ZeroBot Pro

Raspberry Pi Zero FPV Robot

Raspberry Pi Compatibility

Works with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Zero 2 W

OS Tested

Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) Light - Debian Bullseye - Release date: 2023-05-03

Setup Commands

First, run an update

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Enable legacy camera support in raspi-config

sudo raspi-config

Install Apache, Node.js, and NPM

sudo apt-get install apache2 node.js npm

Clone the repository and install the npm dependencies

git clone https://github.com/Thimira/ZeroBot-Pro.git ~/touchUI
cd ~/touchUI

sudo npm install express
sudo npm install socket.io
sudo npm install node-ads1x15
sudo npm install coffee-scrip

Install the pigpio C library first, followed by the pigpio npm libraries

sudo apt-get install pigpio

sudo npm install pi-gpio
sudo npm install pigpio

Install dependencies for mjpg-streamer

sudo apt-get install libjpeg62-turbo-dev
sudo apt-get install cmake
sudo apt-get install gcc g++

Build and install the mjpg-streamer

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/jacksonliam/mjpg-streamer.git ~/mjpg-streamer
cd mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer-experimental
make
sudo make install

Running the Application

Start the camera stream using mjpg-streamer

cd ~/touchUI
bash start_stream.sh

Start the node application

sudo node app.js

The application will be available at http://<your rpi ip-address>:3000