Just Bought A Raspberry Pi? 11 Things You Need To Know

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In this video, we explain everything you might need to know if you've just bought a Raspberry Pi, or are thinking of buying one. You might also want to download our Unofficial Guide to the Raspberry Pi: www.makeuseof.com/pages/great-...
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@dalton_kane_ 9 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed, the music at the end made my dog have an accident in my bed though, holy smokes that was loud

@Picnicly 5 жыл бұрын

This really helpful, thanks!

@siddharthbhatia8815 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq recommendations bought me here 5 years later. I miss my old pi.

@ValenteFV 9 жыл бұрын

Dude this was an amazing video, it was exacly the tye of thing i was looking for!

@jayceinfinitealgharhythmns9814 8 жыл бұрын

Great video! Very informative! Thanks for the upload!

@Koploper77 7 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this on my new raspberry pi

@rookxc3117 7 жыл бұрын

laggy right?

@Koploper77 7 жыл бұрын

Rok Šekoranja Yes, verry laggy

@rookxc3117 7 жыл бұрын

;) well...then lets wait for raspberry pi 4 :P

@Koploper77 7 жыл бұрын

Rok Šekoranja Lmao I got my Raspberry Pi from school btw, it's for computer science and I use it for programming and stuff, it's really neat

@rookxc3117 7 жыл бұрын

Well thats nice

@JasonDeats 8 жыл бұрын

Every sentence is packed with information. Thanks for the great presentation.

@ashishreny 9 жыл бұрын

Its a very good concept!!!

@claytonsnyder8319 9 жыл бұрын

Great video very informative this video helps wrap your mind around mini computer applications.

@Bianchi77 Жыл бұрын

Nice video shot, thank you for sharing, keep it up :)

@kenjboyd6233 7 жыл бұрын

Was given one of these months ago & didn't understand it enough until now - thanks!

@xCaleb 9 жыл бұрын

What do y'all personally use the Pi for? I'm thinking of picking one up, but not sure what to do with it.

@dominickeefe2454 5 жыл бұрын

Great introduction. Thanks!

@KtotheL 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for your time/info sharing

@soulguidance81 9 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Lots of good info. And btw, ending music was by?

@iamceino 9 жыл бұрын

Nice, cant wait to purchase mines.

@lemniscate4938 8 жыл бұрын

I just heard about RaspberryPi today and I am so buying one next paycheck. So cool!!

@parv319 6 жыл бұрын

Hey hi. Is there a name for the wifi interface antenna? And can you also suggest me some sites where i can get it for a few less money?

@chrisgibbs2021 9 жыл бұрын

great video, thank you, James. Will you be creating a tutorial on how to create your own POGO plug? I would really love to make one of those. THANKS!!!

@dronespace 10 жыл бұрын

Great video

@boyblu19 9 жыл бұрын

Running 2 RPi's in tandem does that double the speed of running just on Pi? Is there any other equipment required to run 2 in tandem or unisom?

@rawl05 8 жыл бұрын

hey I am totally new to raspberry pi. can you guide me to use raspberry pi to control 4relays using input via switch from the user. and those relays to be also controlled wirelessly by android device via ip using web.

@nikolais5913 9 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to buy a replacement screen for an ipad and connect it to this

@OutriderIT 10 жыл бұрын

What's the end song you have here? It reminds me of Crono Trigger...

@mradaChris 8 жыл бұрын

I'd like to provide a different source of power to the pi. I wanted to tap into one of my HVAC 24VAC lines. Where would I find a tranformer that takes 24VAC and outputs 5VDC with enough amperage?

@clydemarshall8095 7 жыл бұрын

Data rot has become an increasing concern for me in regards to many things music in particular. I was thinking about turning my Pi into a music player with a mutli-terabyte hard drive with lossless rips of all my CD's. Any suggestions or recommendations on how to go about it?

@koteswaraaraojadda5763 9 жыл бұрын

can i use raspberry pi for a signal processing project that uses neural nets and wavelets in conjugation with aurdino

@Xaphanius 8 жыл бұрын

That Chrono Trigger Trial song at the end... Good video.

@lightenlynx 7 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the Chrono Trigger music in the end. Kudos.

@garydunken7934 9 жыл бұрын

RPi $35, but plastic case $10

@alfatejpblind6498 8 жыл бұрын

+TheNumberOne Page A case is necessary for the raspberry pi, because if you dont have it and accidentally place it on a conductable surface, it wont work and might even be destroyed.

@ExtantFrodo2 8 жыл бұрын

+G Yogaraja hot glue gun and scrap perhaps?

