Pseudonymous maker “treasurehunter613” is again with a second revision of their off-grid “vanlife” mixed LTE/Wi-Fi hotspot and community hooked up storage equipment — and this model is significantly extra compact.
The unique construct, proven off by treasurehunter613 late least 12 months as a manner of accessing locally-saved and streamed leisure whereas having fun with the usage of an RV away from the madding crowds, provided a formidable 5TB of storage in a multi-box answer neatly arrayed on a small shelving system. Its successor, although, trades just a few options for portability — coming in only bigger than the Raspberry Pi by which it’s powered.
With an LTE modem and a 1TB SSD, this Raspberry Pi is the right off-grid hotspot-cum-NAS. (📷: treasurehunter613)
The brand new “Model 2.0” of the construct options the identical Raspberry Pi 3 Mannequin B+ single-board laptop as the unique, linked to a Waveshare 3G/4G/LTE mobile modem HAT ({Hardware} Hooked up on High) board. This in flip is linked to high-gain Proxicast antennas, whereas storage is offered by a SanDisk Excessive Professional USB SSD.
Granted, the brand new variant lacks among the options of the multi-box model: There isn’t any TV tuner this time round, for a begin. It manages to tick the principle packing containers, although, together with serving as a Wi-Fi entry level with LTE backhaul and serving locally-saved media from the SSD to any laptop computer, pill, or smartphone inside vary.
The brand new construct is a extra transportable various to the maker’s authentic multi-box design. (📷: treasurehunter613)
“What’s nice is you’ll be able to connect a 5TB HDD, a robust outside MIMO antenna, and a HDHomeRun TV tuner (to the Raspberry Pi’s Ethernet port) if you want,” treasurehunter613 explains, “and a number of customers can connect with it and entry every little thing utilizing the VLC app on a smartphone or pill. Which is strictly what I do!”
Anybody serious about constructing their very own variant can discover a full components record together with software program set up and configuration directions on treasurehunter613’s Reddit thread.
