Many children like to carry on coding at home with their Raspberry Pi and show you their learning.
Shopping for A RASPBERRY PI latest Model 4 =usually about €65 – €70 all included.
- Go online to raspberry Pi organisation
- Shop on eBay for second hand ones
- Go shopping in Crumlin – RS Radionics electronics shop
You need to buy not just the Pi but accessories:
- 16GB min Micro SD card
- Pi plug
- Pi cover (optional – but keeps it safer)
- Micro-HDMI monitor lead
You will need to have at home:
- Monitor
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Wifi
Amazon can be useful for accessories or better still source them second hand … eBay or CEX shops in Stillorgan and Dun Laoghaire
OPERATING SYSTEM DOWNLOAD
A pre-formated SD card can be bought with the Pi software downloaded on it, but this has not worked 33% of the time for me.
If you want to buy a blank SD card and download the software yourself please click here to find out how to download the software, Raspbian OS. Downloading NOOBS lite takes about an hour and it updates it to the latest version.
I will sign it in to the shared browser later where links to the online education resources are accessible and I will install a safety filter.
The Raspberry Pi can be attached to various accessories or it can be attached with some wizardry software to your laptop.
Viewing the Raspberry Pi via a Laptop/Computer
Click here for information from RaspberryPi.org on about how to do this.
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