@purpleice2343 7 жыл бұрын

>$10 Official cases are like $4.25 lmao.

@Mcbebblestin 7 жыл бұрын

And then you need an SD card lol

@Ed19601 5 жыл бұрын

< 2 $ at AliExpress

@aparnathampy2513 7 жыл бұрын

we are doing our project based on raspberry pi and since we are new to this ,we are facing alot of difficulties,could you suggest someone or group who we could contact to ask for help???

@PaulJarrett 9 жыл бұрын

Chrono Trigger Trial music , AWESOME!, excellent review

@TheDimondpick 9 жыл бұрын

right now im on my raspberry pi is it possible to watch youtube on it?

@CXensation 4 жыл бұрын

My good old colour Canon laserprinter will soon have a Pi Printerserver (running Cups) build in. You can use any early lo-spec Pi for this.

@mrlamborghini8635 6 жыл бұрын

Watching on a Raspberry Pi.

@carlvandermerwe4722 9 жыл бұрын

You mentioned connecting a webcam? what app/software do you use to stream the video?

@MakeUseOf 9 жыл бұрын

Carl van der Merwe Here's our tutorial on the security Pi project: www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-a-motion-capture-security-system-using-a-raspberry-pi/

@WRAND2208 8 жыл бұрын

hey i heard python is mainly used in rsp but can we use C to control gpio and other stuff (like shields). if possible is there good community, libraries for C.

@27AC35 7 жыл бұрын

That Chrono Trigger music at the end... What is your opinion on the Orange pi? I just want a retro emulator and media center for now.

@MakeUseOf 7 жыл бұрын

We tend to avoid the copycats, even if they are more powerful, purely because they lack any kind of community support. If you have one specific use case in mind, it might be fine, but I wouldn't expect to follow other tutorials with it.

@StephanieDavis 9 жыл бұрын

If I have a live Linux distro (Puppy, Fedora, Suse for instance), installed on a USB stick, can I not use it to boot the PI in lieu of a memory card? Thanks

@jessemodzel1630 9 жыл бұрын

Loved the ionion shout out....

@rylanbchapman 8 жыл бұрын

Do you have a link to the wifi access scrambler anonymozier tutorial?

@Hansblinkers 8 жыл бұрын

Hi, have you got a video on setting up crypto asics?

@tortysoft 8 жыл бұрын

Is the opening sound that of a Quadruplex VTR head drum firing up ?

@Madsovic999 8 жыл бұрын

Hi James, i bought some instructions material on the arduino and Rasp-pi on humble bundle, and i am waiting for my hardware to arrive next week. What is your background? It seems to me that everyone i hear of who makes something cool happen with the rasp-pi has a background in engineering or data.

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+Madsovic999 I've been programming from a young age, but never professionally. Looks like an interesting bundle, but I still havent touched the last lot of Make books I got from Humble! I would advise not to try combining Arduino and Pi until you're completely comfortable with one or the other. Start with Arduino if the electronics side of things is more interesting; basic electronics isn't hard. If programming is more your interest, start with learning Python on Pi.

@Madsovic999 8 жыл бұрын

+MakeUseOf That's good to hear, i love tinkering, but i don't know if going professional (i.e. getting a degree in engineering) is a possibility for me. Thanks for the advice, i guess i will look around for an Arduino then. Cheers!

@Moonmoon-rh1mc 8 жыл бұрын

Wow so many words I don't know. 😆Imma see if I can get some tech girl at school to help me. I have a laptop but I have an old 32 inch tv that can double as a display sooo I want to see if I can use this.

@gamingnationaggravation-re3218 8 жыл бұрын

what is that acer moniter? the model number or smething

@ybaggi 9 жыл бұрын

cool, thanks. what are class10 cards or better? for te sd cards? thanks

@awsome1an0nly 9 жыл бұрын

the higher the class the better the performance.......class 10 = 10mb/s

@utsabdeepray6030 7 жыл бұрын

Does android run on RPI 3? I want to run youtube app.. will it work?

@micky9229 9 жыл бұрын

The Laika Explorer 1.2 looks amazing. Looking to introduce some interesting elements to Scalextric slot cars, that looks the ticket! 4:55

@iamanuggetp2600 7 жыл бұрын

Can I install raspbian offline using NOOBS? I bought a Pi Zero and I don't have Ethernet or a wifi adapter. So I have to use my phone data.

@hopefulkoala01435 8 жыл бұрын

Can you link your video you mention at the 5:25 minute mark? I've attempted to find it and can't anywhere - I'd be interested to see how you went about making a ToR router, thanks.

