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Michael Hirsch, Ph.D edited this page Sep 15, 2019 · 6 revisions

You may need to install packages on the Pi, like Picamera, Numpy, and pip. This can be done by temporarily having the Pi connected to the Internet. The Pi Zero W has only 2.4 GHz Wifi, so keep that in mind when configuring your phone or laptop hotspot.

use sudo raspi-config, select Network, and enter the Wifi network SSID and password. Keep in mind others could see this if they read your SD card contents.

Create Wifi hotspot

This can be done on your phone or laptop.

  • Windows: under "mobile hotspot"
  • MacOS: under "internet sharing"

BU Guest Wifi

It's usually easier (and faster) for quick projects like this to just use a hotspot as above.

The BU Guest WiFi can be used by emailing [email protected] with:

  1. WiFi MAC address of Pi
  2. that it's for ECE Senior Design
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