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The 5 Basics To Know Before You Work On Raspberry
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Getting started with the your first Raspberry Pi board? Here's what you
should know!

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013: Are you planning to try your
hands on different Raspberry Pi projects but still working out on
understanding this mini-magic device better? Well, here we bring
some help to help you to understand the basics of the device. So
here are the few of Raspberry Pi before you get started.
1. Operating Systems: While the official recommendation of the Raspberry Pi Foundation
is to rub Debian-based operating system (OS), but there are definitely many other options
available today. And as the OS here runs by plugging in an SD card into your Raspberry Pi
board, its pretty easy to try out different OSes. And you have opted to go the traditional
way and opt for Debian you can try out Arch Linux ARM, Risc OS, or Android. But keep in
mind that Raspberry Pi do not have any pre-installed OS so you are required to download
an image file to write it to an SD card before getting started.
2. Programming Languages: As mentioned on the FAQs page of the Raspberry Pi
Foundation, "Any language which will compile for ARMv6 can be used with the Raspberry
Pi." So the officially supported "educational language," for the Pi is Python but there are
many other languages that you can use including: C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, and Ruby.
3. Add-Ons: The Raspberry Pi Foundation has by default included a lot stuff with this mini
device. This includes USB support, HDMI and RCA outputs, an audio jack, an Ethernet
port, etc. And if you are willing to get something addition, like a WiFi adapter or miniature
display device you can always add them as the add-ons of Raspberry seems to grow you
can look at, there are some hot populars like Adafruit and MCM Electronics.
4. Power Sources: Many users are usually are surprised when they begin to work with
Raspberry Pi. This is because if you are not buying a pre-packaged kit, you probably have
no way to get the power flowing into your device. These mini-PCs are required to be
connected to micro USB power supplies which can provide 700mA or more of power at 5V.
The adapter for your mobile phone or some other device can work, but be really careful
not to under-power your Pi.
5. Learning Resources: Once everything is in place and all the wiring and installation is
done, you will wonder what next. There are ample of resources including tutorials, demos,
and projects available on web that will guide you with what can and can't be done with
your Pi board. Here is a list of 8 famous resources to find Raspberry Pi project ideas.
Atithya Amaresh, EFYTIMES News Network
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