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README.md

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		## Setup

		### Raspberry Pi
		### Base Image

		1. Use the official “Raspberry Pi Imager” to flash an SD card
		* Use “Raspberry Pi OS” (the one recommended)
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		* Your computer should immediately start acting as a “wired hotspot” now and provide IP address and internet access to the Pi.
		5. You can now `ssh jakob@poolpaypi.local` on your main computer and it shoud Just Work™.

		#### NFC Reader
		### NFC Reader

		1. Open `sudo raspi-config`
		2. Go to “Interface Options”
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		- [Instructions (en)](https://cdn-reichelt.de/documents/datenblatt/C300/SBC-RFID-RC522-MANUAL-08-07-2019.pdf)
		</details>

		#### Pi as a WiFi hotspot
		### WiFi hotspot

		1. Plug in a WiFi stick (on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model V1.2, I didn't get the internal WiFi to work as a hotspot, however, that seems to be an issue that only I with my specific Pi have)
		2. Create a network manager configuration in `/etc/NetworkManager/system-connection/PoolPayPi.nmconnection`, get the following information ...
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		</details>

		### Display

		1. Connect the display by placing it on the GPIO header
		2. Append the following line to `/boot/firmware/config.txt`

		```ini
		dtoverlay=fbtft,spi0-0,ili9486,width=320,height=480,regwidth=16,reset_pin=25,dc_pin=24,rotate=270
		```

		<details>
		<summary>Links</summary>

		- [Raspberry Pi Forum post mentioning the line to include in the config (German)](https://forum-raspberrypi.de/forum/thread/55290-displays-mit-spi-anschluss-unter-raspberry-pi-os-bullseye-bookworm/)
		- [Device tree overlays README](https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/master/boot/overlays/README)
		- [RB-TFT3.5 Manual (German)](https://joy-it.net/files/files/Produkte/RB-TFT3.5/RB-TFT-Anleitung_04082020.pdf)
		</details>

		### Software

		Clone the repository (you can use a Project Access Token for that, Settings → Access Tokens) and cd into it.