Lou Person: Setting up Rasberry Pi - Lou Person - STEM

Thanks to Girls Who Code for the grant, we were able to purchase the following Rasberry Pi 3 with Sensor kit from Stack Social: https://stacksocial.com/sales/37-sensors-starter-kit-for-raspberry-pi-pi-3b-included-2

If you want to follow these posts, you can order the same one.

As of this blog post, we are using the most current model, which is Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

When you open the box, be careful to remove just the Rasberry Pi in the small box. It comes with a small Micro SD Card so be careful you find it right away.

STEP 1:

Follow along here: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up/2 This guide explains the cable you will need to connect to a monitor, a USB Keyboard and USB Mouse. Also, a power cord is needed. You can use a USB Cable with a square power adapter for the wall. You will need a micro USB cable such as this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0711PVX6Z/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_KOycDbH61B4PQ

STEP 2:

Next, follow along here to setup the SD RAM Card (these were setup for you if you are in the club. If you are in the club, you can skip this step):

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up/3

The tricky part here for me was the SD Card is a Micro SD format. I had to get an adapter so I could insert it into a SD Reader on my computer. You can also get a USB Adapter if you only have USB ports.

Here is an adapter for USB, this is what most of you will need:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009D79VH4/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_r5ycDbB9FN8M4

Here is the adapter I got so it would fit into the SD Reader slot on my computer:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FUA0ZPU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_4TycDb3GZPG2S

Continue following the instructions for downloading NOOBS, Formatting the SD Card, Extracting and Copying the files to the SD Card. https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up/3

STEP 3:

Now that you have the files copied to the SD Card, insert it into the Rasberry Pi and install the Mouse, Keyboard, Power and Monitor:

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up/4

STEP 4:

Startup the Rasberry Pi: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up/5

Finish the setup and connect the WiFi: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up/6

In the next lesson, we will connect the sensor board, install the libraries, install the python code and program a LED to change colors!