BPB E Learning

Hardware Components that you will need

Setup without a monitor, extra keyboard or mouse

Let_s connect everything together

Understanding some basics about SD Cards

Accessing SD Cards

Resources

Downloading and Installing Etcher for Flashing your SD Card

Download and Install the Raspberry Pi Imager for Flashing your SD Card

Resources

Introducing the Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian)

Installing the Raspbian Operating System by Flashing our SD Card

Using the Raspberry Pi Imager to install Raspberry Pi OS

Resource for checking the validity of your SD Card

Tips for Preventing SD Card Corruption Issues

Standard configuration settings and best practices

Introduction to Remote Connections

SSH (Secure Shell)

VNC (Virtual Network Computing)

SFTP (Secure (SSH) File Transfer Protocol)

SCP (Secure Copy)

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol connection - Windows)

Overview of the Setup Process in Headless Mode

A note about flashing your SD card

Flashing your SD Card with the latest version of Raspbian

Setup ssh and wpa_supplicant.conf

Using VNC Viewer to connect to your Pi from your computer

Connecting via SSH to change raspi-config settings

Getting the IP Address of your Raspberry Pi

Introduction to the Terminal

Resources

Understanding User Modes in Linux

Useful General Terminal Commands for the Raspberry Pi

File and Directory Commands

Networking Commands

System Commads

Keyboard Shortcuts

Understanding the APT Ecosystem

Installing Software using APT

Creating a One Line Web Server with SimpleHTTPServer

Installing the Apache Web Server

Installing the PHP Application Server

Introduction to GPIO pins

Standard Components Needed

Downloading Code and Resources for the Course from Github

Powering an LED

Wiring Change to Blink an LED

Demo the circuit

Code Review

Introduction and components that are needed

Wiring the circuit

Demo the circuit

Code Review

Introduction and components that are needed

Wiring up the circuit

Demo the circuit

Code Review

Introduction to PIR Sensors

Components that are needed

Wiring up the circuit

Demo the circuit

Code Review

Introduction and components that are needed

Wiring up the circuit

Demo the circuit

Code Review

Introduction

Connecting your USB Web Cam

Installing and Configuring Motion to setup a Web Cam Server

Demo of the Motion Web Cam Server

Preparing your System and installing fswebcam

Using fswebcam

Using a script to take images with fswebcam

We will do a code review of the script that was created to take a photo using fswebcam

Introduction to the Pi Camera Module and how to connect it to the Raspberry Pi

Enabling the Pi Camera in your Raspi Config settings

Getting a Preview using the Pi Camera

Capturing a Still Picture of Image with the Pi Camera

Capturing a Series of Photos with the Pi Camera

Recording Video with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module

Using special effects with the Pi Camera Module

Why build an Amazon Echo Clone_

Components that are needed

Setting up your Amazon Developer Account and Registering your Amazon Echo Clone

Installing Git and the Alexa Pi Software

Demo of the Amazon Echo Clone

Closing Comments

Setup your Raspberry Pi in Headless Mode - No extra monitor, keyboard or mouse