My Favourite iPad Pro Accessory: The Raspberry Pi 4
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- čas přidán 19. 11. 2019
- The Raspberry Pi 4 is my favourite accessory to use with the iPad Pro. In this video, learn more about what the Pi can do, what gear you need to get running with one, how to connect it to your iPad and what you'll find it useful for.
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Raspberry Pi Setup Guide - bit.ly/37menGI
Ben Hardill's USB-C Setup Guide - bit.ly/2Ky4SKQ
Checkout the official Raspberry Pi website for local stockists: bit.ly/buy-rpi4
I bought all my Pis from The PiHut: bit.ly/pihut
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Raspberry Pi 4GB - bit.ly/35iZUtr
Raspberry Pi Official Case - bit.ly/2Ovl0ht
Anker Powerline USB-C cable - geni.us/Qwwu
SanDisk Ultra 64GB MicroSD card - geni.us/cgs7A
Samsung T5 500GB SSD - geni.us/JfIn
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SanDisk Ultra 64GB USB-C - geni.us/4cS2
WD 4TB My Passport Wireless Pro - geni.us/pN6IM
GNARBOX 2.0 512GB - geni.us/k8MUHA
Anker USB-A to USB-C adapter - geni.us/PMIZCSW
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Logitech Slim Folio 11 - geni.us/ipuw2
Apple Pencil - geni.us/RpRpW9
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Anker USB-C braided cable - geni.us/4HPAoi
Anker PowerCore 10,000 PD - geni.us/AK9Xb
Logitech MX Anywhere 2S - geni.us/FeCP31S
Hyperdrive USB-C Hub - geni.us/DtG4BT
PortaPow USB Data Blocker - geni.us/yBEO
Google Titan Security Kit - bit.ly/35z6pta
Moment 18mm Lens - geni.us/BEp4FFq
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For those asking about charging the Raspberry Pi and iPad while they are connected, I've been testing the Inateck 9-in-1 hub that has a full downstream USB-C port and works great for this use case: czcams.com/video/Au2Gtv-gQno/video.html
Subbed. Q: Is there a workaround for the old Lightning equipped, non-USB-C iPad Pro? Thanks!
Me again, well I see that you've got a follow-up video covering this, so if anyone else is interested in the answer, it may be found here: czcams.com/video/SPSlyqo5Q2Q/video.html
sadly the inateck 9-in-1 seems to be no longer available in my country! does anyone have a good alternative for usb-c charging + data?
Have you thought of adding X11 server support on the Ipad?
Then you could run graphical applications on the RPi but show them on your Ipad.
Even running xdm on the ipad and configure the RPi to connect to that when connected. That is an original use case for X11. 😜
@@AndersJackson I keep meaning to try it out. For now I've been using VNC but I should get around to getting X11 working properly.
The actual explaining why you could need a RPi for IPad starts at 6:50
Seriously, I hate videos like this that stretch and drag just to hit that magic 10 minute mark. Get to the freaking point!
@@KyleFalconer1 just click on the timeline wherever you want and stop hating on something that is completely free.
My bad on this one. I expected a lot of people not to know too much about the Pi so wanted to show what it was in detail. For the follow up I’ll be including timestamps for the different sections!
@@tech_craft I did not know much about the pi so this is interesting. I'm sticking to the laptop though. My iPad Pro is great for reading and performing (ForScore is an excellent program) but for anything else I prefer a laptop. Just the lack of proper mouse support is a deal breaker. I'm not about to start touching my screen when I work :).
Jesper Bengtson For sure. This setup works well for me, but it’s definitely not for everybody. There are still things I need a laptop for (video editing in particular) but for what I do for work, I’m covered with my iPad
Just smashing. You connect 1980s Unix skills to 2019 in an utterly practical way. I’m 77 and lived through it all and this kind of thinking is truly truly extraordinary.
Thanks. I really appreciate the feedback from somebody who lived the rise of Unix!
54 here and 100% the same sentiment!!! Subscribed!
It's funny that these 1980's Unix skills are STILL what all us software devs use to get our jobs done day to day.
I guess that's just because we don't need gui to do those work and having to have a working gui just for software development is kind of a burden since working with CLI is often practically much more efficient.
Hi old school, did you ever think some crazy ass punk rocker was gonna message you across the world and say "What's up brother!!!! Hows life treating you!? Also any advice for a 32yr old? Seriously I'm all ears teach me knowledge is an addiction to me!
