Recently got hold of a Raspberry PI 3 (If you do not know it already, this is a credit card sized computer, which can run almost all computing things we do on our laptop/desktops). It’s just about CAD $30. But powerful enough for all kinds of research work and POC. So once you have the hardware, let’s see how we can start with the Setting up your Raspberry Pi 3. The below is an image of the device. This device includes 4 USB ports, 1 HDMI port, 3.5mm Audio Jack, LAN port,1 Micro SD Card Slot, 1 micro USB power port and much more. It also comes with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip. You will not need a cable for this device to be connected to the Internet. I got this one for a quick research on IoT, to see how it will work. So, expect some more post about these in near future. Let’s get started with raspberrypi setup now.
What you will need for this post
1. RaspberryPi 3
2. An HDMI cable to connect to your TV or Monitor
3. 8GB or more micro SD Card to install the operating system
4. Micro USB charger
5. USB mouse and Keyboard
6. Operating system (Download Link : https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ )
7. SD card formatter (Download Link: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/index.html )
Wanted to keep it all simple, so let’s use NOOBS for this. Once you are on the download link : https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ you can download the NOOBS.
Once download to local system extract it using any zipping software. Plug your micro SD to your computer and format that using the SD formatter mentioned above. After the formatting is complete, you can just copy all the extracted files to the SD card. That’s it. You have a SD card with some bootable stuff in there.
Hardware Assembly
The next step is very crucial and be careful while doing this as it might cause damage to your mother board. Do it in the same sequence to be same as mentioned here:
• Begin by placing your SD card into the SD card slot on the Raspberry Pi. It will only fit one way.
• Next, plug your keyboard and mouse into the USB ports on the Raspberry Pi.
• Make sure that your monitor or TV is turned on, and that you have selected the right input (e.g. HDMI 1, DVI, etc).
• Connect your HDMI cable from your Raspberry Pi to your monitor or TV.
• When you’re happy that you have plugged all the cables and SD card in correctly, connect the micro USB power supply. This action will turn on and boot your Raspberry Pi.
The installation of Operating System
You have connected the hardware and have the SD card with the bootable stuff in it. Now let’s see what happens next.
Once you connect the power you will see the system booting:
Select the operating system you like and done. Raspberian is the recommended OS for this motherboard. But there are other options as well for you to try. Raspberian is a debian linux distribution, if you have some linux hands on , it will help you operating the system. It should install the OS and will reboot and voila…. You will have a fully working minicomputer which is a size of a credit card.
Conclusion
This is my first post about Raspberry Pi and hoping to share some more post about this in future. It’s part of Internet Of Things (IoT) series post. Hope you will like this post and coming soon ones 😊 . Please share your thoughts about the post raspberrypi setup.
Till then keep reading and sharing…
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