Minimum Hardware Requirements

[janstadt]

This is not a bug but i was curious if you have recommendations for hardware to run QZ on your own hardware or can provide any metrics for the app when its running? I have an original Raspberry Pi (700mhz processor 256mb memory) and im currently on the make step of the installation and its taking far longer than 45 minutes which i presume is due to the hardware its running on. Once its all built and running, does the bridge require a lot of processing power or will this old thing be sufficient? I see that the docs state the Raspberry Pi Zero which is a 1ghz processor with 512mb so im hopefully this old pi i am installing it on will have a new purpose!

[cagnulein]

hi @janstadt I converted this on a discussion ;)
Yes QZ can run smoothly on a PI pico without any issue, the bridge code is very small and very light!
On the counter side, i don't think that the PI pico can run the QML code, but I didn't try this since a lot of months, so give it a try and be sure to have the GPU of the PI pico enabled! It will impact a lot of the performance of the QML side.

For the make steps, be sure to run the make without any "-jX" thing, because using this option will require a lot of RAM causing the blocks of the system.

Let me know if you any questions!

[rbolinger]

Reading this discussion intrigued me about the possibility of running QZ on a Pico W though I don't even know where to get started. I've run through basic tasks with the Pico such as loading a program and doing some basic MicroPython development. I've also gotten QZ up and running on a Raspberry Pi Zero W. I assume the only things required for this are what is described as the "bridge code" and the settings file though not sure how to decipher what code I need for the bridge or how to run the build the application for the Pico.

Desired goal is to get the Pico W running QZ to connect to the QZ companion app running on a NordicTrack S22i and also have it broadcast to Zwift. I've gotten this working with an Android device running QZ but love the idea of the Pico W for that due to price and size, much easier to dedicate it to that purpose. Any help to accomplish this is appreciated.

[cagnulein]

first of all build it with the instructions. remember to use make without any -j arguments than i can help you with the settings let me know Il giorno lun 19 giu 2023 alle 21:04 Ryan Bolinger ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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