Switching from "EZ Blocky" to raspberry pi OS bookworm (32)

General
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I assembled my Picar-X by creating the disk image of “EZ Blocky” instead of installing Bookworm 32; I also installed the RPi V-2 camera.

When I finished, the calibrations And Everything did not respond in “EZ Blocky”, and after studying EZ Blocky, I realized I should have stuck to python inside Bookworm 32.

Given my Picar-X is fully assembled (properly, with the servos zero’ed) How do I get it to run off a different microSD? Is it OK to have the hat plugged in, as well as the 3 servos and sensors when I install the necessary packages?

Please help,

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It is recommended that you prepare two SD cards, one for Python control and one for ezblock control.
If you use Python in Bookworm 32 to do servo zeroing and calibration, normally, you do not need to do zeroing and calibration when you switch to ezblock, so you can just use the running example.
It is recommended that you connect all hardware modules when installing the software.

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But if the initial installation of the Picar-X was with EX Block image, do I install the RPi OS with the robot-hat and sensors/motors plugged in?

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But if the initial installation of the Picar-X was with EX Block image, do I install the RPi OS with the robot-hat and sensors/motors plugged in?

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If you used the EX Block image when you initially installed Picar-X, you will need to connect the robot hat when you install the RPi OS because you want to verify that the robot hat’s speakers are working properly.

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Can you please tell me how to configure the dependencies and programs if the car is Pre-assembled. When I first tried, the Only thing that works is the speaker, none of the motors…

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After assembling the robot car, Picar-x, the speaker works great- but None of the sensors or motors are responsive. How do I proceed to troubleshoot?

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  • If you’re using EZBlock, you’ll need to connect to PiCar-X either through the EZBlock app or web interface, then run the corresponding block or example program to activate movement.
  • If you’re working with Python, please ensure you execute the provided example code (refer to the attached image for reference) to initiate the actions.
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