This is a brilliant idea. There are dozens of scenarios where you might want to extend or isolate something. If the Rpi gets trashed, no big deal.
Two features and one anti-feature I had to mention!
Subsonic. I know everyone is all about streaming music and all that. But, idk about you, but when I'm together with people working on something, I love to have music in the background. Subsonic supports any file format you can play in *nix minus the protected ones because DRM.
Deluge. For reasons I can't really go far into, a personal portable seedbox is lovely.
Anti-feature: a surface go can everything you mentioned and I did. Plus it can do some other stuff (rip DVDs, music, and is smaller than a normal laptop) but isn't as hackery or cheap. Enjoyed the video!
Damn, I’m amazed by how I can hook my favorite gadgets up together. I’ll be replacing my pi 2gb for the 4gb this week. A nice Black Friday gift to my iPad Pro 1tb Lte🤓😉
yungmikebaby ooh nice. Love the humble brag😂 casually starts at £1000 also 🤓😌
Really, really love this idea. I’ll definitely give it a try next time I have to travel. In general I’ve been looking for an excuse to play around with the raspberry pi 4 so this seems like a perfect opportunity.
It would have made more sense to talk about what you use the Pi for at the start of the video.
Agreed!
Yes but then then he would have got fewer views and lower ad revenue
Lmao... I just commented, "why so many dislikes?" Now I know
I am using the same kind of setup at home with a RBPi3B+ connected to my wifi network. In my case, I use VNC so I can access the graphical system desktop directly from the iPad Pro. Added to this, I have installed a DDNS service so I can access my Raspberry from anywhere where there is an internet connection. Pretty useful to tweak codes without sacrificing the mobility the iPad Pro provides.
This is an awesome application for the iPad especially for some light coding without having to use a remote server. Super cool video Rob.
Thank you sir. With the USB Ethernet connection, the RPi 4 is a real game-changer for iPad Pro coders.
I’ve found the best option of keeping the iPad Pro powered, was to use ‘USB-C Splitter, Dual USB C Audio Charge Adaptor Headphone’ - there are tons of those on Amazon. It’s meant for powering the iPad Pro, while adding a USB-C headphones or DAC, but if you put an Anker good USB-C -> USB-C cable on the Audio output, and connect the other end to the Pi4, you get a fully powered (even by portable battery) both iPad Pro and Pi, and since you know the IP, you can both SSH and VNC to it for whatever way you prefer working. The same setup works on all modern phones with OTG too (I got it working on Galaxy Note 9). To top it up, I also put the Logitech wireless USB adaptor in Pi4 USB 2 port, and had fully working keyboard and mouse too. The power was still good enough (I did use 18W output from a power pack - Omars Power Bank 20000mAh, orange output, but I’m sure you can do that in other ways too). Similar to using a USB Hub, but a lot more compact.
Thanks for the info. Have done this setup successfully and was able to power iPad and Pi4 via a Kingston Nucleum USB-C dongle, while having full SSH to the Pi4. Thanks.
Never thought there could be such a good integration...
This is absolutely an amazing thing. First time seeing something different done with an iPad. Great info, you've just gotten a new SUB after this one. I've seen a few of your videos and this one gave me a definite like and SUB.... CHEERS!!
I’ve got a similar setup, and configured bluetooth console to give me headless access to the pi. Works great!
Have you got any pointers for the Bluetooth setup? I was messing with it for a while but I never got it to a state where it _just worked_ without any tinkering each time on startup.
Based on your recommendation I picked up a pi 4 for for my iPad pro. Right of the bat ran into a few issues: USB C, a known issue, HDMI interference with WiFi, metal enclosure for cooling compounds WiFi issues. Not so convinced this is a great iPad pro accessory as you stated.
Excellent video! Just configured my Pi 4 for this use. Thank you, sir!
Very cool, didn't know you could do this - might make my iPad feel less limited.
Stella work Rob. The channel isn’t just another tech channel but actually bloody educational too :) I’ve always wanted to get a Raspberry PI for tinkering and learning Python 🐍 - and this iPadOS combo is really enticing. I may simply have to upgrade from my iPad 9.7 for that nice USB C life ;)... keep crafting the tech videos 🙌
Thanks! I don't think you'll regret getting a Pi. I have four now and they all get used regularly.
I have several pi’s. The most useful is my Plex media server & my Twitter Bot.
