Why the Raspberry Pi? by Brian Byrne

Why the Raspberry Pi? by Brian Byrne

MaSCot conference 2019.

Wolverhampton University, Telford, July 2019

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1. Why the Raspberry Pi? by Brian Byrne Wolverhampton University, Telford July 2019 © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
2. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com Lots of Raspberry Pi!
3. Why use a Raspberry Pi? © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
4. Your own home server You control everything It’s low power Build, do something, wipe and start again Same command line as Ubuntu, Debian and AWS images, etc Schools and coding (Scratch, Python, etc) Internet of Things projects, Robotics, sensors and monitoring projects © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com The why
5. May 2009 - Raspberry Pi Foundation registered as a charity March 2012 - first batch released November 2015 - Pi Zero launched December 2015 - Astro Pi in the International Space Station June 2019 - Raspberry Pi 4 released Key people: Eben Upton, Rob Mullins, Jack Lang, Alan Mycroft, Pete Lomas and David Braben © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
6. How to do it? © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
7. Get the operating system Prepare a MicroSD card Burn the image to the MicroSD card (Etcher) Fix some networking files Put MicroSD card in Raspberry Pi and boot Do initial setup, then good to go. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
8. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
9. Where? © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
10. Find the operating system Go to Pi Foundation, https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ Raspbian >Raspbian Stretch with desktop→Download Zip Decompress Verify (note the SHA-256 values) © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
11. Again, get the operating system Prepare a MicroSD card Burn the image to the MicroSD card (Etcher) Fix some networking files Put MicroSD card in Raspberry Pi and boot Do initial setup, then good to go. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
12. But © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
13. For MaSCot 2019 everything is pre-prepared 1. We have setup the ABOX kits to plug straight into a monitor, with a keyboard and mouse (that’s all you need to get them going) 2. A detailed video of how to install everything from scratch is available on the ABOX YouTube channel. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
14. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
15. Well done! You are now a system administrator of a Linux system (Raspbian) PS: All images herein are the copyright of their respective owners. © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
16. Links: The ABOX kit https://www.aboxtek.com/products/abox-raspberry-pi-3b-16gb Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1LugW86Odc A review of the ABOX kit https://the-gadgeteer.com/2018/10/05/abox-raspberry-pi-3b-starter-kit-review/ Raspberry Pi Foundation forums https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/ Installing images directly https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md © Brian Byrne, 2019. Twitter:@BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com