TinyPilot won't boot on Raspberry Zero W

[roelanto]

I'm new to the tinypilot eco-system. My RPI zero 2 W boots the regular raspian OS images fine - so it works. However, when flashing the tinypilot 2024 7 17 image, the PI seems completely dead - no network activity, no lights, no HDMI output. 

Is that image suited for the Pi Zero 2 W? 

From the perspective of a new user, it is slightly confusing that on https://pypilot.org/downloads/ there are three images, but no description of which one is the best for the zero. On the other hand, there is also https://pypilot.org/images/ with more images. 

Which is the best one to use for a Zero 2 W? 

I use the Raspberry Pi Imager. That offers post-flash configuration for wifi and ssh-access. Will these work with the tinypilot images? 

Thanks for asking, apologies if these are newbie questions.

[KKempeneers]

Hi,

We were all newbies at one point or another ... I'd go for the https://pypilot.org/images/tinypilot_2024_07_17.img.xz image. That is just based on the release date. That is the most recent release I find in that folder.

I'd suppose that the hardware you're using, the Pi Zero 2W, is suitable but can't tell for sure. 

I've been using these post write adaptations for WiFi and Locale on Raspberry Pi Imager for quite some time now, and I know them to work stable for all Raspbian distributions. But as far as I'm informed (IMHO) the Tinypilot is a complete different and separate thingy. I wouldn't use the post write scripts in Raspberry Pi Imager on that. (I messed up no less than two installations of OP4 in June by using those scripts to modify the default username)  

HTH,

Koen.