Simply great! Extremely creative, thinking out of the envelope but very practical not just gimmicky. And the video is very professional too. Well done, thankyou.
Thank you a million 😀 this is a great idea. Usually run kali on pi. This allows for new ease of mobility
This is a cool idea, i think i will try this for Penetration testing with a Pi 4 and Kali Linux.
This is frankly awesome info. I didn't realize that the newest Pi could enumerate as a USB Ethernet device over the power port, so that alone is cool. The idea about using that as an "accessory" for the iPad is both novel and supremely useful, if very nerdy and awkward. I can imagine implementing a whole bunch of prototype accessories with this WAY more easily than you might have otherwise. Want to build some kind of weird camera accessory? Do it on an RPI and write an app using a network interface. Etc etc. Very cool!
You had me at hello. Currently I use a Linode Debian VPS. Gonna give this a shot for sure. Thanks again for the excellent content.
I also carry my iPad Pro everywhere and sometimes work for weeks at a time just off this device. The Raspberry Pi is not something I think I need myself, but amazing this can be done with the iPad Pro
You may run “code server” (a server version of vscode) on your pi to have a modern code editor within the Linux environment.
This is brilliant, Rob. Thank you for sharing. I caption live theater for the d/Deaf and hard of hearing using a heavily modded version of a html-based presentation software called remark. I have to bring a laptop w/browser and connect to a tv at front of theater via hdmi. The only reason I can’t use my iPad for this yet is the fact that I can’t open local web folders. I wonder if this could help...using the Pi as the web server? And then maybe you could connect the monitor that displays the captions via the pi, as well? Not sure if that’s possible but how nice that would be! This video definitely made me think!
Is that remarkjs? If so I see no reason why that shouldn’t work at all. One of the things I do with the Pi is use Hugo which is a static site generator. I can edit it through a local editor on the iPad over a network share or using terminal editor directly on the Pi using SSH. Then Hugo runs on the Pi, serves up the site and I can access that from Safari on the iPad.
The video inspires me a lot! I am looking for the proper solution to use my iPad Pro for my coding hobby, data science related. Taking both iPad and MacBook in traveling is not so convenient.:) Thanks a lot and looking for your next video!
As you mentioned in the video. About 5 minutes of work and everything flyes like an eagle. Thanks lot for this most valueable video. Perfect.
I don't even know how to code, but your channel is fascinating!
This is great! I too would like to see a Linux gui on the iPad from the pi please. With love, Ken
Check out “VNC Viewer” on the iOS App Store. It’s a pretty robust and free GUI to remote into most OS’s (Linux distros included) from iOS devices, which seems to be a good alternative to paying $20.00 USD for Blink SSH. Using the USB-C PoE method shown here (+/- lightning adapter) and the static IP of the rPi, this should be possible.
Dr. Z Thanks! With love, Ken
@@dr.z1657 hey thanks for the nudge - I had originally dismissed VNC Viewer thinking it required a paid sub & turns out it's free for "home" use when u register up to 5 computers. I am really excited to hear if anyone is able to RealVNC into their Raspberry Pi & run simple GUI apps, I'm ordering one! I agree the latency should be small.
@Chinarut R I should have given the caveat that I don’t have any personal experience with it yet. But, it does get pretty rave reviews on the iOS App Store and people seem pleased with it from the CZcams videos I’ve seen. If you try it, please let me know how it works out.
Just wanna share a new finding here that my apple usbc cable works for my raspberry pi , which was bought 2 weeks ago! I actually bought the the anker cable together with pi and it works well. Today I forgot to bring it with me so I just tried to use the Apple one. It works unexpectedly.:)
what a great use case. Seriously i never knew i could connect my pi 4 to my ipad in this way. Really nice - great video :-)
Comment below if you'd like to see more content on combining the Raspberry Pi with the iPad or with Apple Home
Yes please ! Very interesting 👍🏻thanks
Yes...a short series would be great
Would love some coding content with the pi 4 and the iPad Pro
I sure would - love to see some other usage of the pi other than for programming........
LAWRDO I have a video in the works showing how to use the Pi with Apple Home. It’s an awesome combination that really unlocks the possibilities of Apple Home.
Your channel is great! Your content is unique an creative and no other channel has such creative solutions and uses for the iPad Pro! Keep up the good work!
