Prep Work...

For this PlayShop we have a very short period of time (1 Hour) to complete a simple Raspberry Pi Project.

I also wanted to complete a project that only required you to have a basic setup -  Raspberry Pi, Power Supply, SD Card with Raspberry Pi OS, Monitor, Keyboard/Mouse (or VNC Connection) and an Internet Connection.

We will be using a tutorial from GitHub to Create a System Health Dashboard for your Raspberry Pi using Initial State

https://github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki

My setup is a Raspberry Pi 3B+ in a Pi-Top Ceed with Keyboard/Mouse and a fresh copy of Raspberry PI OS installed on the SD card.

If you have time please update your Raspberry Pi OS before hand

ONLY DO THIS STEP IS YOU ARE SEEING THIS BEFORE THE PLAYSHOP.  

In Terminal:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade


STEP 1: 

You will need to setup an account on Initial State.  (We are using the FREE Student Account - Use your .edu address)

Sign up here:  auth.initialstate.com/auth/#/register/
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STEP 2: Install the ISStreamer

​https://github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki/Part-1.-Initial-State#step-2-install-the-isstreamer


STEP 3:  Make some Automagic

github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki/Part-1.-Initial-State#step-3-make-some-automagic


STEP 4:  Access Keys

github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki/Part-1.-Initial-State#step-4-access-keys


STEP 5: Run The Example

github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki/Part-1.-Initial-State#step-5-run-the-example


Part 2: psutil

github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki/Part-2.-psutil

pyhealth.py link

​github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/blob/master/pihealth.py

Part 3:  Customize Your Dashboard

https://github.com/InitialState/pi-health-dashboard/wiki/Part-3.-Customize-Your-Dashboard