Can i use Robot hat with ubuntu server 24.04 lts

Robotic kit for Raspberry Pi
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Installing Robot HAT v4 on Ubuntu

I have double checked the install.py file and i2samp.sh script and reviewed the breif notes I made at the time and I think just a few simple steps should successfully install a robot-HAT v4 on a Raspberry Pi 5 runnung Ubuntu 24.04

1) Clone robot hat repository to home directory (follow instructions on Sunfounder website)

  1. cd ~/
git clone -b v2.0 https://github.com/sunfounder/robot-hat.git
cd robot-hat
  • DO NOT run the instal.py file as it will fail
  • Install required packages and setup manually as below

2) Install required packages from APT repository

  • raspi-config (not bundled in Ubuntu 24.04)

  • i2c-tools

  • espeak

  • libsdl2-dev

  • libsdl2-mixer-dev

  • portaudio19-dev

  • sox

  • sudo apt install raspi-config i2c-tools espeak libsdl2-dev libsdl2-mixer-
dev portaudio19-dev sox

3) Install required python packages

  • smbus2

  • gpiozero

  • pyaudio

  • spidev

  • pyserial (package not on apt. Use python3-serial instead)

  • pillow (newest version python3-pil with ubuntu and is automatically selected instead

    by apt)

  • pygame>=2.1.2 (was unable to install version 2.1.2 from apt. used python3-pygame

    instead which downloads v2.5.2-2 instead)

I installed each package system-wide using:

  • sudo apt install python3-<PACKAGE_NAME>

If installing into a virtual environment, use pip instead

  • python3 -m pip install <PACKAGE_NAME>

4) Enable I2C and SPI interfaces

  • Open raspberry pi configuration tool by typing following into terminal

  • sudo rasp-config

  • Select option 3 - Interface options and enable I2C and SPI

5) Copy hardware dtoverlays to overlays directory

  • Copy required harware overlays from within robot-hat directory to /boot/firmware/overlays/ directory

  • cd robot-hat

  • cp ./dtoverlays/* /boot/firmware/overlays/

  • This will copy sunfounder-robothat5.dtbo and sunfounder-servohat+.dtbo to the directory

  • Edit config.txtto apply these overlays at time of boot

  • cd ~/
sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

  • Add the following lines to config.txt after the [All]

  • dtoverlay=sunfounder-robothat5
dtoverlay=sunfounder-servohat+

  • Exit with ctrl-X and Y to save changes

6) Reboot and try python programs in test folder

  • NOTE: you MUST copy the robot_hat folder (robot_hat module) into the tests folder for the python testing programs to work

  • Motor and servo demo files should now work

  • Sound card setup and audio testing follows separately