BBQPi

Raspberry Pi BBQ meter

Install Instructions

1. Start with latest Raspian image from http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest
2. login to Pi with Putty or other
3. run 'sudo raspi-config'
   1. set locale and timezone under internationalisation options
   2. enable SPI and I2C under Advanced Options
   3. expand filesystem
4. Enable I2C by adding the following two lines to /etc/modules
   1. i2c-bcm2708
   2. i2c-dev
5. Install nodejs:
   1. wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.28/node-v0.10.28-linux-arm-pi.tar.gz
   2. tar -xvzf node-v0.10.28-linux-arm-pi.tar.gz
   3. create symbolic links to node and npm
      1. sudo ln -s /home/pi/node-v0.10.28-linux-arm-pi/bin/node /usr/bin/node
      2. sudo ln -s /home/pi/node-v0.10.28-linux-arm-pi/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
   4. (both node -v and npm -v should now show current version)
6. Clone BBQPi into app directory
   1. git clone https://github.com/crjens/BBQPi.git app
7. cd into the 'app' directory and type 'npm install'