Software
After starting up the machine for the first time, the case fans run unnervingly at full blast and the OLED output is blank. Don’t worry, we need to install the Pironman software.
There’s the familiar command to update the system.
$ sudo apt-get update
Next install git and Python:
$ sudo apt-get install git -y
$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools -y
Clone the Pironman 5’s GitHub repository:
$ cd ~
$ git clone https://github.com/sunfounder/pironman5.git
Change into the newly created directory and install the software.
$ cd ~/pironman5
$ sudo python3 install.py
Once the software is installed, I can access an attractive web interface to monitor the Pi 5 and also change many settings. Point the web browser to http://localhost:34001/.
Here’s what you’ll see.
There’s a history monitor.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Assembly
Page 2 – Software
Page 3 – Cooling
Page 4 – Disk Performance
Page 5 – WiFi Performance
Page 6 – Summary
All articles in this series:
| Raspberry Pi 5 Series | |
|---|---|
Hardware | |
| iRasptek Starter Kit | All the kit you need to get started with the Pi 5 |
| Pironman 5 Case Review | Transform the Pi 5 into a beautiful desktop mini PC |
| Passive Cooling the Pi 5 | Passively cool your Pi 5 the right way. Silent yet cool |
| Benchmarking | Benchmarking the Pi 5 against an Intel N100 mini PC |
| Overclocking | Let's increase the clock speed of the BCM2712 SoC |
| Power Consumption | Compare the power consumption of the Pi 5 with Intel Mini PCs |
| 2.5Gbps Networking | Improving the wired performance of the Pi 5 |
Configuration | |
| raspi-config | Useful text-based tool to configure the Pi 5 |
| PiGro | GUI tool that streamlines the process of managing the Pi 5 |
| Increase Swap Memory Size | Increase the swap size from 512MB to 2GB |
| ZRAM swapdrive | Simple script to use a ZRAM swapdrive instead of a swapfile |
Software | |
| Installing Software | Different ways to install software on the Pi 5 |
| df snap pollution | Replace df with dysk |
| Ollama GUI | Running Large Language Models on the Pi 5 |
| Many software articles are planned. Stay tuned! | |