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Blog 4 Task Lists
1. Set up software environment
- VNC Server
- Visual Studio Code
2. Add a camera to check remotely
- Raspberry Pi Camera
- Raspberry Pi Camera tools
Raspberry Pi Setup Progression
Raspberry Pi and Hydroponic System
Details
1. Set up software environment
VNC Server
As the Raspberry Pi setup is placed in my garage, I set up a VNC server on Raspberry Pi for remote access.
This is very straightforward thanks to Raspberry Pi Configuration. All we need to do are check VNC "Enabled" box and find out the IP address of this device. From my main computer, I installed a VNC viewer and established a connection to the raspberry pi using the same Wifi access.
Visual Studio Code
Raspberry Pi comes with Geany and Thonny as pre-installed software IDEs. We can also use a terminal or text editor to write codes and run codes from python console/terminal.
I was originally bit worried about how well Microsoft's Visual Studio Code would run on Raspberry Pi. It actually runs more smoothly than Arduino IDE so far.
The instruction in this link (https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-visual-studio-code/) was very useful.
2. Add a camera to check the microgravity garden remotely
By connecting a raspberry Pi camera, we can see vegetables
A command below from Terminal can do a live capture from the raspberry Pi camera
raspistill -t 0
Raspi Camera Reference
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/camera/raspicam/
