Month: November 2015

There are a lot of how-to’s online describing ways to set up a Raspberry Pi without a monitor or keyboard, but none of them are simple or straightforward. This will be. I’m going to walk through how to do this on a Mac, but something like this should also work on Windows using internet connection…

To log into your Raspberry Pi using SSH try the following steps: In a terminal window in your Mac, type “ssh pi@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”, where “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” is the IP address you discovered in the previous step. It will then prompt for your password. Type in the default password raspberry and type return. (Note that this will not…

Once you’ve formatted a Raspian SD Card you’re ready to boot up your Raspberry Pi (RPi). You have a few options: Plug a keyboard, mouse and monitor to your RPi to get the full affect. Run RPi ‘headless’ without monitor or keyboard. Either way you’ll need to plug an ethernet cable to RPi and your network…

You can use the Raspberry Pi for all sorts of different things—some of which may require their own special operating systems—but to start out, it’s a good idea to get acquainted with the Pi by installing Raspbian, a Raspberry Pi-focused version of Linux. Here’s what you need to do. Step One: Prepare Your SD Card…

The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little computer that fits in the palm of your hand, yet packs enough power to run your home media center, a VPN, and a lot more. This article attempts to cover the basics of this great little prototyping tool. The Raspberry Pi may be a computer all on its…