Raspberry Pi

This article will be all about my Raspberry Pi projects.

Miscellaneous

• Find Raspberry Pi IP address on your local WiFi network:

$ sudo nmap -sP 10.0.0.0/24 | awk '/^Nmap/{ip=$NF}/B8:27:EB/{print ip}'

#~OR~

IFACE=eth0
# trigger IPv6 neighbour discovery with link-local scope multicast:
ping6 -c2 -I $IFACE ff02::1 > /dev/null
# print the results, filtered by MAC address vendor prefix of Raspberry Pi Foundation:
ip -6 neigh | grep b8:27:eb

#~OR~

$ arp-scan --interface=eth0 --localnet | grep b8:27:eb

• Store the following in your ~/.ssh/config file:

Host rpi
    HostName 10.x.x.x
    User pi
    ProxyCommand none
    TCPKeepAlive yes
    ServerAliveInterval 5
    PubkeyAuthentication no
    PreferredAuthentications keyboard-interactive,password

Then,

$ ssh rpi

Or, better yet, use SSH keys.

• Find out where your Raspberry Pi was made and other details about the hardware:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -E '^Hardware|^Revision|^Serial'
Hardware	: BCM2835
Revision	: a22082
Serial		: 0000000038e10351

Then, go here or here and, using the above hardware/revision codes, find out where you RPi was made.

So, in my case, I have a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B manufactured by Embest in 2016 (Q1).

Useful commands

• Check which network the wireless adaptor is using:

$ iwconfig

• Print a list of the currently available wireless networks:

$ iwlist wlan0 scan

• Show details about the device's memory:

$ cat /proc/meminfo

• Show the size and number of partitions on the SD card or hard drive:

$ cat /proc/partitions

• Show which version of the Raspberry Pi you are using:

$ cat /proc/version

• Show all of the installed packages that are related to XXX:

$ dpkg --get-selections | grep XXX

• Show all of the installed packages:

$ dpkg --get-selections

• Show the IP address of the Raspberry Pi:

$ hostname -I

• List USB hardware connected to the Raspberry Pi:

$ lsusb

• Show the temperature of the CPU:

$ vcgencmd measure_temp

• Show the memory split between the CPU and GPU:

$ vcgencmd get_mem arm && vcgencmd get_mem gpu

External links

• Official website