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+Tuna1989 www.makeuseof.com/tag/build-your-own-safeplug-tor-proxy-box/

@hopefulkoala01435 8 жыл бұрын

MakeUseOf Thank-you, most kind of you :)

@loganmesserschmidt9690 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video BRA

@leberkassemmel 8 жыл бұрын

You can use GUI programs over ssh, if you have a reasonable fast wifi. If you are on windows, then you need a software like Xming and Putty to show the programs, on linux it works (most of the time, if you have X installed) out of the box. GPIO: General-purpose input/output 3.3V is a standard voltage for logic boards. If you search arround, there are lots of equipment that works on 3.3-5V

@paulclarke7696 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - totally thinking of getting a Raspberry Pi... great tips. What is with the onion at 5:25?

@00Klingon 10 жыл бұрын

It's a thinly veiled reference to TOR (The Onion Router) which is likely the critical component used anonymize his network traffic.

@melissamackay2089 9 жыл бұрын

Klingon00 I love the kitten idea for all the images with that. lol Then maybe I'll actually explore it.

@apodexse 6 жыл бұрын

It could be to get an idea of the size, though an onion is a weird choice for a reference.

@MK-xv1hv 5 жыл бұрын

XcelliAwesome Its a reference to the TOR browser, Klingon said it 4 years ago already hahaha.

@stkmedia5293 7 жыл бұрын

Oh the Chrono Trigger outro, wow, that just took me back. Seriously, there are those unspoken connections between people. Guilty.

@rik4351 7 жыл бұрын

My friend reccomands me to buy a pi, but it seems quite complicated, and i'm afraid that i'll blow it up by having to much voltage on the pi.

@TheAman2499 9 жыл бұрын

can i run steam on it to stream steam games from my amd pc

@arunsandeep1994 5 жыл бұрын

what is required/standard memory card size?

@dakitofey171 9 жыл бұрын

will ultraiso work?

@lujambon5945 7 жыл бұрын

Can I download ur code your talking about????

@Dragonpinkknight 9 жыл бұрын

Nice choice of Chrono Trigger song at end.

@nathanlaw9510 9 жыл бұрын

I've been using my Pi for a year and I have never used a case and I handle it quite regularly. Is a case really necessary? And if so, why. I haven't shorted it yet so I don't think that is really an issue.

@JamesBruceUK 9 жыл бұрын

Nathan Law Not necessary at all, just makes it a bit more rugged.

@SlayerFeast 8 жыл бұрын

also what is the most lightw8 or best os for pi 2 and how to remote transfer file/folders from pi 2 to pcmobile or vice versa

@anthrax3404 8 жыл бұрын

+Abhi Yadav There are many Linux flavors created for the Raspberry Pi. The one with the largest support base and with the most support is Raspbian, which I would reccomend for beginners. However, I dual boot my pi 2 from a 128gb MicroSD, with Arch Linux and Kali Linux. Make sure when downloading the .img file that it is made for the Raspberry Pi or for ARM processors.

@MrNobody808 8 жыл бұрын

I'd quite like to get one of these for my nephew, but I'm concerned that, knowing nothing about the innards of computers, I'd be unable to do anything with it. How easy is it to set up and use and is it something a 10 year old pick up and use?

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+MrNobody808 Depends what you want to do with it. You don't need to know anything about hardware, but you will need to learn some basic electronics if you want to interface your projects with sensors or motors. Mostly, it's a case of putting in an SD card, and plugging in a mouse and keyboard. For somethign specifically kid-friendly though, I'd recommend the Kano kit: www.kano.me/products/kano-kit (our review is here:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oN2Imd1hp8ncaWQ.html ) , which includes a guidebook and some coding tutorials, as well as educational software. Should make for a great Xmas present! You will need a monitor to plug it into though (or TV)

@butterjelly5959 5 жыл бұрын

Changing pictures with kittens picture? Nice haahaha

@OldNorsebrewery 8 жыл бұрын

I have waited sometime to see if this small all-in-one pc are any good for my future project. As of today I use a desktop computer as a broadband firewall, but it´s big, noisy and draw lots of power. If I could use a board like this with a linux firewall it would be great. But it has to have two network ports. As of today I can´t find any boards that have two network cable ports. Any suggestions?

@Slenderman63323 7 жыл бұрын

build yourself a server? There are cheap server solutions you can build by getting yourself some server components.... only way

@NOVAsteamed 9 жыл бұрын

First thing I want to say is that this video was very useful.But while looking at your video I was wondering if I needed to know any programming language or other things like that. I know the basics of a computer and can understand a little bit Python. So will I be able to do something with it or is this too complicated for somoene like me?

