I decided to try setting up a Raspberry Pi Zero W from the shop.
Materials
Raspberry Pi Zero W
64 GB microSD card
SparkFun Serial Basic Breakout - CH340G
5V, 2A power adapter
Two micro USB cords
Jumper cables
I hit a few roadblocks along the way because I couldn’t reach the login screen in both CoolTerm and Terminal. Did I incorrectly edit the config.txt file? Or perhaps it was an error in the way I installed the USB to Serial drivers? I verified that it was installed and working correctly by following this SparkFun guide for the CH340G.
I asked Arnab to verify my setup - of course it helps to have a second set of eyes. Turned out that the 5V power adapter that I borrowed from the shop was 1.5A, and not 2A. This resulted in the following error to appear in CoolTerm:
I switched out the power adapter and finally got to the login screen. This is how it looks within CoolTerm:
I successfully changed the password, but then I tried to access the other options via the raspi-config screen. In CoolTerm, there were several scrambled ASCII letters, but I could not change how this was viewed to resemble closer how it would in Terminal. I wanted to select Network Options which appeared to be the second option, but it would always return the prompt to change the password despite whatever I entered.
After this, I thought I’d try connecting via ethernet-over-USB another shot. I realized the first time I tried this and could not get the login screen to show, I still had the microUSB connected to the Serial breakout, along with the external 5V power source. I removed all connections except the one to the USB connector, typed in “ssh pi@raspberrypi.local” then “sudo raspi-config” and got to the config menu successfully. I proceeded with the rest of the instructions:
