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).




Links to related PPM Wiki pages:

RetroPie Tips

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External Training

Product Information Portal

Raspberry Pi hardware

Raspberry Pi — official documentation

Raspberry Pi tutorials — "build easily and affordably"

MagPi — The official Raspberry Pi magazine

https://store.rpipress.cc/ — Raspberry Pi PRESS

https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/books — free downloads

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 the 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

Cheat Sheets

Links to external sites:

Raspberry Pi Commands Cheat Sheet

on makeuseof.com

Raspberry Pi cheat sheet

on techrepublic.com

Application Software

Links to external sites:

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

Mathematica — free license on every Raspberry Pi

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

Scratch — the world’s largest coding community for children

Processing — language for learning and prototyping

Sonic Pi — code-based music creation and performance tool

tmux — "enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen"

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

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

Fritzing — open source software to document, share, layout, and manufacture professional PCBs

Wish List

official Raspberry Pi touch screen

Raspberry Pi 5 or 500

Raspberry Pi 4 or 400

Member Showcase

• 
  Mall Map (kiosk),
  "finished"
  (09/03/22)
• 
  Mall Map,
  Work In Progress
  (06/08/22)
• 
  Mall Map,
  Work In Progress
  (November 2021)
• 
  Raspberry Pi Workstation
  (November 2021)

Our Raspberry Pi-based kiosk documentation and code — on GitHub

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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