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Revision as of 21:59, 15 August 2017
How to get Zynthian working with a minimal amount of parts and no soldering etc., using the Official Raspberry Pi Foundation 7" Touchscreen.
1 Parts:
- RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B $35 MCM Part #83-17300
- RASPBERRY PI TOUCH DISPLAY $60 MCM Part #83-16872
- 5.1VDC 2.5A Regulated AC Power Adapter $5.99 MCM Part #28-19338
- MicroSD Card 16GB or larger
- USB Audio Adapter based on the CM109 (Google: usb sound card cm109)
(also you should use/borrow a USB or Bluetooth keyboard, and an optional USB or Bluetooth mouse - temporarily to configure software)
2 Setup
- Download “Gorgona” SD Image for Zynthian for RBPi3 (8 GB) (you need bittorrent software (free) to download this)
http://blog.zynthian.org/download/zynthian_gorgona_rbpi3-2016-12-21.img.torrent ** Download web page: https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/merry-zynthians-and-happy-new-sd-image/314
- Flash the software on to the MicroSD card using Etcher https://etcher.io/ (free software works on Mac, Windows or Linux)
- Connect the touch display to the Raspberry Pi using the included instructions
- Insert the MicroSD card into the Raspberry Pi
- Connect the Raspberry Pi to the Internet using a Ethernet cable (or connect using WiFi)
- Connect the USB keyboard & mouse to the Raspberry Pi
- Connect the power Adapter to the Raspberry Pi and plug it into the wall.
- The Raspberry Pi will boot up Zynthian.
3 Configuration
- If you do not have an Ethernet cable connection to the Internet, configure WiFi by clicking on the WiFi icon.
- start the Terminal (need clear instruction on how to do that with Zynthian image)
- Ensure the Raspbian operating system is up to date by connecting your Pi to the internet and running the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo rpi-update
4 Configure Zynthian
edit config file