Overview

In this section, you will learn how to write the correct image file to your car’s SD card. Make sure if you are in a classroom that you ask your teacher if this has been done for you already!

Needed Software and Materials

Find the following materials and software:

Writing the Image File to the Micro SD Card

Follow the steps below to write the image file to the micro SD card:

  1. Open Raspberry Pi Imager on your computer.
  2. On Device, select “Raspberry Pi 4”.
  3. On OS, select “Use Custom”.
  4. Navigate to the “robotcar1_8.img.gz” file you downloaded earlier and select it.
  5. Plug your Micro SD Card into your SD Card Reader and then plug the Reader into your computer.
  6. On Storage, select your storage device.
  7. On Writing, click the Write button.
  8. Wait patiently until your card has been written.
  9. Insert your Micro SD Card into the Raspberry Pi on your car.

Now you have successfully written the image to your car’s Micro SD Card! In the next section you will learn how to access the programming platform to interact with your car’s code.

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