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Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


A few days ago, some time after I had told people these Pi's were not running too hot, I burnt my hand (slightly) on one of the ethernet sockets. OK, it's all running far too hot...

I have obtained some more open cluster case parts, with nice little fans, and I shall be rebuilding it all. I think there will still be to hold it all together, and it really should have as well....

Offers on four Lego compatible Pi3 cases, anyone?

More soon!

A cluster of four Raspberry Pi computers, in Lego compatible cases.
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Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


Various stages...

Two Raspberry Pi computers at the start of construction.
Four Raspberry Pi computers in a cluster, from one side.
Four Raspberry Pi computers in a cluster case, from the other side...
Four Raspberry Pi computers in a cluster case, with a USB charger as PSU, and a network switch.
Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Here's the current state of the cluster. The stylish red layer is called "I ran out of black plates".

Tomorrow, software...

Raspberry Pi cluster of four Pi computers, in a case made of Lego.
Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿


The next stage of this is the software. I'll be repeating the original setup from scratch, because one of the Pis was running the wrong OS.

I bought Ashwin Pajankar's eBook on the subject a while back, but my copy got corrupted somehow. Fortunately, I found a copy online, at usermanual.wiki/Document/Ashwi

UserManual.wikiAshwin-Pajankar-Raspberry-Pi-Supercomputing-and-Scientific-ProgrammingUser Manual: Ashwin-Pajankar-Raspberry-Pi-Supercomputing-and-Scientific-Programming
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@Walrus Better take care of those, apparently they are still hard to find, LOL.

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