@adams7930 8 жыл бұрын

+Gabe Newell It depends entirely on what you want to do! And if you don't feel entirely confident in your programming skills there's many tutorials out there that will give you a step-by-step guide.

@NOVAsteamed 8 жыл бұрын

Ok thank you.

@control177 10 жыл бұрын

i own two pies and i use one for a web enabled cloud storage server and my other is my primary school computer that i use to make power point presentations and writing papers, previously used both for bit coin mining.

@sankai91 8 жыл бұрын

so if I want to use a linux OS, I have to use the sd card for it? Can I then still use it to transfer files like a usb storage?

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+OGSankai You have to use the SD card for everything, Linux or not. It's one of the major drawbacks of the Pi. You can't use it at the same time to transfer files, no, but you can reformat it later and still use for digital camera or whatever.

@purpleice2343 7 жыл бұрын

NOOBS. I just love this name, even if it means New Out Of (the) Box Software.

@kamrulahsan06 6 жыл бұрын

Lol. I really thought they meant noob

@ytaccount-rs6jt 5 жыл бұрын

Kamrul Ahsan it also means noob because as they explain its for beginners for easy os download.

@sonyaanddaniel 9 жыл бұрын

I have to have this!!!

@rednassie1101 3 жыл бұрын

Remember when you could power the Pi with only 500mA? Yeah... Glad to see the Pi having made huge steps the past 6 years, computing power comes at a higher electricity cost however...

@nr1341 8 жыл бұрын

You sound exactly like what I want a nerd tutorial bro to sound like

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+nr1341 I think that's a compliment. I'm taking it as a compliment anyway. So... thanks!

@nr1341 8 жыл бұрын

+MakeUseOf haha yup

@gearhead5651 8 жыл бұрын

nuk nuk nuk...

@mcgil8891 6 жыл бұрын

😂

@heartwilson.8943 5 жыл бұрын

I bet he takes it up the poop shoot.

@faragar1791 8 жыл бұрын

Where did you get that transparent case for the raspberry?

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Ah, this is ages old now, can't remember - either Amazon or eBay, though I'm in the UK. It wasn't hugely expensive, or any particularly famous brand. Just a generic clear case.

@reyreyna3555 7 жыл бұрын

thinking of switch my media center to a raspberry, has there been any overheating issues?

@RPiSpy 6 жыл бұрын

I use a Pi 3 as a media device. I stuck some cheap heat sinks on the bigger chips and it is fine.

@RussellJElam 7 жыл бұрын

help me ,i am having this issue from long time, i am trying to install kali in raspberry pi b via win32 disk imager, after 10-11%, installation stop, i think its window bugg, what to do

@MakeUseOf 7 жыл бұрын

Have you tried a different disk image, like the standard Raspbian? It's unlikely to be a Windows bug. If this is a new SD card, it's possible you bought a fake one with dramatically different size - it's a common tactic to put a very small memory chip in there, such that it reads and gets recognized correctly, but writing past that block to the reported size results in errors. If it's a very old card, it's possible it's just been corrupted after so much use.

@tnetkarawang3560 7 жыл бұрын

Please equalize voice & music loudness, i can't understand what you try to explain but at the end of your explanation it make my ears "pop"

@2JoeR 8 жыл бұрын

how to on the image-jack AP?

@uelzgeheim6490 10 жыл бұрын

another solution if you don't have a spare monitor, mouse and keyboard is installing xrdp which lets you get a graphical remotedesktop as supported by Windows out of the box or via downloadable software on other os. it is not thought for watching videos on it but it gives you a graphical surface.

@theq4602 8 жыл бұрын

I will make my pi say "I can't let you do that Dave..."

@tinkmarshino 5 жыл бұрын

or "you humans! such a noble breed"! By the Q himself...

@ashutoshtiwari3785 5 жыл бұрын

Are you going to create HAL?

@mgmartin51 4 жыл бұрын

Or Shakespeare: What a piece of work is man...

@chirisca 7 жыл бұрын

I've heard of this before. Stupid question here, can I use this (with some modifications, maybe) instead of an expensive PC?

@TheKushMeister 7 жыл бұрын

Cactus Kid no. This only has 1 gb of ram so it would be difficult to do stuff.

@godmarck 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that Chrono Trigger music at the end!

@rylytu 9 жыл бұрын

I love the Chrono Trigger music!!

@rainwave5 7 жыл бұрын

if i dont understand the terminology , can any1 recommend some youtube vids to watch or what to search for ? 😀

@PriyankaNath 8 жыл бұрын

i am new to it I want to know that Has Raspberry Pi 3 has OS installed in it ?

