RPi Zero W with Raspbian Lite

flash raspian

• Download image from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
• unzip the image archive
• insert the sdcard into a reader and check which devices are for the reader
• unmount the partitions in question
• copy the data with: sudo dd bs=4M status=progress if=./2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch-lite.img of=/dev/sdb
• call sudo sync
• remove the sdcard

configure it to be able to connect via wifi + ssh without connecting a monitor or keyboard

• insert sdcard into card reader
• use “df -h” to see where the sdcard was mounted
• go to the boot partitions (like: cd /media/thomas/boot)
• create a new file wpa_supplicatnt.conf (e.g. via “nano wpa_supplicant.conf)

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
       ssid="YourNetworkSSID"
       psk="Your Network's Passphrase"
       key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
    }

• creat an empty file ssh to enable ssh with: touch ssh
• use the sdcard to let it boot

login to your new pi

• check on your wifi router which IP this new RPi has to be able to connect to it via ssh
• login via ssh with user pi and password raspberry
• change the default password

RPi Pinout

https://pinout.xyz/#

control GPIOs

small python script:

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) # GPIO Numbers instead of board numbers

RELAIS_1_GPIO = 17 GPIO.setup(RELAIS_1_GPIO, GPIO.OUT) # GPIO Assign mode GPIO.output(RELAIS_1_GPIO, GPIO.LOW) # out GPIO.output(RELAIS_1_GPIO, GPIO.HIGH) # on