This time, Jan Fagerholm will be here with the new Raspberry Pi 4B, and some discussion of what it is used for. The Raspberry Pi is the leader in what is known as single-board computers, or SBC, a complete computer on a single board about the size of a deck of cards. Raspberypi.org, the creator of the Raspberry Pi, has bundled it with its own keyboard and mouse to make it just about the cheapest desktop computer you can find. In addition to being a basic desktop computer, its real credentials are in the Maker community, where it is the core of many hardware and software projects. You’ll get a look at some of them, as hardware will be available for examination. Raspberrypi.org has sold 25 million of these things, so somebody finds it useful. See what the Raspberry Pi will do, on or off the desktop.

ELECTIONS !  Elections are upon us.  We'll discuss some planned changes in the election procedure.

RAFFLE !!! - This month, a TP-LINK N600 wireless gigabit router!

Features include:

* Simultaneous 2.4GHz 300Mbps and 5GHz 300Mbps connections for 600Mbps of total available bandwidth

* 2 USB Ports - Easily share a printer locally and files & media with networked devices or remotely via FTP server

* Full gigabit ports ensure ultimate transfer speeds

* Achieves blazing WAN to LAN throughput of over 800Mbps with hardware NAT

* Guest Network Access provides secure Wi-Fi access for guests sharing your home or office network

* Use as a router or set up as a wireless access point to supplement your existing router

And it’s YOURS for the price of a raffle ticket!

As always, there’ll be good food, good fun, and good friends all around. See you at the Main Meeting!