Connect Pi 3 to iPad
December 12, 2023, 23:10
Is it possible to connect my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2 to my iPad 8th Generation?
I would like to use my iPad as a screen for my raspberry Pi so I can learn coding and I’d like to use my magic keyboard to type into the raspberry Pi. From my research I’ve found its possible to connect an iPad with a USB-C port, but i’ve got a lightning port and haven’t found a way to connect my Pi in a way that will let me use it how I would like to.
Help with this would be greatly appreciated, my Pi is already set up with an operating system installed so I'm just struggling to work out how to connect it to my iPad.
you can use vnc
it wirelessly connects to the pi and as long as both have good internet it's got quite low latency
all you need to is install "real vnc" on your ipad
and on the pi type in this command in the terminal, sudo raspi-config, go down to interfaces, click vnc, yes, and then finish. and for good measure type in sudo reboot now
now you need to find out the IP of your pi. you can do this either by hovering over the network symbol. or use "fing" which you can also download on your Ipad
this is assuming you don't have lite version. once you have done this tell me and I can help you further
And you don't need the IP, you can use the Raspberry Pi hostname. The RPi hostname is multicasted/broadcasted over the network via mDNS. Apple has excellent support for mDNS in comparison with MS.
Yes that too
okay <@1071178789939331253> i’ve got vnc, typed in the commands you told me
hovering over the wi-fi symbol on the pi home screen gives me “associated with (my wifi)”
and “configured (the ip?)”
is that right?
<@796000224690307072> any idea aswell as i see you’re online?
how do i know my the username and password
i think i worked out the ip thing
oh never mind!
i used the pi raspberry username and password and it worked
btw we can't do anything with this
you set it in the imager, or in the raspi config
oh ok haha i got no clue what’s going on
ive got it connected and working
the magic keyboard and trackpad both work perfectly
the s
the aspect ratio is wrong
and i unplugged the pi to move it and when i plugged it back in it wasn’t connected to wi-fi and i had to put the password in again
do i have to set it to remember the network or something?
no problem, people think it can be dangerous to share but this is your local IP so I cant do anything with it unless I find a way to come to your house and steal you WiFi password
i see i see
shouldn't do
wait so it's working on the iPad?
yeap 🙂
ta da haha
great
ok now any other problems?
okay so first i had it connected to a to with hdmi before i wirelessly connected
but now ive gone straight to the ipad
the wi-fi issues are gone
but the python idle is massive
takes up the whole screen and the font size is silly big
i went into the idle options and changed the font size but it didn’t actually change anything
yes you can set the resolution higher
okay how do i do that?
the main menu --> preferences --> display or interfaces
the main menu is the raspberry icon
okay thank you ill give it a go
im sorry but i cant find resolution in here?
is this an old os?
it looks so different from mine
also I said "preferences"
im not sure what os it is
i set it up years ago
and then haven’t really used it since
thats all ive got
and then clicking appearance settings takes me to the menu i sent before
oh well get the newest os
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade && sudo reboot nowthen once it reboots
sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt clean && sudo rpi-eeprom-update && sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a && sudo reboot now
in the terminal
im having some problems installing the update
got this error message
it got all the failed to fetch messages after doing sudo apt full-upgrade
problem is you didnt start it with sudo, in this pic atleest
i get all this after runner sudo apt full-upgrade
exactly that
ok do sudo reboot now and just continue with the rest
sorry thank you so much for all your help
is it a problem that its failing to fetch some files after running sudo apt update
yeah sudo apt full-upgrade doesn’t work still
it says “ maybe run apt-get update or try with —fix-missing”
Always first
sudo apt update
And only then
sudo apt upgrade
Or
sudo apt full-upgrade
yes try sudo apt-get full-upgrade and if that doesnt work try sudo apt full-upgrade --fix-missing
yes the full command i gave him has this
im still getting loads of 404 not found and ips and then failed to fetch and then urls with the second command
the first command is not valid
But since the first error after the update, he only talks about upgrading...
And Jessi?
