{"id":219,"date":"2015-11-14T17:19:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T01:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/?p=219"},"modified":"2015-11-15T22:30:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T06:30:12","slug":"raspberry-pi-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/raspberry-pi-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-223\" src=\"http:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/files\/2015\/11\/rpi-hero-shot.jpg\" alt=\"rpi-hero-shot\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/files\/2015\/11\/rpi-hero-shot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/files\/2015\/11\/rpi-hero-shot-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Raspberry Pi may be a computer all on its own, but you&#8217;ll still need a lot of other things to make it work:<\/p>\n<p><strong>A\u00a0monitor:<\/strong>\u00a0For the purposes of our course we&#8217;ll be working with an HDMI-capable monitor because it offers better resolution and built-in sound. But you could however\u00a0use\u00a0any composite video-capable television.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HDMI cable:<\/strong> You&#8217;ll need this cable to connect your Raspberry Pi to your monitor or alternatively\u00a0composite video cable if you&#8217;re using a television.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SD card:<\/strong>\u00a0RPi uses\u00a0an SD card for its hard drive. Almost all cards will work, but some aren&#8217;t compatible and will therefore cause issues. You can find out which cards are compatible, or locate a place to buy a compatible card with an operating system pre-installed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/elinux.org\/RPi_SD_cards\">here.<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>A keyboard and mouse:<\/strong> Any standard USB keyboard or mouse will do. Wireless (non-Bluetooth) peripherals worked for me, but I had to unplug them and plug them back in after the Raspberry Pi booted. You&#8217;ll have fewer issues with fully wired keyboards and mouses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An ethernet cable:<\/strong> Any standard ethernet cable will do. You only need this to connect to your network and the internet, however, so you can leave this item out if desired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A power supply<\/strong>: Most micro USB\u00a0smartphone chargers supply 700mA at 5V, but not all do. Check the bottom of your charger and look for a block of text. You&#8217;ll see its output values in that text which may read 0.7A instead of 700mA). If it offers at least that much power, you&#8217;re probably good to go.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve got all the hardware, it&#8217;s time to <a href=\"http:\/\/preparing-raspian-sd-card\">create the operating system for RaspberryPi on your SD card<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the following articles on setting up Raspberry Pi:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/preparing-raspian-sd-card\/\">Preparing Raspian SD Card<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/booting-up-raspberry-pi\/\">Booting\u00a0up Raspberry Pi<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.haigarmen.com\/desn315\/rpi-via-ethernet-cable\/\">Connecting to RPi with Ethernet Cable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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