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Summary of Contents for DIT PI Desktop

Page 1: ...V3 4 Element14 element14 com PiDesktop 1 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...i Desktop 6 2 5 Software Installation 6 2 6 Camera installation Optional 7 2 7 Connecting to the mSATA SSD Optional 8 3 Usage 3 1 Power Control 15 3 2 Real Time Clock RTC 15 4 FAQs 4 1 My power control does not work How do I fix this 16 4 2 Can I use a third party power charger as the power supply 16 4 3 Do I have to have an SSD drive 16 5 Software Upgrade Support 5 1 Software Upgrade Support 16 6...

Page 3: ...s an intelligent and safe power controller a real time clock and a high capacity Solid State Drive SSD expansion card for additional storage 2 2 Features Intelligent On Off power switch mSATA SSD socket for up to 1TB on board storage Integrated RTC Real Time Clock Includes case and heat sink 2 3 Kit Content Add On board Heat sink USB Adapter Micro Type A Long Spacer x4 Short standoff x4 Screws x2 ...

Page 4: ...ay damage the file system and or hardware It is recommended to use an official Raspberry Pi power supply 5V 2 5A with Pi3 5V 2A with Pi2 2 3 Assembly Instructions 1 Remove the protective film from the bottom of the heat sink and place it on the top of the Processor on the Raspberry Pi 2 Insert the pre programmed micro SD card into the Raspberry Pi SD card slot Don t have one Download the latest Ra...

Page 5: ...e mSATA connector and mount the other end using the provided two small screws Refer to section 2 7 for further SSD instructions 9 Finally align the enclosure lid with the flap power button so that it is directly above the switch button on the add on board and press down gently on the flap you will hear a click sound when the lid is fit correctly to the enclosure base Make sure all items are connec...

Page 6: ...nstallation To enable the power control RTC and the SSD USB boot feature a software package will need to be installed To do so follow the instructions below 1 Connect your Pi Desktop to the internet using an Ethernet or WiFi network 2 Open your browser and go to www element14 com PiDesktop Located under the download section is a file named pidesktop base deb Download this file 3 Open a terminal wi...

Page 7: ... the Raspberry Pi itself The camera will not work if the cable is in the incorrect orientation On the camera PCB the blue backing on the cable should be facing away from the PCB and on the Raspberry Pi should be facing towards the Ethernet connection or where the Ethernet connector would be if you are using a model A Although the connectors on the PCB and the Pi are different they work in a simila...

Page 8: ...ng try the following command raspistill v o test jpg The display should show a 5 second preview from the camera and then take a picture saved to the file test jpg while displaying various informational messages Note When installing a Raspberry Pi 3 Camera the image orientation within the software will need to be rotated 180 degrees To do so use the command rotation rot This sets the rotation of th...

Page 9: ... Desktop and press the Power On switch This will also power on the Raspberry Pi if it is still connected 1 Imaging and Setting Up Partitions An easy to use utility for managing the partitions on the drive is gparted from the Raspbian OS for example if you booted from the SD Card http gparted org This is a graphical user interface GUI tool that can be used to manage the partitions on your drives co...

Page 10: ...connect the attached mSATA SSD you will be prompted what to do with your Removable media that has been inserted and the drive will be automatically mounted It is possible that the GUI will not behave in this way and instead you will have a transparent icon representing the drive on your desktop which you can then double click with the left mouse button and Raspbian will attempt to mount it From th...

Page 11: ...ount point you can then issue the following command sudo mount dev sd x y media ssd Note Mounting will only work if the mSATA SSD has a file system and partitions setup see Imaging and Setting Up Partitions in this document you will want to mount the relevant partition which has a number such as dev sdb1 as opposed to the device itself dev sdb The Raspberry Pi Foundation s official magazine The Ma...

Page 12: ... required system drivers Afterwards you will likely have to reboot After you have connected the mSATA SSD HAT board to your computer you will see it in Windows device manager as a USB Mass Storage Device and also as a drive From the start menu you will want to open the Ext2Fsd folder and then Ext2 Volume Manager From the software we can then see the partitions of all of the drives listed including...

Page 13: ...an example we have already imaged the mSATA SSD with Raspbian a FAT32x partition is listed drive E It is the EXT4 Linux FS we want below it Make sure we want to give it a drive letter so we can access it there are various mounting options you can choose from ...

Page 14: ...from the mSATA SSD Note Configuring your Raspberry Pi to boot from a USB device is a one way setting You are configuring a flag or a bit on your Raspberry Pi chip that you cannot revert The Raspberry Pi will always prioritise booting from the SD Card when one is present To set this up you will need an SD Card in your Raspberry Pi that has the Raspbian OS on it Inside the file located in boot confi...

Page 15: ...ps www raspberrypi org documentation hardware raspberrypi bootmodes msd md Note As mentioned elsewhere in the document you can write the same Raspbian image to your mSATA SSD as you have done to your SD Card Note You now no longer need the SD Card to boot your Raspberry Pi once this flag is set 3 Usage 3 7 Power Control OPERATION ACTION Turn on Press the power button Shutdown Hold the button press...

Page 16: ... I use a third party power charger as the power supply To ensure stability use a power charger supply that is rated with a minimum of 5V 2A Any power supply with current capacity under 2A may damage the file system and or hardware 4 9 Do I have to have and SSD drive No an SSD drive is not necessary 5 Software Upgrade and Support For upgrades and technical support please visit the PiDesktop Product...

Page 17: ...V3 4 Element14 element14 com PiDesktop 17 6 8 Dimensions DIMENSION VALUE Case 108 x 108 x 43 12 mm Add on Board 87 x 56 x 1 4 mm WARNING Avoid damage and contact with water ...

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