UART commands and config

List serial ports GPIO serial port is /dev/ttyAMA0 USB when added usually has a USB in its name, e.g. /dev/ttyUSB0 List just USB serial ports List all ports Assigning a fixed name to a USB serial port https://www.freva.com/assign-fixed-usb-port-names-to-your-raspberry-pi/

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Importing an existing project

E.g. you’re taking over an existing project and want to use NetBeans for it going forwards Follow the instructions on this page, but jumping here once you get to the New NetBeans Project steps. Creating A New NetBeans Project Menu > File > New Project > Select ‘C/C++ Project with Existing Sources’ Selet the folder that […]

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RealVNC Connect

Free to locally connect, paid for service for remote access, but not painfully priced, that will let you connect to remote RPi’s via the desktop without needing to configure the local router to allow incoming connections. https://www.realvnc.com/en/raspberrypi/ Setup on the RPi RealVNC Server is included with Raspberry Pi OS. Start > Preferences > Raspberry Pi […]

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Teamviewer

TeamViewer for Raspberry Pi is a paid for service that will let you connect to remote RPi’s via the desktop without needing to configure the local router to allow incoming connections. https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/raspberry-pi/

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RPi5 IO Pins

Pinout specifications https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/raspberry-pi.html#gpio-and-the-40-pin-header

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Qt open-source usage

Open source licencing The Qt library can be used under open source licencing using the LGPL licence. Some parts ar GPL, but most is LGPL, so your application source code can remain proprietary as long as you don’t use the GPL bits. See these Qt pages: https://www.qt.io/download-open-source https://www.qt.io/licensing/open-source-lgpl-obligations Downloading the open source library https://www.qt.io/download-open-source#source

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