Windows IoT - Setup Your Raspberry Pi 2

06/06/2015 WindowsIoTSetupyourRaspberryPi2

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Get StartedLearn how to set up the Raspberry Pi 2 and connect it to yourcomputer. Note that this requires you to have a PC runningWindows 10 Technical Preview.

What you need1. Windows 10 Insider Preview must be a physical Windows machine not a VM.2. Raspberry Pi 2.3. 5V micro USB power supply with at least 1.0A current.4. 8GB micro SD card class 10 or better. We suggest this one

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IVPU786 or this onehttp://www.amazon.com/SanDiskUltraMicroSDHC16GB/dp/9966573445

5. HDMI cable if display is desired.6. Ethernet cable.

1. Select Your Device/content/enUS/GetStarted.htm

2. Set up your Device/content/enUS/win10/SetupRPI.htm

3. Set up your PC/content/enUS/win10/SetupPC.htm

4. Develop/content/enUS/win10/samples/Blinky.htm

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If you are using several USB peripherals or highcurrent devices, use a higher current powersupply >2.0A.

Put the Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Previewimage on your SD cardWe have provided a utility to provision your SD card with the Windows 10 IoT Core InsiderPreview. The following steps can only be executed on a system running Windows 10https://insider.windows.com build 10069 or higher.

NOTE: you will need to follow these instructions on a physical Windows machine and nota VM because you need access to the SD card reader.

Follow these instructions to configure your SD card:

1. Please sign up on Microsoft Connecthttps://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembeddediot/SelfNomination.aspx?ProgramID=8558, which is our software release management platform.

You will need to have a Microsoft Account http://www.microsoft.com/enus/account/default.aspxIf you are already signed up with our program on Microsoft Connecthttps://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembeddediot/SelfNomination.aspx?ProgramID=8558, or are not sure if you signed up earlier, you will just see ablank page.If you have not signed up for our program on Connect before, it will prompt youto create a social profile and accept license agreements. Follow the stepbystepinstructions for signing up for Microsoft Connect /content/enUS/SigninMSConnect.htm to get going.

2. Once signed in, navigate to surveys, and complete all of surveys.

3. Downloadhttp://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembeddedIoT/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=57782 the package Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview Image forRaspberry Pi 2 from Microsoft Connect.

If you see a blank page or no downloads listed, please make sure you are signedinto Microsoft Connect by looking at your login information at top right part ofthe screen. Click sign in, if you are not signed in.



4. Select your board type from the downloads, and proceed to download the files

5. A window will pop up on your desktop.Click Browse, select where you want to placethe folder and click Transfer

When its done transferring, close the window.



6. Make a local copy of the flash.ffu contained in Windows_IoT_Core_RPI2_BUILD.ziphttp://connect.microsoft.com/windowsembeddedIoT/Downloads/

7. Insert an SD card into your SD card reader.8. Open an admininistrator command prompt and navigate to the folder containing

your local flash.ffu.



9. Find the disk number that your SD card is on your computer. This will be used whenthe image is applied in the next step. To do this, you can use the diskpart utility. Runthe following commands:

diskpart

listdisk

exit



10. Using the administrator command prompt, apply the image to your SD card. Run thefollowing command:

dism.exe/ApplyImage/ImageFile:flash.ffu/ApplyDrive:\\.\PhysicalDriveN

/SkipPlatformCheck

Be sure to replace PhysicalDriveN with the value you found in the previous step,for example, if your SD card is disk number 3, use

/ApplyDrive:\\.\PhysicalDrive3

11. Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in your task tray and select your USB SDcard reader to safely remove it from the system. Failing to do this can causecorruption of the image.

Hook up your board1. Insert the micro SD card you prepared in the section above the slot is on the

opposite side of the board shown below.2. Connect a network cable to the Ethernet port on the board.3. Connect an HDMI monitor to the HDMI port on the board.4. Connect the power supply to the micro USB port on the board.



Boot Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview1. Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview will boot automatically after connecting power

supply.2. On the very first boot Windows IoT Core will do some first boot configurations and it

will display a default blue colored application while this is happening. Wait for a fewminutes and the board will automatically restart. This will happen only once and thenDefaultApp should come up, displaying the IP address of the Raspberry Pi 2.



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3. Follow the Powershell documentation here /content/enUS/win10/samples/PowerShell.htm to use PowerShell to connect to your runningdevice.

4. It is highly recommended that you update the default password for theAdministrator account.

5. Remote Debugger will launch automatically when your Raspberry Pi 2 boots.

Questions/SuggestionsAs always, for questions or feedback, contact us /content/en

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