The Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book - Projects_Book_v4

ne of the most common

questions we see online is

‘I’ve just got a Raspberry

Pi, what should I do with it?’

We’ve all been there: getting

into the latest coolest thing and

not being sure where to start.

Remember asking your friends

what games to get on your first

smartphone? If you didn’t already

keep up with what was hot, you

had no idea, and that’s the same

when you join a new community.

In this article we’ll show you how

to get started with your Raspberry

Pi hardware, as well as how to join

the global Raspberry Pi community

and become a maker.

Welcome to the world of

Raspberry Pi.

Get to know your new Raspberry Pi computer and the community

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RASPBERRY PI FOR

ARM: The type of processor the

Raspberry Pi uses. It’s typically

used in small devices such

as smartphones

Desktop/Desktop environment:

The graphical interface you control

with a mouse and keyboard

GPIO: General-purpose input/

output, these are the pins that

line the side of a Raspberry Pi and

allow you to connect electronic

components to it

Terminal: A program that lets

you type in commands. It’s how

computers worked before a

desktop environment

NEWBIES

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