2021-04-19, 08:41 AM
(This post was last modified: 2021-04-20, 07:07 AM by jporter.
Edit Reason: Clarify that Tinypilot doesn’t run on RPi 3/4
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I’ve worked through the steps until step 6, at which point there is an Arduino connected to a Raspberry Pi (3 or 4) via USB. This is shown in the first photo in this section.
Are there operational systems where a motor controller is connected directly to the raspberry Pi (3 or 4)?
This is where I end up by the end of step 9 before Tinypilot is introduced.
Tinypilot provides a simple standalone autohelm.
The Pypilot software is part of the Tinypilot software. Tinypilot will not run on a Pi (3 or 4).
Tinypilot software is intended to be used with a Pi zero W but does use the motor controller previously discussed.
Out of interest which was developed first? Tinypilot or Pypilot as part of OpenPlotter / OpenCPN (Im happy if someone would explain the difference between these packages)
Personally having Tinypilot at step 1 makes more sense as I'm familiar with a Tiller Pilot. This stands regardless of the historical order of development. That way you start simple and build up to the whole plotter package. Seems better given that this started as a Dummies guide. What do others think?
Although Ive read the following steps I would like to get these questions clear in my head first.
Are there operational systems where a motor controller is connected directly to the raspberry Pi (3 or 4)?
This is where I end up by the end of step 9 before Tinypilot is introduced.
Tinypilot provides a simple standalone autohelm.
The Pypilot software is part of the Tinypilot software. Tinypilot will not run on a Pi (3 or 4).
Tinypilot software is intended to be used with a Pi zero W but does use the motor controller previously discussed.
Out of interest which was developed first? Tinypilot or Pypilot as part of OpenPlotter / OpenCPN (Im happy if someone would explain the difference between these packages)
Personally having Tinypilot at step 1 makes more sense as I'm familiar with a Tiller Pilot. This stands regardless of the historical order of development. That way you start simple and build up to the whole plotter package. Seems better given that this started as a Dummies guide. What do others think?
Although Ive read the following steps I would like to get these questions clear in my head first.