Nice video. I am just starting my Pi self teaching (for a hobby) and enjoy learning about the functionality I can get out of such a small computer. I have already installed a touchscreen and purchased a great little wireless touch pad / keyboard all for just under a $100.00. I love to tinker and this platform is perfect for it on a budget. You explain it simply enough for a hobbyist like me to follow but still appreciate the time taken to go over functional situations.
Mate, you just got yourself a new subscriber. I've had my iPad Pro for a couple of months now and I've been doing the majority of my coding in a Digital Ocean instance. This is what I'm looking for, a low-cost solution that would work regardless of my connectivity.
Thanks!
I just want to add one more thing. You are an excellent teach. You are to the point and you don’t talk too fast. Good info. Your channel is go ing to a big one. You are really good
6:50 To find out what he uses it for.
Thank you! Very useful! I didn’t understand diddly shit from his explanation!
Excellent video. I learned a lot about the pi 4. Good look buddy. I'm going to buy one right now.👍🏻
Dude that’s awesome... I didn’t know you could do that with the raspberry pi 4 wasn’t planning on upgrading the pi 3’s I’m using but I’ll at least buy one for a lil experimentation... thanks
Also, Rob. Keep making these videos, man. I love your videos!
You’ve probably explored this already but it may be possible to also turn the pi into an Ethernet adapter if it can share its wired network connection with the iPad.
That should be possible. Haven’t tried it myself but Linux supports bridging network adapters so I think it’s probably just a matter of configuring the bridge.
Is it possible to power the Pi via PoE hat & power the iPad via the Pi / PoE & have the iPad utilize the Pi’s wired Ethernet connectivity? That’s a lot of “ANDs”, but you could then potentially have a 102 meter long power cord and much faster Ethernet connectivity while charging the iPad rather than draining its battery.
@@wallymoon8619 no, the pi4's circuitry isn't made for power delivery. Even with the POE hat, that all gets stepped down before it even reaches the Pi itself, the UBS C port on the pi accepts 5v at 3ish amps, it however doesn't have the ability to deliver power from that port.
Ethernet over USB-C is the game changer here. Great idea. Inspired me to try this
Thank you very much for this informative posting. What connection would you use to connect to iPad Pro version prior to the one with USB C?
Sounds like the RBpi is used to do everything the iPad should be doing in the first place by itself.
Raspberry pi hardware and software is open source, I think that is enough…
I'd love to see non-coding, non- coder, file-management uses for this... for someone who doesn't need or 'want' to learn coding but have access to the benefits of Raspberry Pi as an iPad add on.
You could install a GUI Linux Distro and connect via VNC
Its called google drive. The diy aspect of all this is kinda half (or more) the point. IMNSHO..
Thank you for the video. I did not know that I could connect devices this way.
Good stuff, I had never considered this use case!
i was truly amazed, but i cant do this in my outdated ipad, buying a new ipad is almost as pricey as a mid tier laptop, soo i bought laptop, . . . yet your setup and mobility wise is really awesome.
Just get a surface
"The raspberry pi:* Am I an accessory to you?
TheWobblyEmily lol
This is amazing
LOL! The RPIs weep...
I hate that he uses it as an accesory
@@SCP049__ I think he means “accessory” in the sense of additional tool in the belt. It’s part of the beauty of the RPI... We can have our little minions doing tonnes of things, some more important than others.
Very cool usage of the RPi! You can use mc (midnight commander) to make moving files around in the ssh console easier
I like pi and iPad Pro. I use iPad for 90%. Your help appreciated! Subscribed!
I bought a raspberry pi and blink just right after your video :)
Hah! What a cool use-case for the Pi. Never even thought of it as an iPad accessory, gonna have to play with this for remote coding. Thanks for this great idea!
This solves all of my needs as a system admin wanting to use my ipad at work. Thank you for this video!!!
Also, while still not going to blow you away, the MicroSD interface on the 4 is a still good bit more performant than on previous Pi models.
Also, I would recommend an aluminum heat-sink case as they can get quite warm. I use static heat-sink cases (ie, no fans) since I don't do anything *that* processor/GPU intensive with mine (and don't like moving parts when I can avoid them!), but the passive heat-sinking is definitely a good thing to have and will likely extend the life and improve the reliability of your Pi (make sure you get a case explicitly made for the Pi-4 too, cases for the prior models won't fit .... why they didn't call this board layout a 'model-C" to avoid confusion I don't know.) Enjoy your Pi.
So what everyone really wants is a macbook 13inch or so with a touchscreen and pen-support?
