Insert the newly ripped SD Card in your Pi Zero. Boot the Pi Zero and Connect with PuTTYįollow these steps to boot and connect to your Pi Zero over SSH: Then, come back and continue with the next section for booting the Pi Zero. Running with Wifi: If you want to use a wifi dongle instead of the Ethernet adapter, perform the steps in my wifi tutorial now. But, we’re going headless, so the remainder of that video doesn’t pertain to what we’re trying to accomplish. You can watch up to 2:30 where then begins a boot using monitor, keyboard and mouse. has a YouTube Video that shows using SDFormatter and Win32 Disk Imager. Run Win32 Disk Imager as administrator and write the -raspbian-jessie-lite.img file to the SD Card.ĪGAIN, INSURE YOU HAVE SELECTED THE CORRECT DRIVE LETTERĬarl Recktenwald Jr. INSURE YOU HAVE SELECTED THE CORRECT DRIVE LETTER The was the release at the time of this writing.īe sure the select the FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT: ON like this: downloadĮxtract the -raspbian-jessie-lite.img file.
Install Raspbian Jessie Lite on 8GB microSDHC Cardįollow these simple steps to prepare your microSC Card:ĭownload Raspbian Jessie Lite image in zip file format.
Image courtesy and may be subject copyright Equipment You’ll Need Please refer to the following component descriptions during this tutorial: Here’s what I do to get my headless Zero(s) up and running in a very short amount of time.
I wanted to be able to start with a blank microSDHC and end up with an SSH enabled device connected to the network and running NodeJS without needing a keyboard and monitor during the process. The main thing that kept me from my plan to have my house running completely on the Raspberry Pi platform was my inability to easily and effectively setup a Pi for NodeJS particularly, the Pi Zero due to its no on-board network interface.
I’ve been wanting to do something like this for years. Actually, using multiple Zero(s) to run independent NodeJS services sounds very appealing. I love the idea of using the Raspberry Pi Zero as a headless home automation IoT appliance.