Intro to the Raspberry Pi

Specs

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/specifications/

• Broadcom BCM2711, Quad core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
• 1GB, 2GB or 4GB LPDDR4-3200 SDRAM
• 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 2 USB 3.0 ports; 2 USB 2.0 ports.
• Raspberry Pi standard 40 pin GPIO header (fully backwards compatible with previous boards)
• 2 × micro-HDMI ports (up to 4kp60 supported)
• 2-lane MIPI DSI display port
• 2-lane MIPI CSI camera port
• 4-pole stereo audio and composite video port
• H.265 (4kp60 decode), H264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode)
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled (requires separate PoE HAT)
• ...
  

What you need to make it run

Headless - running without a monitor, keyboard or mouse.  Control is via the network - VNC or SSH.

• A micro SD card with an operating system on it.  I recommend you start with Raspbian - either the image or NOOBS.   NOOBS is easy.  Copy all the files to an empty micro SD card and boot it.   Copying the image requires extra software for Windows.  The end result is the same.  (This appears to have changed. See below.)
  
• A power supply 5V 3Amps USB C connection

With a Keyboard and Monitor - the above and



See: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B014EUQOGK/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_4EQTEbPBJS945

   I find it easier to get the software installed and finding the IP address - then go headless if you want.  Other Opinions?

• A USB keyboard and mouse
• An HDMI monitor or TV. 
  
• An HDMI to micro HDMI cable
  

A case is nice, but not required if you have a secure location for your pi.

Getting Started

• Install and Configure the OS
• Untar and copy NOOBS to the micro SD card  (NEW)
  Get a copy of the rpi-imager from  https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/
  
  
  
  
• Insert an  SD card into the the machine you are running the pi-imager on
  
• Choose the OS
• Choose the SD card location you want to write to.  Please don't overwrite the SD card that may be running your OS.
  
• When done insert the SD card into your Pi and power it on.
  
• Answer the questions as they come up

What to do with it

Simply Use it as a PC.

Of course as soon as you say this - infinite possibilities arise ...

Program an Arduino or an ESP8266 or ESP32

See:  http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/leds/index.html

Program a Pi Pico  (NEW)

Run Node Red to capture data

• See: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/Node-RED/index.html
• See: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/Node-REDII/index.html

Control outputs and read input - first step to taking over the world

See: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/Beginners

Learn Linux and programming

See: https://vicpimakers.ca/january-23-2016-python-introduction/
and: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/programmingSessions/index.html

Add a Software Defined Radio and track aircraft

See: https://vicpimakers.ca/april-14-2018-flightradar24-for-the-pi/

Take pictures with a Pi Camera

See: http://drsol.com/%7Edeid/pi/camera/index.html

Attach it to a Ham Radio

See:  http://drsol.com/%7Edeid/pi/nexusdrx/index.html

Add LXC containers and introduce programming languages

See: https://vicpimakers.ca/test2/

How to do it - the CLI and the GUI

• CLI
  
• http://drsol.com/%7Edeid/pi/Beginners/OS/
  
  
• GUI
• Really - it's just like Windows with a different picture ...