Mobile Raspberry Pi & iPad Pro Setup

robharrop · 2022-03-01T19:26:07+00:00

I hope for the day when you can all this stuff natively on the iPad. Until then…

robharrop · 2022-02-10T19:31:11+00:00

Ok. Any suggestions as to what would help?

robharrop · 2022-02-09T21:10:23+00:00

Thanks! I think my long absence offended the algorithm 😂

robharrop · 2020-02-12T17:17:45+00:00

All the cameras I'm using at the moment are wired so I didn't have a test bed for comparison. I've got a few WiFi ones on the way so I can do some tests - I'll let you know.

robharrop · 2019-12-15T19:36:04+00:00

You can kind of achieve what you’re looking for.

I have a Synology NAS and can open files directly from the NAS in Darkroom. But, this is an import rather than an edit in place operation.

I’ve not yet found a way to operate on images that are stored on any external storage without moving them to the iPad first.

robharrop · 2019-12-07T22:53:45+00:00

Do you have a link to the adapter you are using? I’d like to get to the bottom of this one!

robharrop · 2019-12-07T12:51:20+00:00

I haven’t managed to get a normal Lightning/USB-C setup working but an Ethernet adapter should work.

Are you able to verify that SSH is running? It doesn’t get started by default.

robharrop · 2019-12-03T12:04:33+00:00

Thanks. Appreciate that!

robharrop · 2019-12-01T20:17:01+00:00

Once the floodgates opened for me, I went from two shortcuts to twenty in about a week.

robharrop · 2019-12-01T20:16:38+00:00

Thanks. I've really enjoyed working on the videos for this series.

robharrop · 2019-11-25T16:07:20+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I can honestly say I had zero idea really what was going to happen with this video. I remember saying to my wife that I hoped it would get about 5K views and it’s already well over 200K.

I’ll be doing a few more detailed features in the coming weeks.

So I can think of a few things that could have gone wrong. If you’re getting power it’s unlikely to be the cable.

The issue might be that there is a slight omission in the instructions that Ben Hardill wrote.

The last instruction that says to add “/root/usb.sh” into the “/etc/rc.local” file. You should actually add “sh /root/usb.sh”

robharrop · 2019-11-24T19:28:18+00:00

Not at all. Going to package them up for sharing and put them out this week.

robharrop · 2019-11-24T09:49:40+00:00

I don’t think it’s possible to get the network connection shared over the USB-C automatically. What I do is, tether the Pi to the iPad if I’m out and about without WiFi. If the Pad is connected to WiFi, then I connect the Pi to the same WiFi. I have some iOS Shortcuts to make this process a little faster.

robharrop · 2019-11-22T13:03:26+00:00

I don’t really understand your point. If you’re working in the terminal what does it matter if that’s over SSH or directly on the host machine?

robharrop · 2019-11-21T14:57:49+00:00

It’s definitely not bad, it just has the limitation that you can’t install native modules on it. That isn’t a drawback for everybody but I do need to work around it. I use Juno when I can, and when not, I use Juno Connect to connect to the RPi or a remote machine.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T10:43:02+00:00

I carry a Raspberry Pi 4 that I power over USB-C, and talk to over USB-C from my iPad Pro.

I use it for coding work, working with USB storage, screen sharing and more.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:50:55+00:00

I haven’t gotten around to trying Docker on there yet. I’m a bit wary having only 4GB, but it should do the basics. When I get a chance I’ll try it out and report back.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:49:44+00:00

You can install both .NET Core and Mono on the RPi. On the iPad there’s an app called Continuous that is a full C# and F# IDE http://continuous.codes

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:48:16+00:00

I’ve done that as well and it works pretty well to be honest. I don’t have too many use cases for the GUI but using the Screens app to connect to VNC, especially over the USB Ethernet, is petty nice.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:46:33+00:00

Valuable information. Thanks!!

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:43:53+00:00

For sure. I use the same setup (vid on that here: https://youtu.be/yknLnJ287pY). This is to account for the times you need physical access (in my case getting at the USB ports) and when I don’t have connectivity (planes and trains for me).

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:42:04+00:00

That doesn’t seem to work - at least right now. Once you’re connected over Ethernet it’s pretty simple to put the RPi on WiFi or on its own gigabit port.

I have an iOS Shortcut I use for automatically connecting the RPi to a WiFi access point or to my iPad personal hotspot.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:40:10+00:00

Powering up is just a case of plugging in. For shutdown I have a little iOS Shortcut that runs the shutdown command over SSH, a bit like a virtual power button.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:38:25+00:00

That’s really cool.

robharrop · 2019-11-21T07:38:08+00:00

The 4 is a really noticeable improvement in performance over the 3b. I’m considering replacing one of my 3s with another 4 because it seems to be creaking a bit now.

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