Hardware

Picroft requires minimal hardware. Specifically:

Required:

• Raspberry Pi 3 (it will start on a Pi 2, but that hardware can't quite keep up over time)
• Any analog speaker
• USB microphone (see below)
• 4GB microSD (8GB highly recommended)

Optional:

• USB Keyboard
• HDMI monitor/TV

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Here is specific hardware that has been tested with Picroft. If you try other hardware, please edit this page and add your findings!

Working microphones

• Blue Snoball/Snoball Ice - Works very well
• CM108 Based Mics - The CM108 chip drives many low-priced microphones in various form-factors (if you run 'lsusb' you'll see them as C-Media Electronics, Inc. CM108 Audio Controller. All work, but some are better than others for Picroft purposes.
  • eBerry Plug and Play Home Studio - decent experience, fair range
  • Kinobo Makio - functional, but only works at close range
• Jabra Speak410 USB Speakerphone - Mic and speaker in the same device. Microphone range is good and speaker sound is loud and crisp.
• mVox USB Speakerphone - Mic and speaker in the same device. Microphone range is poor and speaker sound is bad compare to Jabra Speak410.
• PS3 Eye Camera - Affordable and mic range is good.

Incompatible microphones

• None at this point

Speakers

• Logitech Z50 - Mono speaker, wired, simple, can be found for cheap.