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Funnily enough, to avoid all the cables and mess, I simply plug my Pi 4/8Gb straight into my iPad, then VNC or SSH into it, and instantly have a development environment. I would have to use some kind of hub to charge the iPad at the same time and plug an external monitor in, but the iPad Pro plus Smart Keyboard plus a Pi works brilliantly. (Where's my cheque, Tim?)

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Can you expand on that? How do you plug your Pi into the iPad, just a simple USB cable? Do you use an app for VNC/SSH?

As of fall 2019, You'd need a USB-C to ethernet adapter, and provide separate power for the RPi.

You don't need an ethernet adapter. You can config ssh and wifi on the boot volume after flashing.

USB-C powers the RPi, network connectivity comes from wifi.

you can run ethernet over usb-c, just enable tethering on ipad. pi has build in usb2 port in charging port.

Ah that's pretty cool that that works.

Probably using Ethernet over usb. I tried the same with a pi zero, one only need to change some config options in the boot partition.

Weirdly I wasn’t able to do get the Ethernet working. Couldn’t ssh into the pi :(

Maybe because of a cable problem, but I never found out.

This video should give you a good overview about what's possible with the RPi4 and iPad Pro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR6sDcKo3V8

Yup, I had to go through a couple of USB-C cables before I found a working combo (See Pi 4 USB-C woes elsewhere, since fixed) but that was it. I use Blink for SSH/Mosh and VNC Viewer - Remote Desktop.

I also used this link to help me get set up: https://www.hardill.me.uk/wordpress/2019/11/02/pi4-usb-c-gad...

Awesome, thanks for the pointers.

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