INTRODUCTION TO
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board computers
developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi
Foundation to promote teaching of basic computer science in
schools and in developing countries
Activity
• Observe the raspberry pi & its components embedded on Green PCB.
• Now complete the Q1 in the worksheet.
Hardware Information
01 USB ports — these are used to connect a mouse and keyboard. You can also
connect other components, such as a USB drive.
02 SD card slot — you can insert the SD card here.
03
Ethernet port — this is used to connect the Raspberry Pi
to a network with a cable. The Raspberry Pi can also
connect to a network via wireless LAN.
04 Audio jack — you can connect headphones or speakers
here.
Hardware Information
05 HDMI port — this is where you connect the HDMI cable
to the monitor (or projector) that you are using to
display the output from the Raspberry Pi.
06
Micro USB power connector — this is where you connect
a power supply.
Note: You should always do this last after you have
connected all your other components.
07
GPIO ports — these allow you to connect electronic
components such as LEDs and buttons to the Raspberry Pi.
Operating System Installation (Raspbian)
Downloading NOOBS: www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ 6
Operating System Installation (Raspbian)
Installation of NOOBS in SD Card
7
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Connecting Raspberry Pi
Let’s connect up your Raspberry Pi and get it running.
▪ Insert the SD Card into your Raspberry Pi.
▪ Connect the mouse & keyboard to the USB ports on the
Raspberry Pi.
▪ Make sure your monitor is plugged into a wall socket and
turned on.
▪ Connect the monitor cable to the Pi’s HDMI port.
▪ Plug the power supply into a socket and connect it to the
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micro USB power port.
Installation Process of Raspbian
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Worksheet
Time
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Blink a led using R-pi
Material Needed
What you will need What you will learn
Hardware
▪ A raspberry pi and associated peripherals
▪ 1x LED ▪ How to connect an LED to
▪ 1x resistor (any resistor 100ohms will be fine) raspberry Pi.
▪ 4x female-to-female jumper cable ▪ How to control an LED with
▪ A mini speaker or headphone Scratch 2/3
Additional Craft Materials
Software
▪ Cardboard toilet roll
▪ One sheet of A4 paper
▪ You will need the latest version of Raspbian, ▪ Sharp Pencil
Which already includes Scratch 2. ▪ Pens, Crayons, and other decorating materials
Note : Scratch 3 will only work on Raspberry Pi ▪ Glue or tape
4. ▪ Small blob of modelling Clay
▪ Scissors
Make a Cardboard Robot
▪ On a sheet of A4 paper, draw or print your own robot design. It doesn’t have to be a person robot — maybe it could
be a car or an animal! Just make sure it has an antenna. Color in the robot picture and cut it out carefully.
▪ Wrap the robot around the ▪ Stick some modelling clay ▪ Push a pencil into the antenna to
cardboard tube lengthways behind the robot’s antenna make a hole through the
inside the cardboard tube. cardboard tube
Connecting LED with R-PI
▪ Firstly Look at your LED. It has a short leg and a
long leg.
▪ Slot a jumper wire onto the end of the long leg,
Slot the resistor into the other end of the same
jumper wire. It doesn’t matter which way round it
goes. Add another jumper wire to the other end of
the resistor.
▪ Take another jumper wire and slot one end onto
the short leg of the LED.
▪ You should end up with something that looks like ▪ Connect the long end of LED to GPIO 17 & short
this: end to GND as shown in the figure
Writing a code
▪ Open Scratch 3/Scratch 2 ▪ Click on Add Extension and then click on
click on R-pi icon → Programming → Scratch 3 Raspberry Pi simple Electronics
Writing a code
▪ Test your program by pressing the space key. You should see the LED turn on for a second and then turn off,
and your robot should beep.
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Worksheet
Time
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