@Evo2Raid 7 жыл бұрын

Hello you need to update your video. Now their is Windows 10 it for raspberry pi . So you are miss informing people just thought you should know.

@purpleice2343 7 жыл бұрын

Windows 10 version for RPI is shit, especially because of the fact that you CAN'T interact with your rpi unless you use windows 10, and personally I use windows 7, but planning to install linux since I am not going to buy windows 10 (yeah it's not free anymore), so...

@jonathanwhite3507 7 жыл бұрын

Can you use your Pi to balance your audio?

@machielymker6301 9 жыл бұрын

is it hard to work make something with the raspberry pi? im not a electronic engineer. but i would like to make something of it.

@JamesBruceUK 9 жыл бұрын

machiel ymker It runs linux, so just ask the same question of linux. If you can make it with linux, it can probably on the Rpi .

@lucifer2jews409 7 жыл бұрын

#12 fact - mrs niranjan is an excellent teach

@patrickthurlow1969 9 жыл бұрын

MakeUseOf I have a netgear N150 WNA1000M Wireless USB Micro Adapter, and im not sure how to work it, I plug it in and click wifi config but can't seem to find out how to connect it to any wifi ports. Any ideas? I would adore a video on how. P.s You have gained a sub! Patrick.

@JamesBruceUK 9 жыл бұрын

Appreciate. Unfortunately, wifi adapters on linux have always been utterly miserable with support - even worse on the pi due to it's different architecture. You're better off buying a new one that's guaranteed support for ~$20 that spending hours hunting down ways to make your existing one work.

@slimbutfat 7 жыл бұрын

Im clueless i want to get a mame Raspberry 3 thing but know nothign about the thing

@kolecava 8 жыл бұрын

Can you dual boot to Rpi? Id like to have XBMC (already setup fairly decently for all cinema related consumption). However I would like to dual boot into "Gaming Mode" and have some retro games available to play. Is this possible?

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+Mister K www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-install-multiple-oses-on-a-single-sd-card-for-raspberry-pi/

@kolecava 8 жыл бұрын

MakeUseOf awesome, thanks! :)

@aboody006 9 жыл бұрын

Whats the credits music ?

@DestinyQx 9 жыл бұрын

a remix of the trial from chrono trigger

@brutalhonesty5216 8 жыл бұрын

+ABOODY Darude Sandstorm

@junkxypsn9183 9 жыл бұрын

Do i have to use a microsdhc card to start the raspberry

@JamesBruceUK 9 жыл бұрын

DoctorCFG - Hosting CFG Yes, it does require a micro SD card, though you can configure it to only boot from there, then load the rest of the OS from a USB device

@ofthelucky6469 8 жыл бұрын

So much stuff you need to buy

@slango20 10 жыл бұрын

if you plug the pi's power source into a USB 3.0 port on the computer, it will get enough power for quite a few things, as USB 3.0 spec requires up to 1.5A capabilities

@SlayerFeast 8 жыл бұрын

i want to buy pi 2 to download torrents with 2mbps net = 220KB download speed. i dobt have hard disk for downloading so if i use the 32gb samsung class 10 card to run pi os and download torrents in it will the pi get tok slow to achieve 220KB download speed ?

@SlayerFeast 8 жыл бұрын

+Adam s really appretiate ur reply. thanks

@Jaxv3r 8 жыл бұрын

Can it run Club Penguin at solid 10 fps

@jackkoanimations675 7 жыл бұрын

Not anymore

@roman5819 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Club Penguin

@4ur3n 7 жыл бұрын

omg the reference with the onion kiled me :D

@therunningferret233 8 жыл бұрын

Is there a link to that tune at the end of the video?

@MakeUseOf 8 жыл бұрын

+The Running Ferret I don't know the exact track, but I believe it's by DjCutman - www.djcutman.com/

@anirangoncalvesbr 8 жыл бұрын

+The Running Ferret its "The Trial [Chrono Trigger remix by Dj CUTMAN ]"

@kopuz.co.uk. 10 жыл бұрын

Here is an idea! Anti Key Log device. In theory you could write two python programs that talk to each other through a local area network one of these programs would be on the pi and the other on your main pc. Your usb keyboard would be plugged into the pi, all your keystroke would be captured onto the pi and then sent to the listening program on your main pc through the network as encrypted strings. The listening program on your pc will then decrypt the strings and send them to the clipboard and programmatically paste the keystrokes to wherever you're typing. Obviously it's not going to be that simple, but hey lets give it a go :).