Resources for the Raspberry Pi

raspberry_pi_resources.md

#Raspberry Pi Resources

Today you will be taking home a Raspberry Pi Zero along with some of the hardware you need to get started. You will need to install an operating system on the card provided with the Raspberry Pi Zero (See link below for instructions).

##What you will be getting

• Raspberry Pi Zero
• Power source (Only use the provided power source, other cables may fry your Pi)
• Micro-USB adaptor
• Micro-HDMI adaptor
• GPIO Header (will need to be soldered onto the Zero)
• Unformatted Micro-SD card with adaptor
• A snazzy CIR button

##What's not included

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Monitor
• USB hub (Highly recommended, the Pi Zero only has one USB port. If you plan to do any work with sensors and a breadboard, you should get a powered USB hub)
• HDMI Cable
• WiFi Adaptor (We've been using the Canakit adaptor which sells for about $10 on Amazon)
• Breadboard
• Wires
• Sensors

##GPIO Diagram

##Tutorials and more information

Below is a list of resources for diving into your Raspberry Pi Zero. There is quite a bit of overlap between the guides, but you can get a good feel for the steps needed to get started.

Installing an operating system on your Raspberry Pi Zero

Getting started with Raspberry Pi

Particle's Guide to Setting Up the Raspberry Pi

Official Raspberry Pi Tutorials

Setting up your Pi and installing Doom

Raspberry Pi Zero NPR One Radio

Raspberry Pi Zero Projects on Hackster.io

Make Magazine Raspberry Pi Projects

Maker's Guide to Boards

##Python

Working with sensors on the Raspberry Pi requires a bit of coding in Python. A good source to learn the basics is CodeAcademy.

##Where to buy parts

Adafruit

Pi Hut

SparkFun

##People and blogs

John Keefe

Liza Starke

Hackaday

There's also an IoT build for rpi by Particle, but it's in Beta: https://docs.particle.io/guide/getting-started/start/raspberry-pi/

Basic idea behind the dev of this was, I think, more easy exposure of GPIOs

Sparkfun tutorial for raspbian and doom: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/setting-up-raspbian-and-doom

codeacademy for Python: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python

lol because journalism, this specifically: https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-npr-one-radio

accidentally deleted this comment-- hackster project shares that often include tutorials: https://www.hackster.io/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-zero

Perhaps Make Magazine generally, and also: http://makezine.com/comparison/boards/how-we-test/shootout/

Cool humans who do this:

John Keefe has some things on his blog http://johnkeefe.net/
Liza might also have some things but I think mostly blogging about education? http://thesoftcircuiteer.net/

GPIO pin diagram: https://elementztechblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/gpio.png?w=700