172 on May 18, 2023, 10:14:23 AM ---Isn't there a simple VLF receiver that could be plugged into a Raspberry Pi?  I have built numerous Raspberry Pi projects over the years.

Chris
WG7B

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Regardless of PCBs, H-antennas are available and can be obtained from official Blitzortung vendor:
Ferrite-Rod-Antennas from Germany, as for Blitzortung FRA-200/10 is standard.

FRA 200/12-15 have better perforrmance. There are also outdoor housing in PVC pipes you can order for moderate pricing, via:

https://www.ferrite-rod-antennas.de/

Same antennas are also used in Linet TLN and Boltek LD (250 and 350), except Boltek has E-antenna and GPS antenna in 1 same housing with 2 cables going to controller. That is the only difference.

While Blue kits from Blitzortung have price range ~300 EUR, commercial alternatives (which are not open source) start from ~1500 up.

meteodelta:

--- Quote from: weatherman172 on May 18, 2023, 11:38:52 AM ---Yep, understood.  Bad supply chain times.  I have a Raspberry Pi sitting on the bench doing nothing so I had to ask about a VLF receiver for it.  As far as supply chain goes, TSM is building a gigantic chip plant here in Phoenix and I believe Intel is also working on one in Chandler AZ.  Hopefully, more chips are coming at some point. 

Chris
WG7B
Tempe AZ

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You can install your own CumulusMX on it.

https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=11969

+ add Ecowitt GW2000 to it (has Ethernet)

+ add Ecowitt standalone lightning sensor in cheap Stevenson's shield housing (for outdoor mouting). Has range of approx 40 km, so no intercontinental storm chasing, but works. Other, red/blue more competent stations could still verify your "strikes". To all tihs GPS shield hsa to be added and MX has support for it.

The rest is up to BO team to accept or not. You can have your own datalogger and export data to platform of your choice.

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