Scorpi Pi installation

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Raspberry Pi packages

• enable serial IO hardware (GPIO pin 14,15) - but it doesn't seem to work on pi-5, can't read or write.

Install packages:

libreadline-dev
libopencv-dev
libgpiod-dev
gpiod
cmake
subversion
aptitude
ntp
ntpdate
nmap
lsof
swig
dhcpcd
libpaho-mqtt-dev 
libpaho-mqttpp-dev 
mosquitto
mosquitto-dev 
mosquitto-clients
libcli11-dev
sudo apt install libreadline-dev libopencv-dev libgpiod-dev gpiod cmake subversion aptitude nmap lsof swig dhcpcd libpaho-mqtt-dev libpaho-mqttpp-dev mosquitto-dev mosquitto-clients mosquitto libcli11-dev

Install m.2 SSD

Assemble hat, instert SSD and cable. Note that not all m.2 SSD cards are supported.

• Running from a SD-card, update OS.

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

• update the eeprom

sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a

• Select the newest bootloader version in raspi-config

sudo raspi-config
-> advanced options
-> Bootloader version
-> use latest version
-> save and possibly reboot

• After reboot, from the desktop menu

-> Accessories
-> Raspberry Pi Images

• In Raspberry Pi Imager, select:

-> Device: Raspberry Pi 5 (or what you use)
-> Operating system: 64 bit
-> Storage: This should now show the new SSD harddisk.

• Press next and:

-> Edit settings to create used, Wifi, SSH enable, keyboard, ...

• Say 'yes' to apply settings
• OS should now be installing.

The first reboot takes some time - setting disk etc.

• If successful, then the SD card can be removed and the Pi rebooted from the SSD.