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logeshpalani30
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Jul 09, 2019
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Any Windows IoT Core update for Raspberry pi 4?

Hi Team,   Any Windows IoT Core update for Raspberry pi 4?
  • jff88's avatar
    jff88
    Jul 15, 2019
    About to start a project need power of raspberry PI 4, when would IoT Core be available or do I need to move it to Linux/python?
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lavanyasreepada
Copper Contributor
Jul 03, 2020

 Hi logeshpalani30  

 

Surely, since the first release of Windows 10 IoT Core, there are many changes, and many of them improved the overall user experience with this system. Let's have a quick look at them.

Installation

To install Windows 10 https://mindmajix.com/iot-training on your Raspberry Pi, you have to download the IoT dashboard. 

You can download it http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=708576.

Then, you must have a Microsoft account, but this account is free, and you will be prompted to create one.

The process of creating an SD card is very simple. First, you will have to insert an SD card to your card reader and then, you can choose what version of OS you would like to install.

 
 
 

In this step, you will also choose the device name, and you have to set a device password. Here, it is good to notice that when you try to login to your device, the username is administrator also now it is possible to set up WiFi connection directly to your SD card so when you boot your device for the first time, it will connect automatically.

After you set up everything, the program will start downloading the selected Windows version. Currently in 4.2019, you can choose from 3 versions of Windows 10 https://mindmajix.com/iot-tutorial core:

  • 17763 (latest)
  • 17744 (insider)
  • 17744 (insider)
  • Custom (here, you can choose your own *.ffu file, but I do not know how to get one)

After download, the command line window will appear and it will check your SD card. 

 

Features Overview

Same as before 3 years, Windows 10 IoT is not using full potential from Raspberry Pi 2 or 3. User experience in most of the app is rather bad, even the default app which is pre-installed on image is sometimes laggy on Raspberry Pi 3, on Raspberry Pi 2 it is even worse. But there are still some bright sides, so let's have a look at it.

  • WiFi (Raspberry pi 3) - Working
  • Bluetooth                   - Working
  • HDMI output             - Working
  • Audio output             - Working
  • LAN                            - Working
  • USB                            - Working
  • Graphics                     - Not Working
  • Remote client             - Not Working  

What was an unpleasant surprise to me was that even after 3 years, Microsoft did not add Graphic Chip support. Raspberry board has that chip on board, and all Linux distributions are fully capable of playing video. But on Windows 10 https://mindmajix.com/iot-training, you are not able to play any video or display some more complex graphic content because all rendering goes only through CPU and it just cannot handle it. Another thing to mention about the video is that you will get no sound over HDMI. At least in default setting, maybe it is possible to set it somehow to send sound over HDMI, but in the default setting, you get sound only from 3.5 mm jack.

 

Thanks in Advans 

Lavanya Sreepada 

 

 

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