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The C.H.I.P. has three features I absolutely love compared to the Pi Zero: built-in WiFi, built-in flash, and USB serial console. Steps to set up a Raspberry P
by tlrobinson 10y ago
The C.H.I.P. has three features I absolutely love compared to the Pi Zero: built-in WiFi, built-in flash, and USB serial console.
Steps to set up a Raspberry Pi Zero on WiFi:
1. buy the Pi Zero ($5), MicroSD card ($5), USB WiFi adapter ($10), and USB OTG adapter ($1) (total = ~$21)
2. flash the MicroSD card
3. either:
a. mount the SD card on your computer and figure out which WiFi configuration files to edit
b. buy a serial cable, open a serial console, configure WiFi
c. buy a mini HDMI adapter + mouse/keyboard, connect to a monitor, configure WiFi
Steps to set up a C.H.I.P. on WiFi:
1. buy C.H.I.P ($9)
2. connect to USB, open serial console, configure WiFi
- johncole 10y agoNever thought of it this way, but year, it's a lot easier to get started with.
- chrisballinger 10y agoOne caveat I noticed is that you need to use 'cu' instead of 'telnet' or 'screen' or the console gets garbled during wifi setup, at least on my machine. Took a while to figure that one out.
- tlrobinson 10y agoI use `screen` and immediately do `export TERM=ansi` after logging in and it seems to work fine.
- iuguy 10y agoPoint 2 didn't work on my Mac, nor on my Windows box. I did notice later on that I needed to install libusb drivers for it to work with Windows 10, after installing it to flash, flashing worked but I haven't tried the serial connection yet.