Front end for raspberrypi

[rob_lee]

#3600

Has anyone managed to successfully compile the front end software to run on raspberrypi running debian ??

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#4022

As I understand, programming is very slow on the pi. Python would be good.
Ive installed raspian on mine, but haven’t tried running the front end on it yet – I was hoping to remote in with an x window, but initial testing didnt impress me much.

A front end running on a network machine, sending commands and receiving a data stream from the ospid via a pi would be great. Sadly, Im lacking the skills.

What are you doing with your ospid?

[rob_lee]

#4023

I quite like the pi as a partner to arduino but to get it running as a practical desktop it needs raspbian (debian) installed on an external usb drive with just the boot partion on the SDHC card (speed grade 10). I have installed the gnome destop, arduino s/w and avrdude for programming with a USBtinyISP which all seems to work OK (if a bit slow compiling).

Easiest way to remote terminal to pi running gnome from windows machine is to install xrdp package on the Pi and use windows Remote Desktop Connection tool to connect (it’s practical and fast enough).

I believe that at least the processing core libraries are available for the pi and Java certainly is, so it should be possible to compile ospid front end on pc to run on the pi and remote desktop to it, well from anywhere really.

I’m currently using my osPID to control a greenhouse sized horticultural propagator, controlling soil, air temps and humidity. I have other more interesting plans for it in the future though.

Although my unix skills are OK if a bit rusty but my C, C++, skills are a bit lacking. arduino, processing, python and java are all a new experiences to me so I need to do some learning along the way too.

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#4024

Sorry, I didnt mean programming, I meant processing (silly name for a programming language!). I read a blog post about an attempt to run a small processing script (compiled at runtime) on a pi, and apparently it was very slow. Python, the language of choice of the Pi foundation, should be faster.

Currently using my pi as a media centre, but installed raspian on a second sd card to try it.

I remoted in to raspian from my pc running ubuntu (I forget which application I used), but it was very slow, and the resolution was terrible.

[rob_lee]

#4025

I managed to get the front end compiled and working on a pi.

It’s a bit slow but it will suffice for now.

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