Chapter 1: Raspberry Pi 3

The Raspberry Pi3 is a wonderful microcomputer that brims with potential. With a Raspberry Pi3 you can build robots, learn to code, and create all kinds of weird and wonderful projects. Hackers and enthusiasts have turned Raspberry Pi3 boards into fully automated weather stations, internet connected beehives, motorised skateboards, and much more. The only limit is your imagination.

But first, you need to start at the beginning. Upon picking up your Raspberry Pi3 for the first time, you’re faced with a small green board of chips and sockets and may have no idea what to do with it. Before you can start building the project of your dreams, you’ll need to get the basics sorted: keyboard, mouse, display, and operating system.

The Raspberry Pi3 is the ultimate, affordable computer for anyone who likes to tinker and doesn’t mind doing some legwork to get it up and running.

Creating projects with a Raspberry Pi3 is fun once you’ve mastered the basics. So in this guide, we’re going to take you from newbie zero to Raspberry Pi3 hero. Grab your Raspberry Pi3 and let’s get going.

Raspberry Pi 3 is packed in a small white cardboard box as usual. What you get when you open up the box is just the credit card sized board with a Safety Guide and a Quick Start Guide printed in different languages. You can not do anything with the board unless you combine other accessories mentioned in the next step.