Raspberry PI GoPro Data Copier

This project aims to provide a quick solution to copy GoPro Video footages to a backup storage in places where bringing a computer is not convenient.

Hardware

In order to build this project, you will need:

1x: Raspberry Pi Zero (v1 or v2 recommended)
1x: GPIO headers that you will need to solder on the Raspberry Pi Zero (if not already present)
1x: USB Hub Hat with passthrough headers
- Waveshare USB Hat: https://www.waveshare.com/usb-hub-hat.htm
- Waveshare USB + Ethernet Hat: https://www.waveshare.com/eth-usb-hub-hat.htm
1x: 1.44in LCD Screen plus Joystick : https://www.waveshare.com/1.44inch-lcd-hat.htm
[OPTIONAL] 1x: Battery module: https://www.waveshare.com/ups-hat-c.htm

Assembly

Once you have all the components assembled together:

LCD Screen 
    |
    ﹀
  USB Hub
    |
    ﹀
 RPI Zero
    |
    ﹀
 Battery

OS Install

Please follow official raspberry pi tutorial and install Raspian (no GUI needed): https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/how-to-set-up-raspberry-pi/

Project install

A. Enable Interfaces

Enable SPI Interface

Necessary to enable the LCD screen to function.

More info on: https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/1.44inch_LCD_HAT

sudo raspi-config
Choose Interfacing Options -> SPI -> Yes to enable SPI interface
sudo reboot 0

[Optional] Enable I2C Interface

If you intend to use the WaveShare Battery UPS Hat: https://www.waveshare.com/ups-hat-c.htm

It's recommend to enable the I2C Interface

sudo raspi-config 
Choose Interfacing Options -> I2C -> Yes to enable I2C interface
sudo reboot 0

B. Clone the project

Please follow these steps:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
  wget curl vim git \
  python3.11 python3.11-dev \
  python3-pip
sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED  # Prevent PEP 668 annoyance

Then let's clone the project:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

cd ~/ 
git clone https://github.com/DEKHTIARJonathan/RaspberryPi-GoPro-Copier.git
cd RaspberryPi-GoPro-Copier
bash install_deps.sh

C. Test & Verify Installation

Test the LCD Screen

cd ~/RaspberryPi-GoPro-Copier

# Install Numpy
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install -y libopenblas-dev  # Necessary for numpy
pip3 install --no-cache --upgrade numpy

python demo_LCD_screen.py   # CTRL + C to exit

[Optional] Test the UPS Batery Pack Screen

You can test proper operation by doing:

cd ~/RaspberryPi-GoPro-Copier
python demo_UPS_hat.py

D. Some configuration & setup

Configure USB AutoMount to automatically mount USB Storage devices

Then we need to configure usbmount:

sudo vi /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf to open the configuration file

And then:

# Replace: MOUNTOPTIONS="sync,noexec,nodev,noatime,nodiratime"   # Remove `sync` option
#      by: MOUNTOPTIONS="noexec,nodev,noatime,nodiratime"
#
# Replace: FILESYSTEMS="vfat ext2 ext3 ext4 hfsplus"
#      by: FILESYSTEMS="exfat ntfs fuseblk vfat ext2 ext3 ext4 hfsplus"
#
# Replace: FS_MOUNTOPTIONS=""
#      by: FS_MOUNTOPTIONS="-fstype=exfat,nls=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0002 -fstype=vfat,nls=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0002 -fstype=ntfs-3g,nls=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0002 -fstype=fuseblk,nls=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=0002"

Then restart the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo service systemd-udevd --full-restart

Allow some sudo commands to require no passwords: reboot/shutdown/unmount

Don't forget to replace [your_username] below

$ sudo visudo
#     Add: %[your_username] ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff, /sbin/reboot, /sbin/shutdown, /bin/umount

E. Test the application manually

Launch the application as follows:

cd ~/RaspberryPi-GoPro-Copier
python gui.py

Once it is confirmed to work, you can close with CTRL + C

E. Make the application to autostart at boot

Crontab to autostart our software