Raspberry-Pi Prerequisites

Please run the following commands to setup the raspberry pi for code deployment

Note

Connect to a display using HDMI to run the code

Raspberry Pi password = raspberry

Power Supply

Use the included battery bank for power supply

Update distribution packages

First lets update your distribution packages

sudo apt-get update;

sudo apt-get upgrade;

sudo reboot;

Install git, python3 & pip

Next run the following commands to install git, python3 & pip

Attention

Python3 is required

sudo apt-get install -y python3 git python3-pip

Install CRICKIT Python3 lib.

Next run the following commands to install CRICKIT Python 3 libraries

sudo pip3 install RPI.GPIO adafruit-blinka

Install smbus i2c-tools

Next run the following commands to add SMBus and I2C support to Python

sudo apt-get install python-smbus;

sudo apt-get install -y i2c-tools

I2C Kernal Support

Installing Kernel Support for I2C devices

Run the following command for gui interface

sudo raspi-config

On the GUI select Interfacing Options followed by I2C

When prompted to Enable I2C select ``yes``

Reboot device to ensure I2C device support

To reboot run the following command

sudo reboot

Upon boot run the following command to see all the connected devices

sudo i2cdetect -y 1

it should show up at 0x40 (binary 1000000) as follows:

Install adafruit-circuitpython-crickit

To interact with the servos, install adafruit-circuitpython-crickit by running the following command

sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-crickit

Run all at once

# Installations
sudo apt-get update;
sudo apt-get upgrade;
sudo reboot;
sudo apt-get install -y python3 git python3-pip;
sudo pip3 install RPI.GPIO adafruit-blinka;
sudo apt-get install python-smbus;
sudo apt-get install -y i2c-tools;
# User input is required [select Interfacing Options>>I2C>>yes]
sudo raspi-config;

# Need to run separately
sudo reboot;
sudo i2cdetect -y 1

Hint

For more help, refer to adafruit’s website for further guidance