Add in instant-on, day-long battery life and the ability to focus on just one app at a time, and I think that would be my ideal setup.
@@frogg4711 YES
@@tech_craft The Pi setup opens up a lot more possibilities, given the gpio access and wide array of hardware hats. Your setup is more interesting than a macbook.
@@frogg4711 Does the surface pro do the pencil interface as perfectly as the ipad?
I want a MacBook pro with a detachable screen that turns into an iPad pro.
Hey, Rob! Thanks for this terrific video! Wanted you to know that by following your demo, Ben Hardill's detailed instructions, and doing a bit of hacking around on my own, I was able to get my Pi4 to work with my PixelBook over USB-C.
Hey, could you share how you setup your Blink app please? It looks awesome!
Great content and got me to set up my own RPi 4 with a iPad Pro
I could also see this being useful with cheaper/older Chromebooks that don't support linux apps.
Great video, can you VNC/Remote Desktop on to the Pi using this method so you can see the Raspbian Desktop?
You sure can. I’m going to cover this in the follow up.
That was very helpful advice. Was just wondering about this combination. Excellent you covered most my questions :)
Dude, I loved this video, even if I dont use it at all! nice to learn new techs and its applications!
Great video! I was wonder though if there was a “hack” to display the full RPi desktop over USB-C. Perhaps with VNC?
VNC works pretty well. I have a video on that coming soon.
loved this video, never thought about SSHing into a headless rpi, powered by a tablet over usbc
Very interesting, I have zero knowledge of coding but I can see your excitement.
I really like this. You could also develop nearly complete apps with this by using Apple Shortcuts and running web-based apps off of the Pi supporting REST-based communication.
Like a private version of Zapier or IFTT.
This is an amazing idea. I'd love to see something like remote VSCode running off the iPad and straight on the RPi. I faintly remember seing a tool that allows that through the browser - so you could just literally code on the Pi via Safari, move files through, well, Files and do some other neat stuff meanwhile. This is actually a stupidly clever idea. And if you wanted a desktop, I think you could use a VNC Viewer.
But yknow what'd be overkill - and totally not possible? Collecting iPad + Magic Keyboard to the Pi as a thin client (using the iPad's screen for the Pi and sending keyboard strokes and mouse stuff to the Pi - without networking but via Video/USB through USB-C). That'd just be the top of the hill - but, using just the networking features is way beyond anything the iPad can do on its own.
Have you tried this with a Pi Zero though? It should have OTG and Networking?
This is too "extreme" also for me :) :)
Great Rob! U'R the "iPad Pro Ambassador" :)
I would gladly accept that role 😂
its too extreme for everyone that's not so stubborn to admit they could just buy a windows laptop.
Christopher I addressed why I don’t use a laptop right at the start of the video. I also don’t use Windows for any of my work so I couldn’t use a Windows laptop.
@@tech_craft Yes indeed windoze!! Why would anyone coder or not use winbloze!! Maybe get a cheap laptop & put Linux on it, much better that MS anything!!
John McKenna I’m thinking of bringing my MacBook Air 11” back to life as a Linux laptop. Should breathe a new life into the old workhorse.
I have to say, I appreciate your videos so much. Incredibly useful content and so well done. Tremendous thank you.
OMG! this is such an awesome use of iPad/Raspberry Pi! Thanks Rob! Add one more subscriber!
Morning Rob, I am still in the dilemma of carrying both my IPad and my MacBook 15, the touchpad is still very convenient, something that the IPad does not have. When the mini LED comes along the decision will be even harder.
Excellent videos!
There's also a few vendors working on keyboard covers that have a trackpad built-in!
An update to this video is coming this week answering all the questions about use cases, installation power, connectivity, compatibility with older iPads and more.
Tech Craft I literally was just checking the comments for this information.
Great, looking forward!
Thanks
Do you can transfer files between ipad and raspberry trough usb type c?? usb, ssd
Looking forward to it ! My ideal use case would be to use a lightning port air with a pi zero w...! Ie iPad then has access to a small
Linux machine for when there is no internet to go cloud ...!
Great news!wondering if this exact configuration can be setup with iPad Pro 12.9 2nd generation (lightning port).thanks
Hi and thanks for the tutorial. Can you tell more about how to juno connect to the raspi jupyter notebook ? What one needs to install on the raspi? How are the settings on the juno connect site? Thanks...
Holy moly... the unlimited possibilities of carrying around a raspberry pi without a power cable needed to public places with your laptop/ipad...