This is Debian 8...
yeah i thought it was old
Very old...
i set it up years ago
ok try sudo reboot now an do the second lot of commands here
it should be fine
if not were just gonna use the imager
is it old enough for these commands to not work?
404
It may be that the mirror server no longer exists, you would have to see if there is another one
were probs just gonna use the imager
this is after a reboot
no not those commands
ohh
which ones sorry?
sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt clean && sudo rpi-eeprom-update && sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a && sudo reboot nowthese ones
ah okok
ill try
Remove before he has made an update? Has the system been reinstalled or not used for a long time?
not used for a long time
i tried these
got “invalid operation autoremove”
thought so
ok just gonna reflash
ok you got a sd card reader handy?
like
a laptop?
yes
yeah i can get one quick
am i gonna reformat the pi sd card or something?
yes
you need raspi os imager
one second ill be right back
family laptop
is so slow
im not meant to have a slot to put an sd card in am i
because i don’t
oh
yes you are
ok hang on
let me check
another one
how did you do it all those years ago?
i cannot remember
I can attempt to do it without a SD card reader but your unlikely to have much success with me
thats the best i got
but thats waaay bigger than the card in the pi
yes your using a micro SD card that's a full size SD card
yeah thats not gonna work
ok so you have nothing else in your house?
ive got a cd drive haha
but no sd card
there’s one more laptop
ill look at it quick
but its a work laptop with restrictions so it might not work for it
oki
that’s the card
and that what’s in the laptop
the card doesn’t fit
ok
one second let me think
okay thank you so much
<@808278006614196262>, you got any ideas?
im all out i think
damn
thanks anyway
so the pi has a micro sd right`/
?
and the laptop had a full size sd slot
can you get converters
like with sim cards
yes you can
so that would work?
what about putting the pis card in my phone?
i wouldnt suggest it
its gonna be harder than just getting a converter
ah okok
so if i got a converter
and got the sim card into the laptop
what would i then do
should i reset the whole thing from scratch?
would my Pi 3 work with the newest os?
yes
okay so should i just fins a guide online to install an os on the pi
find*
well you dont need a guide
when you get the converter you simply download the imager https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ on your laptop, select the correct os. follow a few steps i show you and press done
okok
thank you
would i clear the sd card first?
and can i come back here and @ you when ive got a converter for help please
yes
thank you so much for all your help
much appreciated ill see if i can get a converter
np, i do this for my own benifit too so you realy dont have to thank me
actually thank you for being one of the easiest people here to help
haha im glad i wasn’t too much of a pain
no your fine
sorry one more thing
would any of these be fine
oh also
would me not being a root be a problem
i’ve been trying to do all this via the ipad vnc
and i remember somewhere in the error messages it said about root access
yes in this sc
it says at the bottom
are you rooting for?
root?*
i was thinking the £3 one
thats what sudo is meant to be for i think
yeah seems good
thank you
np
oh i seee
i wondered what that was all about
sudo gives stuff permisions
sudo means ‘as’ doesn’t it?
maybe ive made that up
the permission thing makes sense though
i just kinda know it gives permisions
alright
thanks again
ill be back once ive got the adapter
great
hey <@1071178789939331253> i got the adapter
what am i meant to be doing now?
download the imager on your laptop, choose 64 bit normal and tell me when youve done this
alrighty
should i clear the sd card first
like delete everything off it?
okay <@1071178789939331253> i’ve installed it on my laptop
ok now select 64 bit and press on the settings icon
then set the hostname (the name of your pi) to something you can remember. hostname to your name for simplicity and a password you can remember
aswell well adding you network details and turning on ssh ofc
yeap okay all done
waiting for install now
what is ssh?
all done
it's like vnc without the ui
ah okok
<@1071178789939331253> how do i install python idle on the pi now?
python is already installed, i dont know what you mean by idle
like the text editor
how do i open it to start projects then?
cos when i go to the menu and then programming it’s not there like it was before i updated my system
oh never mind
i found it
its just different to what i used to do
yup