Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi's are "single-board and modular computers or micro controllers, built on the Arm architecture, often running a Linux operating system."

To help out with Raspberry Pi projects at PPM, post your ideas and comments on our Slack #electronics channel.

PPM MEMBER USE

All our members can work on their Raspberry Pi projects at PPM without any additional required training (Level 1).

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External Training

Links to external sites:

Product Information Portal

Raspberry Pi hardware

Raspberry Pi — official documentation

Raspberry Pi tutorials — "build easily and affordably"

Tips

Shut down the Raspberry Pi properly:

☐ Just pulling the plug could cause memory card corruption.

☐ Use the graphical user interface (GUI), or

☐ Use the command: sudo shutdown -h now

• To find out which shell you're using, run the command echo $SHELL or ps $$
• List font cache fc-list | grep "DejaVu Sans"
• If a Pi 3 B+ seems slow or unresponsive, check the green light at the edge of the board for activity

50 Raspberry Pi Hacks & Tips You Should Know

Five Ways To Run a Program On Your Raspberry Pi At Startup

Rotate the Raspberry Pi screen

Application Software

Links to external sites:

Raspberry Pi Imager — install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems

Geany — powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor

Mathematica — free license on every Raspberry Pi

Scratch — the world’s largest coding community for children

ImageMagick — create, edit, compose, or convert digital images

LibreOffice — "private, free and open source office suite"

Sonic Pi — code-based music creation and performance tool

Additional Help

Use the PPM Slack channels #electronics or #general

Note that we have a Slack channel (#job-board) for members to post, discuss, or accept job opportunities either within PPM or from the community.

Search the PPM Wiki — include Content pages as well as Multimedia.

Contact Us if you cannot find your answer here on our Wiki or if you notice any outdated information.

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