I kinda glazed over halfway through this, but I like your passion, Soo have a like.
I wish.. I can use the iPad as monitor for raspberry pi. Can access the GUI.. Run sublime or any linux application on this...
You sort of can over VNC - it's not at all that slow when running it over USB Ethernet.
Then it can be a laptop replacement. For most of the people. There are plenty of linux application for every task.. and you don't have to buy apps from apple store.
Tech Craft could you do a video about that topic and would it work with the older ipad pro with lightning port
@@Louis-ki5tk For sure. That's my plan for the midweek video next week.
@@nitinuniyal8357 Yeah this is crazy. Would love to see a workflow for this.
Holy shit, this video had everything I wanted to know about if this setup was possible or not. Ordering my Raspberry Pi 4 soon, I can’t wait to compile on vs code locally!
Holy cow I love this hack and DIY idea/dongle. Great video👊🏻
Couldn’t you use it as a full desktop too using a VNC client on the iPad?
Absolutely. I do that occasionally but it’s not really part of my workflow. Works pretty well though.
When your favorite iPad accessory is an *another computing device*
Aria D - ...or in other words, the best of both worlds in one package.
The pi is the actual replacement of the laptop.
The COMPUTER not the overpriced TABLET
When a 50+$ mini PC does a better job a file management than a glorified premium tablet.
@@andresvaldevit3692 that is sort of an unfair expectation of tablets in general. tablets were not ever designed to answer that need.
it serves his needs but for the general public, i think they would need a GUI-based way to interact with the Pi over that USB-C cable...
@@dmp4096 Totally agree. I'm being sarcastic because I'm working from an iPad Pro too and find so many limitations. But the setup is totally worth the effort.
Superb. Thanks. Whilst I have no need for this setup right now (especially in the dreaded C world) I’ll be going for it just for extra fun. Cheers. Lee
You can use rsync to sync local folders to remote pi computer so you don’t need to cp each file one by one . Rsync is a powerful tool
In a recent update I show how to connect to the Pi over WiFi rather than USB-C, making for a nice solution for non-USB-C iPads and tablets: czcams.com/video/YbvSS8MJm2s/video.html
Tech Craft actually, for other iPad models without the C connector, a USB-C to Lightning cable can be used, right?
@@jackxujh I tested that approach and it didn't work - not enough power carried is my guess.
Is there a way to power the Pi4 and keep the iPad charged. Hate to say but I feel as if the iPad pros need TWO usb-c ports...
AXM can you use a USB splitter on the port?
Are there more practical uses of this raspberry pi with iPad Pro for people who don't code? I am looking for a good couple of pretextes to get a pi. One I found is to use it as a printing server since the iPad is so damn difficult to get it running with any nonwireles printer.
Great insight for coder using iPad thanks for the video great work
ok. Good idea.
And i'm now going to finsh my coding with VS Studio in my dell 9360.
This makes me wanna get an ipad pro
Just get a mbp if you want it for coding
This makes want to get a mb or even chromebook+crouton.
I’ve gotten this to work on Raspbian and it works phenomenally! I’m just wondering, however, if it’s possible to get this to work on other distros. I would prefer to use Manjaro instead of Raspbian for this setup but I don’t have a second micro sd card to test it out.
Excellent video! Can you please do a review on the CoverBuddy cases from SwitchEasy?
I would like to know if they’re worth it or not! Thank you 💕
If I had a dollar for every time you said raspberry pi lol
Great video Rob. I wish to know if this works with an iPad Air with USB-C port. Thanks!
Super clear, super useful. Thank you!
Clever setup. Battery times with rasberry connected? Battery times with rasberry and ssd connected?
When idle, battery life is great. Under heavy load you’ll get a few hours depending on what you’re also doing with the iPad. SSD consumption really varies. I’m going to film a follow up video for this next week since I’ve had loads of great questions and I’ll cover power consumption in more detail.
Although this video is on to something, you’re a genius. I didn’t think of it using Ethernet so technically you could use screen sharing software to control the raspberry pi desktop GUI using VNC or some other desktop remote control software. And if you plug the mouse directly into the PI, you’re in business.
🤯 totally missed that one! yes, even an ole skool wired mouse will do - brilliant!
Great I hope you continue growing up, is no many videos in CZcams got into this things.
Excellent video! I subscribed on the basis of just viewing this 1 video. Will watch more.