Raspberry Pi 4B Introduction and Starters Guide.
By Christopher DeSouza, 16/05/2020
The raspberry Pi is a small credit card sized low cost single board computer which runs on the Linux kernel. It operates hugely on the open source ideology and runs a variety of open source software. The Raspberry pi is a great tool that can be used to introduce yourself to electronics, it can also be used as a fully functional Desktop computer if need be.
People use Raspberry pi’s to learn new programming skills and with use of the onboard GPIO (general purpose input/output ) pins it allows us to do various hardware projects such as home automation by tapping into the internet of things (IoT) and even use it in various day to day applications some of which can be easy and some very complex such as databases and servers.
The Raspberry pi 4 is the latest of the Raspberry pi family with tons of great new features over the previous model. Some of the notable features include higher memory options, a much faster Quad-core CPU, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 5.0, Dual 4k hi resolution displays, high speed USB 3.0 and USB Type C power option.
Getting Started
To get started we will need a raspberry pi board , this can be purchased here on it own for about 35$ or as a kit online . the basic hardware requirements to set up a RPI is a USB C power adapter, TV or Monitor display having HDMI compatibility , a mini-HDMI cable to HDMI, a mouse and Keyboardand a Micro SD card for the software. Additionally you will need access to a laptop to install the initial software for the Pi .
The software can be found on the link Raspberry Pi Downloads - Software for the Raspberry Pi . It is recommended that you use a minimum of 16 GB SD Card . Format the SD card and copy the contents of the download by unzipping the file and move them into the Newly formatted card by using win32diskimager, insert the card into the PI and we can get started with the setup process.
Download win32diskImager here
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