Category: Tutorials

The command prompt Now that you’ve logged in you’ll see a command prompt with: pi@raspberrypi ~ $ What does it mean? The pi section is your username followed by @. The raspberrypi (the default hostname), the ~ is your current working directory. The ~ symbol is short hand for your home directory. When you log…

Overview Despite having four full sized USB ports and one micro USB port (for power), you can’t connect to your Raspberry Pi from your computer via USB (without additional hardware). You can however connect to your Raspberry Pi via a “USB to TTL Serial Cable”, also sometimes called a Console Cable. This cable allows you…