PuTTY is an SSH telnet client, that we will use to access Octopi on the Pi Zero through our Wi-Fi connection.

You will need to download and install PuTTY. This will be the most important step, we will now configure the Host name so we can run multiple Pi Zero’s. The power LED will light on the Pi Zero indicating it is reading the operating system from the SD card and loading. Now plug the power into the Micro USB 5V Power connector on the Pi Zero. Octopi-Network.txt Step Three.Įject the SD card from your computer and insert it into the MicroSD card slot on the Raspberry Pi Zero as shown in the picture below. That’s all you need to do, now save the file and exit your editor. Now enter your SSID for your home network and password. Uncomment your flavor of security for your home network by removing the pound signs (#) directly at the beginning of the lines. While the SD card is attached to your computer open the Octopi-network.txt file with Wordpad or any other text editor. Step Two.įirst we must configure the Octopi-network.txt file. ISO extractor program you choose too extract the contents of the. Once you’ve installed one of these use an USB CD card adapter and plug in your blank SD card. ISO image file extractor like IsoBuster, CDmage, Daemon Tools, or Winrar. Download the latest Octopi Print OS from. I paid $1 each for the cables and adapters and $10 each for my cameras. My Pi Zeros were bought from Micro Center (on sale for $5 each) and the cables, adapters and cameras came from AliExpress. We’ve got all of our parts on hand and are now ready to assemble and program the Pi Zero. I have taken many time lapse videos with mine since building it.

As long as you don’t use the HDMI video out, the speed shouldn’t be an issue. Now knowing all that, it will cost you about $10.00 per Pi Zero compared to $30 for a Pi Two or Three. Also while the Pi Zero uses less power it is also slower than other versions of the Pi. The Pi Zero uses Micro USB’s, so you will need to buy USB converters or cables which have a male micro USB end. I opted to use Raspberry Pi Zero’s because of the substantial price savings, but with a savings in price comes other issues. M3 screws w/hex heads, washers, and nuts (to assemble and mount camera mount).

Pi zero w octopi