Why did you get a uconsole?

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I’m not saying it’s bad or anything, I just want to see all the different reasons across the community.

I ordered mine, to replace my laptop, and use as my main computer. (With the laptop only for tasks which are really needed for it)

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Small tool I can carry around and console into network switches, as well as web browser to check other aspects. Faster and easier than a laptop for many tasks.

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An alternative to my PicoCalc, an upgrade in some ways, downgrade in others. Experience with linux, to try programming in C for the second time. To keep my mind occupied…

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For me, the uConsole is simply a particularly handy mobile computer. Instead of a laptop, I will take a uConsole with me to customers or for unplanned emergencies when travelling. I’ve been working almost exclusively with Linux for years anyway.

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@Codiator @DigitalDreams @Greg_E

What cores are you all using?

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I am still waiting for my uConsole, but a 8 GB CM4 lite is waiting already. Also some Hacker Gadgets boards and an NVMe.

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Oo, me too. I am waiting for my uconsole, and I am confused if I should get a 4gb cm4 or 8gb cm4

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4 GB is sufficient for most use cases. However, 8 GB is a safe bet. In my opinion, 16 GB is overkill.

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on cm4 it is, but on cm5 you can actually use a browser :slight_smile:

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@Astrox

CM5 lite, 16gb. Boots from a 1Tb Sandisk extreme pro microSD in 22 seconds (around 90MB/second).

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Indeed, on a CM5 I would also go for the 16 GB version.

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So, This is a very good question. My wife has asked many times “Why did you get (Insert Tool Name Here) ?).

I spend a LOT of time traveling for work in remote places, I also have quite a few hobbies. Amateur Radio, Electronics, Network Privacy / Protection, Hobby Farmer, and I’m a “Career Student”. I am always reading and trying to learn something new to help make the OTHER things I do easier or integrated.

The uConsole gives me access to 90% of the above when I am on the go.

  • I have a 512gb NVME drive with about 350 books that cover everything from electronics repair, sustainable living, farming, fabrication, novels, and networking.
  • I use (or try to use), the SDR for SW, numbers stations, local broadcasting and other SDR functions.
  • I use the wifi for the core networking, but also for sniffing my lodging for nefarious actors, and tunneling.
  • The ethernet works as a good firewall / router too.
  • I use the HDMI and a wireless keyboard / track pad along with a TV or monitor for obvious reasons.

I could use a laptop, and I do. But I dont always have room or the weight allowance for a separate laptop, Radio, and reference documentation. This solves that issue.

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Please show us your collections, as I like to take screenshots of other members’ devices in forums and Facebook groups to show my wife that there are worse cases than me… :grin:

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For me it’s a toy that perfectly fits my adult life: it’s portable, it’s a Linux computer, didn’t break the bank, allows for a great amount of tinkering, good for retro gaming, and I can use it for 90% of the work I do. It’s like someone designed a device specifically for me.

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It’s mostly a toy. I tell myself I want to use it for sigint, but so far I’ve only setup kismet to find flock cameras and I haven’t even tested if it actually works.

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How are you using it for amateur radio? Id like to try to listen to ham broadcasts but I don’t know enough yet to listen in

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Make and model of NVMe ?. Have you slowed it to Gen2 ?, notice a change in battery life ?

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you can connect with random weirdos around the world and exchange tags/postcards and then be very cool

(you can do it even with ISS while it still around)

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Don’t have my technician yet. was hoping to just snoop first