Note: if you’re using a USB-ethernet adapter, at this point use that instead of the WiFi dongle, and then connect the network port via a cable to your router.įinally, when you’re ready to go, connect the power adapter to the power USB port (nearest to the edge of the board): Next, we plug in the WiFi dongle via a microUSB adapter to the USB Data port: Now we can insert the SD card into the PiZero, and connect the rest of the hardware: You can now load the card into the Pi and it will use the credentials you entered above to authenticate with your network! Step 2: Connect Hardware Finally, eject the drive (or safe remove in Windows, unmount in Linux). Select the nf file, and open it using a text editor (here we press CMD+click->”Open With” and select the TextEdit in OSX on Windows you can use notepad, Linux nano, etc).Įnter the name of your WiFi network and password between the quotes, and then save the file. Insert the microSD card into a card reader (using the adapter if necessary) on the client computer (here we’re using a Mac, but any Windows or Linux machine could work).

We’ll use the client computer to set the login credentials on the SD card containing the system image. If you are using the wifi dongle, we first need to make sure the wifi SSID and password is set. Step 1 (If using WiFi): Setting up Wifi credentials

1x USB Wifi dongle (or USB Ethernet Dongle).

1x microUSB to USB adapter (also called a “male to female OTG cable”).

1x 5V 2A Power supply with a micro-USB connector.

1x microSD card adapter and/or card reader.

1x microSD card with our development image installed.

For different setups, check out the desktop setup with the Pi Zero, or other RPi boards. This assumes that you will be accessing the Pi via another client computer on the same network via SSH. Here is a startup guide for using the PiShield with a Pi Zero board for a minimal, headless wifi (or ethernet) setup.

Setup headless raspberry pi zero w