Raspberry Pi Links
Please find a bunch of hand-picked links for everything related to Raspberry Pi
Our Raspberry Pi Tutorials and Resources
Here we link resources to Raspberry Pi directly related to the device itself and/or projects on the Pi. There's plenty more pages on configuration tips for various software, for software & tools on the device and more.
Introductions:
A few articles introducing different hardware, concepts and summing up specifications.
- A Gentle Introduction to the Raspberry Pi - If you don't know where to get started, try this link
- Inspiration Gallery - Once you know what the Raspberry Pi is, figure out your next project
- GIT
- Raspberry Pi Pin Layout
- Raspberry Pi Leds
- Raspberry Pi Zero - The smaller brother of Raspberry Pi
- BBC micro:bit
- OS for Raspberry Pi - Recommended systems for your Pi
- Ubuntu Mate - Installing Ubuntu Mate on the Pi
- MQTT Topic Trees - a description of an MQTT topic structure our solutions use
Configuring the Raspberry PI:
A set of articles for setting up and configuring your Raspberry Pi.
- Setup SD Card
- Headless Setup - a key article for setting up the Pi without a keyboard and monitor
- Docker on Raspberry Pi - setup an image for using Docker
- Updating the Raspberry Pi
- WIFI Setup
- Setup a Static IP
- Securing the Raspberry Pi
- Remote Access to Raspberry Pi
- Setting up Samba
- Transfer your System to a USB stick or drive
- Troubleshooting - When things go wrong
Recipes:
Various 'recipes' on how to setup interesting software/hardware and use it in real life
- RaspAP Wifi Hotspot - a great interface to control Wifi. Here is the home page
- Raspberry Pi Tor Access Point
- Streaming Video from the Pi
- UV4L
- GPIO with Scratch
- Setup a Python Development Environment
- Autorun Python Scripts
- MQTT on Raspberry Pi
- Copying SD Cards
- Mounting the PiCamera
- How to setup Bluetooth on Raspberry Pi 3
- Install Arduino IDE (with ESP8266) on Raspberry Pi
- Map Bluetooth Controller using Python
- Getting Started with CoAP
- Zero Dongle
Sensors:
- Connecting the PIR Sensor - motion detection sensor (passive infra-red)
- RCWL 0516 Microwave Radar Sensor- motion detection sensor (microwave - radar)
- BME680 Sensor and BME680 Breakout Board - temperature, pressure, humidity, air quality sensor
Hats and Shields:
Links for interesting addons we use in daily development. A 'HAT' (Hardware Attached on Top) is a board you plugin on top of the Raspberry PI (that's why we have GPIO) to gain extra functionality. A 'Shield' is a similar concept, but for the Arduino.
Our Projects:
Here are more complex projects we have created while running our makerspace sessions.
- CamBox - A security camera with motion detection (PIR), or simply a wild-life photo trap. Your choice - Make one now!
- IoT Raspberry Pi Device - A foundation for IOT projects using MQTT and NODE-RED
- Adding a temperature sensor - You can extend our IOT device with an end-to-end temperature monitoring solution
- IoT Raspberry Pi Device on Docker
Special Images:
If you want to download a Raspberry Pi image for a special purpose, say a media center or your blogging platform, check the links below. Images we have tested are listed below.
- PiHole Image - Download an AD blocker for your whole network (home)
- PressPi Image - Downlad a WordPress-ready image for your Raspberry Pi
- motionEye OS
- DietPi
We are just scratching the surface in the above list. If you want more, just Google a bit. Here is an interesting link, if you want fast results: thibmaek OS Images - already sorted out and very extensive.
Tools:
Interesting tools to use with / on your Raspberry Pi
- Getting Started Guide - covers mostly tooling
- PiBakery
- Adafruit webIDE
- Ghost blogging platform
- Raspbian on QEMU with network access - This guide shows how to emulate Raspbian using QEMU. Not for the faint-hearted :) If you want a more simple emulation, try RPI Emulator; it automates the QEMU creation
Shops
Contains links for notable shops which also often provide interesting tutorial sections. If Amazon is not the thing for you, here are some more:
- Kjell & Company - just type the search phrase Raspberry Pi and prepare to be amazed
- Pimoroni
- Mod My Pi
- AdaFruit Industries - a great shop with as many tutorials, based in NYC
Curated Lists
Our list of resources is far from complete. Here are links to other lists.
Reference
- Raspberry Pi Foundation Learning Resources
- Raspberry Pi Pinout - Super place to find layouts for boards and hats and shields and what you have
- Official Raspberry Pi Documentation - and it's GitHub Pages
- Shrinking Raspberry Pi SD Card Images - a critical article by Andrew Oakley if you wish to prepare good images for communities. A PDF printout is available on our site.
News and General
- Raspberry Pi blog
- Raspberry Connect
- RaspiCZ - If you want to read up in Czech, that is :)
Software
- Sonic Pi
- PiBakery - Amazing image builder with Jessie
- Adafruit Pi Finder
- Dashing Dashboard - lovely dashboard for large screens (project on makeuseof). Dashing is discontinued, here is a substitute: Smashing
- PiNet - a software to manage a Pi classroom. Or jam. Or a community of Pi enthusiasts
Images
Contains links pointing to specialized images for the Raspberry Pi
- Chromium OS for SBC: SBC - Single Board Computers
- Chameleon Pi: A gaming emulator image. Lot's of emulators
- Docker Pirates ARMed with explosive stuff: great resource for running Docker on Raspberry Pi - includes their own images of a base system
- MotionEyeOS - a video surveillance system
- Pwnie Express - Pentesting Image - penetration testing and auditing platform
- DietPi - a great, light-weight distro with awesome support for basically any SBC
- resinOS - a light-weight OS for working with Docker
- Zynthian - an amazing image and solution for a synthesiser. So if you're into music, search no further
- Mozilla IoT - a great concept from Mozilla, image and tons of adapters available
Projects
- MIT DuckieTown: A Great autonomous vehicle running Raspberry Pi
- 3DOF Ball on Plate using Closed Loop Steppers
- Microsoft Car Kit - wooden
- Wifi Drone Disabler
- Stream Steam to TV via RasPi
- Weekend project - Docker and RasPi - Self Hosted Blog
- TimeLapse Rig with RasPi
- Raspberry Pi as an Eddystone Beacon
- Make a Raspberry Pi GMail Notification Light
- Home Library System - helps you to organize your physical books using a Pi
- Raspberry Pi Zero - Wearable Camera
- How to add a Power Button to your Pi
- Adding a soft shutdown switch to your headless Pi
- Raspberry Pi AstroCam - for amateur astronomers, use the Pi attached to your telescope
- Fractal Music - if you're into music and MIDI interfaces, this is a fun experiment to do
- Running DOS on Raspberry Pi
- NODE - Turn a Zero into a Dongle Computer
Autonomous Racing Projects
Instructables Projects
Guides and Blogs
Various tutorial sites and blogs
- Full Raspberry Pi on GitHub
- Guides and Extras: from Home Automation for Geeks, this tutorial section contains tutorials for basics on the Raspberry Pi (stuff like Samba, Mosquitto setup, intros to Raspberry Pi, Arduino etc.)
- Raspberry Pi Guides
- Raspberry Pi Hacks
- Raspberry Pi Web Server
- Alexellis Blog - great info on Linux, Docker, Raspberry Pi, .NET
- How to Install WD PiDrive - or any other USB Disk
- 42 Most Useful Raspberry Pi Commands
- Setup a pi Server - great for classrooms to boot from network (Pi3)