FAQ
See Jedimatt42's FAQ for questions generic to all TIPI versions.
A: Raspberry Pi Zero W is the only supported model for TIPI-32K. Other Pi models may work but not what it was designed for. You should still be able to buy the Raspberry Pi Zero W for the cost controlled price of $10.00 from a few vendors (Sparkfun, CanaKit, Adafruit, Pishop.us)
A: The TIPI/32K gets power from the console. If you really want to power the TIPI-32K externally, you can remove jumper R7 from the bottom of the board and run power into the Micro USB on the back of the TIPI-32K. I don't know of a reason to do this.
A: The Raspberry Pi Zero W can get power either from the TIPI/console or externally.
- To power the Pi off the Console/TIPI, run a jumper from the power tap on the TIPI to Pin 2 or 4 on the Pi.*
- To power the Pi externally, connect power to the rear Micro USB connector on the Pi.
*The disadvantage of running the Pi off console power is you MUST shut down the Pi before powering off the console or you risk corrupting the SD card image. Also, you'll need to wait a minute for the Pi to boot after console power up to use any TIPI functionality.
See Raspberry-PI-power for details.
A: Connect the mouse dongle to the front Micro USB connector on the Pi. This requires a right angle adapter and a Micro USB to OTG USB adapters. I recommend this right angle adapter, and this OTG adapter.
A: Yes, but you’ll have to disable the TIPI-32K's internal RAM by placing the rear most CRUBASE header (this does not affect the CRUBASE address). Not sure why anyone would use a sidecar 32K with a TIPI/32K, since this functionality is included, but it does work.
A: Yes, but if you PEB has any RAM (32K or SAMS) you’ll have to disable the TIPI-32K's internal RAM by placing the rear most CRUBASE header.
A: Yes, but you’ll have to connect the TIPI-32K to the console and the Speech Synthesizer to the TIPI-32K, because (most) speech synthesizers do not pass 5V power through to the next expansion module.
