Raspberry Pi: "Basics To Know Before You Work On Raspberry Pi"

If you want to start about Raspberry Pi board than following few basics you should know before you start your work.

You are Interested to work with Raspberry Pi than STOP and follow some instruction given below. It will helps you to get basic knowledge about Raspberry Pi.

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.