Install a fresh copy of Raspbian lite.
I like to use Raspberry Pi Imager
SSH is disabled by default so you need to enable it by adding a file called «ssh» in /boot.
Once the Pi is up you can SSH into it and continue with the next steps.
Enable the SPI interface
sudo raspi-config
Choose Interfacing Options -> SPI -> Yes
sudo reboot
Install BCM2835 libraries
wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.60.tar.gz tar zxvf bcm2835-1.60.tar.gz cd bcm2835-1.60/ sudo ./configure sudo make sudo make check sudo make install
Install WiringPi libraries
sudo apt-get install wiringpi wget https://project-downloads.drogon.net/wiringpi-latest.deb sudo dpkg -i wiringpi-latest.deb gpio -v
Install Python2 libraries
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python-pip python-pil python-numpy sudo pip install RPi.GPIO sudo pip install spidev
Install Python3 libraries
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-pil python3-numpy sudo pip3 install RPi.GPIO sudo pip3 install spidev
Install the speedtest-cli module
pip install speedtest-cli
Clone the project files:
sudo git clone https://github.com/zangaby/bpimon
Test the python script:
sudo python bpimon.py
or
sudo python3 bpimon.py
Add a cronjob to perform the test every 1 hour.
sudo crontab -e
add the following line
0 * * * * /usr/bin/python /home/pi/bpimon.py
