Raspberry Pi

Welcome to the Raspberry Pi guide. In this you will find information and tutorials on all aspects of setting up and using your Pi. See below for Why Raspberry Pi? and possible Alternatives to the Raspberry Pi.

Chapters

• 1. Assembling Pi workstation
  • 1.1. Getting going
• 2. Setting up your SD Card
  • 2.1. Downloading your Disk Image
  • 2.2. Flashing your Disk Image
• 3. Configuring the Pi
  • 3.1. raspi-config
  • 3.2. Adding users
• 4. Headless Setup
• 5. Accessing Networks
  • 5.1. WiFi via GUI
  • 5.2. WPA Supplicant
  • 5.3. Pi as a hotspot
• 6. Software
  • 6.1. Removing packages
  • 6.2. Operating System
  • 6.3. Installing packages
• 7. Connecting Remotely
  • 7.1. SSH via remot3.it
  • 7.2. SSH using Screen
  • 7.3. Alternative ways to connect via SSH
  • 7.4. VNC GUI control
  • 7.5. Transferring files
• 8. Backing up your SD card
  • 8.1. Backup using Windows
  • 8.2. Backup using macOS
  • 8.3. Restoring and image to the SD Card
• 9. GPIO
  • 9.1. Materials needed
  • 9.2. GPIO Pinout
  • 9.3. Blink
  • 9.4. LED PWM
  • 9.5. Button
  • 9.6. Combining Everything
• 10. Using Peripherals
  • 10.1. Motor HAT
  • 10.2. Available I/O e.g. cameras/screens/touch screens/drivers

Why Raspberry Pi?

The Raspberry Pi definitely performs best when there are heavy calculations into play but also is great for:

• More processing power, so the Raspberry can come to the rescue.
• Graphical applications
• Big Data projects
• Internet or network connectivity projects (IoT)
• The need for USB peripherals such as a web cam
• … and many more applications!

To choose between the two there’s is this Make:zine article that can help you out.

Alternatives to the Raspberry Pi

Here are some alternatives to the Raspberry Pi, although it’s important to remember that the Pi really is the best in its field with many many examples available around the internet.

• Arduino Yun it is an Arduino with WiFi connection capabilities ideal for IoT
• Intel IoT Developer Kit
• Photon very tiny Wifi enabled board
• Beaglebone it is a Raspberry Pi competitor with some analog pins functionality
• ESP8266