The easiest way to install the operating system (Raspberry Pi OS, a Linux Debian-based OS) is to use the official Raspberry Pi Imager utility which works on macOS, Ubuntu and Windows.
1. Download the 32-bit / 64-bit Rasbperry Pi OS Lite from here: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/
2. Flash the image to the SD card with the utility of your choice (options for Mac, Linux, Windows?)
3. Fill in required details in the configuration files in configuration folder and copy them to the boot folder on the SD card (this is the folder that should open when you open the SD card volume on your computer):
- ssh.txt: this enables ssh on the Raspberry Pi, no need to edit the file (it's empty, the existence of the file in the boot folder is enough)
- userconf.txt: creates a user
- replace <username> with the username of choice (e.g. pi)
- replace <encryptedpassword> with an encrypted version of your password which can be created with the openssl command line tool:
- open Terminal, write `openssl passwd` and press Enter
- input your password and press enter (asked twice)
- as output, you will get the encrypted version of the password
- wpa_supplicant.conf: set up Wi-Fi
- replace <Insert2letterISO3166-1countrycodehere> with your country code (e.g. FI)
- replace "<NameofyourwirelessLAN>" with the name of your Wi-Fi network, e.g. "explorersden"
- replace "<PasswordforyourwirelessLAN>" with the Wi-Fi password, e.g. "password"
To install all the needed components and to configure the Raspberry Pi to start the recordings when it is turned on, four steps are needed: copying the needed files to the SD card, putting the SD card in the Raspberry Pi and connecting to it on the command line over SSH, running an installer script on the command line, and finally letting it restart and verify that everything works as intended.
#### 2.1 Copy files to the SD card, set configuration values
First, set the configuration values in the file hydrophonitor/configuration/hydrophonitor-config.txt. Then, copy the entire `hydrophonitor` folder to the SD card (simple Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V works).
Plug the SD card in the Raspberry Pi. Connect the audio card and the GPS receiver over USB to the Raspberry Pi, and plug the power cable. It will take some time for the Raspberry Pi to be ready to accept SSH connections.
If this prints out version information about nmap (e.g. Nmap version 7.93 ( https://nmap.org)), it is installed. Otherwise, installation instructions can be found here: https://nmap.org/download.html
After installing, run the following command (it will ask for your user password, write it and press Enter) to find all devices connected to the local network:
The Raspberry Pi should show up with its IP address (here, 192.168.1.108), MAC address and a name after the MAC address that should help identifying it (here, it's Raspberry Pi Trading).
Now, this IP address can be used to connect to the Raspberry Pi over SSH on the command line. Connect by running the command `ssh <user>@<IP address>`, which with a user called `pi` and an IP address of 192.168.1.108 would be
When asked `Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])?`, type `yes` and press Enter. Then, write the Raspberry Pi user's password when asked and press Enter.
At the end of successful configuration, the script should print "### Setup ready, run 'sudo reboot' to apply all changes". Run the command and input the Raspberry Pi user's password if requested:
There are two scripts that configure the Raspberry Pi to read its system time from the RTC module.
The first part enables the i2c interface (bus 3 with SDA at GPIO pin 23 and SCL at GPIO pin 24) and loads the needed hardware modules at boot. After that, a reboot is needed to enable the hardware interface. The second part updates the hardware clock module time and configures the Raspberry Pi to set the hardware clock time as the system time on startup.
Connect to the Raspberry Pi over ssh and navigate to the home directory: