# PiCroft is working on Raspberry Pi 3 A+
**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337
**Category:** Picroft
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337 "2018-12-07T12:20:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Akito](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Akito)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/1 "2018-12-07T12:20:58Z")
So I read [this page](https://mycroft.ai/documentation/picroft/ "PiCroft installation instructions") and saw that the _Raspberry Pi compatibility chart_ looks as follows:
> - Pi3 B+ : SUPPORTED \<– You should get this device if you want to work on Picroft
> - Pi3 B : SUPPORTED \<– You should get this device if you want to work on Picroft
> - Pi2 : functions but very slow, limited wifi support. Not recommended.
> - Pi B/A+/Zero/Zero W/Zero WH : NOT SUPPORTED
Today I got PiCroft working on my Raspi 3 A+. All I had to do is put the newly written image [raspbian-stretch\_Picroft\_2018-09-12.zip](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XFFneO6j-qGLmcWI5zhqtSkZuIRlv5mR) into a Raspberry Pi 0 W and run
```Bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
```
Then I added
```
amixer cset numid=1 65536
amixer cset numid=3 65536
```
to the top of pi’s `~/.bashrc` file.
Finally, I put the microSD card into the Raspi 3 A+ and it works with my CM108 based microphone.
Hope this will help anyone.
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### Author:  [@baconator](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/baconator)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/2 "2018-12-07T19:58:08Z")
Are you using precise?
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### Author:  [@Dominik](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Dominik)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/3 "2018-12-07T20:04:42Z")
What is the reason that you first put the sd-card in another Pi to do the update/upgrade?
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### Author:  [@Akito](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Akito)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/5 "2018-12-08T07:04:46Z")
What do you mean by saying “_precise_”?
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### Author:  [@Akito](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Akito)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/6 "2018-12-08T07:06:06Z")
It doesn’t boot if you don’t do it. It just remains at the rainbow screen.
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### Author:  [@KathyReid](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/KathyReid)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/7 "2018-12-10T12:40:18Z")
Thanks for testing this, _however_ we don’t recommend the Pi 3 A+ because of its lower-end specs for RAM. Picroft needs a fair amount of CPU and RAM to function well; for the same reason we discourage using Picroft on the RPi 2.
Pi 3 A+ will remain on our _unsupported_ list.
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### Author:  [@Akito](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Akito)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/8 "2018-12-10T16:26:08Z")
Sure, but it may be added to the list of hardware that “functions”, as was done with the Pi2. So people know what they are getting into, especially when they are considering to even buy a new Raspi just for myCroft. It’s good to know that it works, even if it is neither supported nor optimal.
Actually, once someone is at it I would recommend a rework of the whole list. It’s pretty unclear what is meant by “supported” in this context. Does it work? Does it not work? And so on. I would advise to make a list split into following categories:
1. Supported, recommended hardware
2. Not supported, not recommended, but probably working hardware
3. Not supported, not working hardware
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### Author:  [@AIOSDev05](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/AIOSDev05)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/9 "2019-01-05T13:25:05Z")
Do you notice any performance issues with Mycroft on the 3A+? Does your RAM usage max out when it’s running?
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### Author:  [@Akito](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Akito)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/10 "2019-01-05T14:26:40Z")
I don’t know if it maxes out, I just know that the Raspi was crashing if it was running for a couple of hours. I don’t know why. I didn’t investigate further, because I wasn’t interested to. I know it runs, at all. When the time comes, I may check out more possibilities.
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### Author:  [@KathyReid](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/KathyReid)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/11 "2019-01-07T06:45:36Z")
I think having more categories will just confuse people.
If people are buying a Raspberry Pi to try Mycroft, we want them to buy the ones that we know work - that is the RPi 3 and the RPi 3B+. What I want to avoid is the inevitable request for support because Mycroft is _partially_ working on another device where it _might_ work under some circumstances - such as the RPi 3A family .
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### Author:  [@Akito](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/Akito)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/12 "2019-01-07T07:00:19Z")
Well, as mentioned, I found the current state of the categories _very_ confusing, which was the reason for my request. What also makes me wonder is how adding the 3A+ would change anything about the current state. If your assumption is true, all this already applies to Raspberry Pi 0W, Pi2, etc. So adding the 3A+ to the list wouldn’t change anything, at all, except it would be clearer for people who try to inform themselves.
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### Author:  [@KathyReid](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/KathyReid)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-is-working-on-raspberry-pi-3-a/5337/13 "2019-01-07T07:02:56Z")
Sure! You can raise a PR on any of our documentation using the link at the bottom of the documentation page.
The link to submit a PR on the Picroft documentation is at;
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