small-factor-devices.md

Using .NET Interactive on small factor devices

We support running .NET Interactive on small factor devices like Raspberry Pi and pi-top [4].

Installing .NET Interactive on a Raspberry Pi

We suggest running on a Pi 4 or above as the device provides more computing power. We provide a simple way to get .NET Interactive global tool, .NET Core sdk, Jupyter and Jupyter lab ready to go.

Open a terminal and type

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/interactive/master/tools/setup-raspbian.sh | bash -e

Now you can activate the jupyter virtual environment using the command

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ source ~/.jupyter_venv/bin/activate

The prompt in the active environment will look like this

(.jupyter_venv) pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

Finally start Jupyter Lab

(.jupyter_venv) pi@raspberrypi:~ $ jupyter lab --ip 0.0.0.0

Installing .NET Interactive on a piTop[4]

Follow the instructions on the piTop repository.

Libraries and tools

The dotnet/iot provides a wide palette of device bindings that you can consume as NuGet packages.