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Prep your Pi

To prepare lab 3, you will need:

  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • Active Cooler for Pi 5
  • Stacking Header 40 pin
  • Bluetooth Speaker
  • Logitech Webcam w/camera

Install Active Cooler

  • Disconnect the Mini screen on pi just for now
  • Unpack the preassembled Active Cooler from its box.
  • Remove the backing paper from the thermal pads on the underside of the product.
  • Make sure your Raspberry Pi 5 is powered off. Position the Active Cooler carefully in the correct space on Raspberry Pi 5, making sure not to hit any of the connectors. Please refer to the diagram on the front of the box which shows the correct position and orientation of the product.
  • Align the two white push pins with the two dedicated heatsink holes.
  • When correctly positioned, press evenly on the tops of the two push pins simultaneously until they click, indicating that they are clipped onto the board.
  • Once the Active Cooler is mounted, connect its fan cable to the connector labelled‘FAN’ on Raspberry Pi 5. Take care to ensure the cable’s connector is the correct way round when inserting it. If you feel any resistance, stop immediately, remove the fan cable connector, and make sure that both it and the connector on Raspberry Pi 5 are undamaged before proceeding. Make sure that the connector on the cable is pushed down fully onto the connector on Raspberry Pi 5.
  • We recommend that the Active Cooler is not removed once it is fitted to Raspberry Pi 5. Removal of the Active Cooler will cause the push pins and thermal pads to degrade and is likely to lead to product damage.
  • Ensure the push pins are undamaged and can clip on to the Raspberry Pi board securely before use. Discontinue use of the Active Cooler and replace the push pins if they are damaged or deformed, or if they do not clip securely
  • Connect the stacking header 40 pin to the 40-pin GPIO of RaspberryPi5
  • Reinstall the mini pi screen

See the User Manual See the Video Walkthrough

Set up and connect bluetooth speaker

  1. Charge the Bluetooth speaker with the paired USB type C cable.
  2. Disconnect the speaker from charging. Long press the power icon on the speaker body, until the small white LED flashes.

Option 1: GUI Method (VNC)

  1. Open VNC viewer and connect your Pi5. On the top right corner, click the Bluetooth icon, and on the dropdown menu, select "Make Discoverable". Meanwhile, select "Add Device". Once you find the 'X1', pair and connect with it. You should hear a "beep" if the connection is successful

choose os

Option 2: Command Line Method

Alternatively, you can pair the X1 speaker from the terminal:

  1. Start Bluetooth control:

    sudo bluetoothctl

  2. Enable Bluetooth and make discoverable:

    power on
agent on
discoverable on
scan on

  3. Find your X1 speaker (filter devices by name):

    devices

    Then look for a line containing "X1", or use this command to filter:

    exit
echo 'devices' | bluetoothctl | grep -i "X1"

    This will show something like: Device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX X1

  4. Pair with your X1 (replace XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX with your device's MAC address):

    bluetoothctl
pair XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
trust XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
exit

You should hear a "beep" from the speaker when successfully connected.

Set up the Web camera

  1. stay in the VNC, open terminal and run this commandline when on VNC or pi connect:

    $ sudo apt install pavucontrol

  2. open pavucontrol through this commandline. You should see an GUI open.

    $ pavucontrol

choose os

3. Navigate to the Configuration, make sure the profile of the C270 Webcam is Mono Input 4. Navigate to the Input Devices, you should see a bar moving as you speak - which means you have set up correctly