RaspberryPi/PGCE1/intro

At the workshop

We'll have fully working Raspberry Pis for you at the workshop, so for now no need to learn how to set one up. The information below is really meant for people NOT coming to the workshop, or of you want to read up more afterwards!

At the workshop, have a look at what we've got. At some point during the workshop, experiment with different ways of connecting a Raspberry Pi to screens, keyboards etc.

Some of the electronics we bought for the workshop are listed here: components.

Getting started with Raspberry Pi

Just in case you want to use these tutorials on your own, here is some basic information. However, if you are coming to our workshop, you don't really need to read this in detail - just skim it so that you know what a Raspberry Pi is!

You can find advice on buying a Raspberry Pi here http://elinux.org/RPi_Buying_Guide

Go to the http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads page and download the ‘debian image’, which you then need to transfer to an SD card. Further help is available here: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/by-subject/computing/raspberry-pi/

Setup Tutorial

• http://www.youtube.com/user/RaspberryPiTutorials

Links used in this tutorial: Raspberry Pi Operating System Downloads: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads Win32DiskImager: https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download MD5 & SHA-1 Checksum Utility: http://download.cnet.com/MD5-SHA-1-Checksum-Utility/3000-2092_4-10911445.html See http://www.raspberrypi.org/ for more info.

More links for Raspberry Pi

• http://pi.cs.man.ac.uk/

• http://elinux.org/Rpi_Education
• http://python4kids.wordpress.com/ - python for kids, raspberry pi, minecraft, etc.