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OS flashed was Lubuntu (https://lubuntu.net/downloads/) Documentation on how to flash the OS is on the same website
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Run code without login/entering password (https://askubuntu.com/questions/967837/how-to-enable-autologin-on-lubuntu-16-04-lts-lightdm)
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Modified the .bashrc to run any script on opening terminal ( Method 2 of https://www.dexterindustries.com/howto/run-a-program-on-your-raspberry-pi-at-startup/)
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Run terminal without password (https://vitux.com/always-launch-terminal-as-root-user-sudo-in-ubuntu/)
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Installed tkinter: (
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Run terminal on boot (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36466500/on-raspberry-pi-auto-start-terminal-after-login)
sudo nano ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostartType @lxterminal in the file -
To use putty we need t o enable SSH on the pi (
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To set up any computer as a monitor for the raspberry pi, follow the linked video and download the program (does not require installation) https://youtu.be/AJ7skYS5bjI
- Install puTTy and Install Xming for windows (Xquartz for mac)
- Open both puTTy and Xming applications
- Find the IP Address from raspberrypi by typing sudo ifconfig
- Write the IP address on puTTy and go and expand SSH tab >> expand X11 >>Enable x11 forward>> localhost: 0.0 (127.0.0.1:0.0) >>Xauthority → point to xming.exe file. (https://superuser.com/questions/592185/how-do-i-get-x11-forwarding-to-work-on-windows-with-putty-and-xming)
- Open and type in username/pass
Can use sudo i2cdetect -y 1 to check whether there is an I2C connection
sudo apt install python3-smbus
pip install mpu6050-raspberrypi
https://pypi.org/project/mpu6050-raspberrypi/
https://designspark-pmod.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev build-essential
sudo pip install designspark.pmod
Pin -> PI Connection
- 3 -> 21
- 4 -> 23
- 1 -> 26