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Implementation of a Wi-Fi Based Cluster System using Raspberry Pi for Multidisciplinary Education

  • Koo, Geum-Seo (Department of Liberal Arts, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Sim, Gab-Sig (Department of Liberal Arts, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
  • Received : 2018.10.16
  • Accepted : 2018.12.09
  • Published : 2019.01.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we implemented a Wi-Fi based cluster system using raspberry pi for multidisciplinary education. The cluster implementation on the desktop was more difficult to maintain the complexity, big size, high price, power consumption as the number of nodes increased. In this paper, we implemented a cluster using Raspberry Pi, which is developed for educational purposes, to reduce the cost of connecting nodes. In addition, the complexity of system construction is reduced by replacing the connection between each node with Wi-Fi. Also, the inconvenience of configuration due to node increase was reduced. It is expected that the implementation of the cluster will be a good alternative in the educational environment where distributed processing and parallel processing are performed in the embedded environment. Also, it is confirmed that it can be applied to the multidisciplinary education.

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Fig. 1. Shell Script of Master Node

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Fig. 2. Raspi-config Environment

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Fig. 3. MPICH Compile

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Fig. 4. Python Operation

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Fig. 5. Wi-Fi Based Raspberry Pi Cluster

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Fig. 6. Ethernet Based Raspberry Pi Cluster

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Fig. 7. Deadlock Example

Table 1. Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Spec.

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Table 2. The Comparisons of Ethernet Based Pi and Wi-Fi Based Pi Cluster

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