Surfing the Web

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Exploring the IoT on a Ti-84 Plus CE.

Surfing the Web

LoganFotto 14 Jan 2020 15:08

I am fairly new to calculator programming and such but I had an idea and wanted to get some feedback for it.
I own a Ti-84 Plus CE and was wondering if there was a way to attach a raspberry pi to it through a mini usb and have the raspberry pi translate information from the web into a form the calculator would be able to read. This seems as if it would be difficult but possible.
I’m curious whether the calculator is able to communicate with the raspberry pi and actually search the internet. Does it have the ability to send and receive? Would I have to supply the Raspberry Pi with an external power supply?
I hope that this project will evolve over time and if I make any progress I’ll keep you all up to date.
Thanks,
Mr. Fotto

Last edited on 14 Jan 2020 15:23 by LoganFotto Show more

Re: Surfing the Web

(account deleted) 14 Jan 2020 17:53

The Raspberry Pi needs a power cord to power the device. If you want to connect your 84+CE to your Pi, make sure you have Raspbian installed, and install TiLP2, a calculator linking software. If you don't have Raspbian installed, and want to install it the easy way, install NOOBS. Plenty of documentation of how to install those are on the pages I showed.

To install TI Linking Program:

sudo apt install tilp2

You can use apt-get if you want, but this installs experimental packages.

You're my type of person for using a Raspberry Pi on here! Usually people use windows or mac, but I use a Pi 3 B myself. We can be Pi buddies :D

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