GPIO pin internet connection
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:33 am
by zjosh15
Does anybody know if a rpi A+ or zero could be connected to an internet network through the GPIO pins. I want to put together a parallel processing cluster using the smaller form factor and without having to get Ethernet cables. Can it be done or am i grasping at straws?
Re: GPIO pin internet connection
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 9:54 am
by jadro
why do not connect wireless module on it?
Jadro
Re: GPIO pin internet connection
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:56 am
by faramon
Re: GPIO pin internet connection
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:22 pm
by DougieLawson
Re: GPIO pin internet connection
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:14 pm
by mfa298
zjosh15 wrote:Does anybody know if a rpi A+ or zero could be connected to an internet network through the GPIO pins. I want to put together a parallel processing cluster using the smaller form factor and without having to get Ethernet cables. Can it be done or am i grasping at straws?
For the Zero you could always use gadget mode Ethernet, meaning you get power and Ethernet from the host machine over the same usb connection. I think that's the idea behind the Cluster HAT which uses a Pi2/Pi3 as the cost and 4 Zeros as part of the cluster.