Connecting Your Raspberry Pi Robot With a Tablet or Keyboard

Cinch is the perfect operating system if you want to use your Raspberry Pi Robot with a phone or tablet. By simply adding a keyboard and mouse to your tablet, you can control robots, program robots, and do everything you might want to with the Raspberry Pi.

You can purchase an SD Card with Cinch already installed from Dexter Industries. You can also download Cinch for FREE here and use our instructions for installing the software on your 8 GB microSD Card here.

Step 1: What you will need

To connect with a phone or tablet, you will need the following:

• A Raspberry Pi, powered

• A Dexter Industries Wifi Dongle

• The Cinch Operating System

• An Android Tablet or Phone

• A Dexter Industries On The Go Cable

• A wireless keyboard and mouse

Step 2: Setup the Hardware

Once you have the necessary supplies, you can begin connecting them!

1. Power up the Raspberry Pi running the Cinch Operating system.

2. Connect your wireless mouse and keyboard receiver to your OTG Cable.

3. Connect your OTG Cable to your tablet.

Step 3: Connect Wirelessly

4. Connect your tablet to “dex” over wifi. You should be able to find it in the list of available wifi SSID on your tablet.

5. In your browser, enter “http://10.10.10.10” with your keyboard.

6. Select noVNC and Login! The standard password is “robots1234”

See more about Dexter Industries Cinch Operating system on the Dexter Industries Website.