Robots-For-All Raspberry Pi Development Image

Raspberry Pi systems are inexpensive development computers. However as with all computers, they do need:

• Storage: 32 GB or larger microSD card or USB flash drive
• 5 Volt power supply
• Display or TV, can possibly share
• micro-HDMI to HDMI cable
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• An operating system, the Robots-For-All development image

Linux Installation Instructions

On Linux, please use the following steps to download and install the Robots-For-All development image onto a 32 GB or larger microSD card or USB flash drive. The image will run on a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 with 4 or 8 GB of RAM.

1. Download development image:

   cd  ~/Downloads
   wget  https://robots-for-all.org/pi-robot-dev-64-bits.tz

2. Use tar to expand the development image into an image file (.img):

   tar  -zxf  pi-robot-dev-64-bits.tz  pi-robot-dev-64-bits.img

3. Use the Raspberry Pi Imager to copy the image to the microSD card or USB flash drive. The Raspberry Pi Imager can be downloaded from https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/.

   rpi-imager

   1. Select the Raspberry Pi system that you have: 4 or 5
   2. Choose “Use Custom” alway at the end of the OS list
   3. Select pi-robot-dev-64-bits.img from the Download directory
   4. Click on the “Open” button
   5. Select your storage device, USB flash drive or microSD card. MacOS: You will need a USB adapter for the microSD card
   6. Click on the “Next” button
   7. For “Use OS Customisations”, click on the “NO” button