Raspberry Pi: Getting Started

Where can I find a tiny little computer that can be programmed and cost under RM300? Lots of tablets floating around but I finally settled with just a bare computer, the Raspberry Pi 2.

What is this? 

Bare computer with NO monitor, keyboard or mouse.

What can be done with Raspberry Pi? Here is a short list;

• Arcade machine: Play Minecraft
• Robots
• Media Centre
• Music over all rooms
• Fly Drone
• Personal File cloud
• Learn programming with Scratch, Programming, 
• Remote Camera
• Stay anonymous online with Tor
• Network security/Penetration test
• Solar panel computer
• IoT from IBM, Toilet Flushed, ...

Just release in 2015, here are the specs for Raspberry Pi 2.

• SoC Broadcom BCM2836
• CPU: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 (~6x performance)
• GPU: Broadcom VideoCore IV
• Memory: 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
• Video outputs: HDMI and 4-pole 3.5 mm jack
• Audio outputs: 4-pole 3.5 mm jack, HDMI
• Onboard storage: microSD card slot
• 10/100 Ethernet RJ45 onboard network
• 5V micro USB power input jack
• 40 pin 2.54mm header expansion slot (The layout)
• 4 USB ports

How to get this done?

Read the Setting up instructions, and buy the components.

What I bought.

Try joining a Raspberry group like that in Googleplus.

To start off, an operating system needs to be selected from one of many;

• Raspbian (Debian Wheezy port)
• OpenElec
• RISC OS
• Arch Linux
• OSMC (Replacing RaspBMC)
• Pidora (Fedora Linux)

To be continued...