Raspberry Pi Essential Training

Learn the basic vocabulary of Raspberry Pi, as well as how to plug in peripherals and perform basic computing tasks. You can also gain an understanding of the GPIO and Pico boards.

Introduction

• Welcome to Raspberry Pi Essential Training
• What you should know before watching this course
• Copying the exercise files to your Raspberry Pi

1. A Quick Overview of Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi is the essence of a computer
• Raspberry Pi is incredibly configurable
• Raspberry Pi is for experimentation

2. Select a Raspberry Pi and Accessories

• Understand the Raspberry Pi family
• Select a monitor
• Select a power supply
• Select a keyboard and mouse
• Select a memory card
• Connect to Wi-Fi and Ethernet
• Electronics for projects

3. Raspberry Pi Startup

• Building or buying an operating system
• Start your Raspberry Pi

4. Raspberry Pi Operating Systems

• Raspberry Pi OS
• Sources for other Raspberry Pi operating systems

5. Set Up VNC with Raspberry Pi

• Why VNC is useful
• Enable VNC on a Raspberry Pi
• Using VNC on a Raspberry Pi
• Alternatives to VNC

6. Use Sound I/O with Raspberry Pi

• Sound: Audio jack, HDMI, Bluetooth
• Sound: GPIO, USB, HAT
• Testing sound

7. Raspberry Pi GPIO

• Introducing GPIO
• The first GPIO project
• Use Python to control GPIO
• GPIO numbering schemes
• Use Scratch to control the interaction
• Other languages used to control the GPIO

8. Raspberry Pi Hardware

• Raspberry Pi cameras
• Raspberry Pi Sense HAT
• Raspberry Pi touch display
• Raspberry Pi 400 laptop

9. Raspberry Pi Pico

• Raspberry Pi vs. Raspberry Pico
• Set up the Pico
• Install a programming language
• A small Pico application
• Moving ahead with the Pico

10. Raspberry Pi OS Desktop

• What is the Raspberry Pi OS desktop

Conclusion

• Where to go from here