{"id":4260,"date":"2012-08-19T23:14:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T22:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2012-08-21T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T11:36:03","slug":"a-beginners-guide-to-getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-raspi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/a-beginners-guide-to-getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-raspi.htm","title":{"rendered":"A beginner&#8217;s guide to getting started with Raspberry Pi (#RasPi)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before on this blog about my experiences getting started with Raspberry Pi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-raspi.htm\">attempt 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/07\/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-raspi-take-2.htm\">attempt 2<\/a>) but, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/first-milton-keynes-raspberryjam.htm\">my post about the inaugural Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam<\/a> this morning, I highlighted something that became very apparent within the assembled group of Raspberry Pi enthusiasts at Bletchley Park:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/first-milton-keynes-raspberryjam.htm\"><p>&#8220;It\u2019s all to easy to\u00a0forget\u00a0that, although the current version of the Pi was intended for developers in preparation for a broader educational release, it\u2019s been massively popular with 350,000 boards shipped (and on target for a million by the end of the year!). Add to that, the Raspberry Pi foundation is 20 guys and girls who don\u2019t get paid and who have day jobs \u2013 that\u2019s a very limited resource pool to support an awful lot of people!\u00a0Even so, the Raspberry Pi is not necessarily the most user-friendly experience for those who are not used to hacking around in a command line interface [&#8230;]&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With that in mind, this blog post is intended as a basic guide for those who don&#8217;t have 20 years of experience working in IT, or are not bedroom coders, but do fancy getting stuck in to creating new and exciting things with a small and inexpensive computer. Regular readers may find that I explain things in more detail than usual but I&#8217;m assuming the audience are complete beginners when it comes to using a Raspberry Pi and that they do not spend their time geeking out with bits of hardware or bytes of software. If I&#8217;ve missed anything &#8211; or made some invalid assumptions &#8211; please leave a comment on this blog post, or tweet me (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/markwilsonit\">@markwilsonit<\/a>) but please bear in mind that I have a day job too (so my response might not be immediate) and I can&#8217;t answer every single question about getting started with a Raspberry Pi!<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s in the box &#8211; and what else do I need?<\/h3>\n<p>At its most basic level, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/\">Raspberry Pi<\/a> is a single board computer. Some distributors may sell bundles with mice, keyboards, etc. but many people will just get a board like the one shown here:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Raspberry Pi Model B\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3d\/RaspberryPi.jpg\/320px-RaspberryPi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That means there are some essentials to buy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 5V power adapter with a micro-USB type B connection (I use the one that came with my mobile phone but not all phones have these):<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Micro USB cable\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/db\/MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg\/320px-MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/li>\n<li>A USB keyboard &#8211; i.e. a keyboard with a USB type A connection like the one below:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"USB A cable\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/96\/USB-Connector-Standard.jpg\/320px-USB-Connector-Standard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" \/><\/li>\n<li>A USB mouse (if you want to run a graphical user environment &#8211; i.e. one that is not just text-based)<\/li>\n<li>An SD card with an operating system. I recommend that beginners start out with one that comes pre loaded, for example with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/archives\/1605\">Raspbian Linux<\/a>. \u00a0If you are going to &#8220;roll-your own&#8221; then that can be more complex and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/07\/getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-raspi-take-2.htm\">my earlier post based on Debian &#8220;Squeeze&#8221; might help<\/a>\u00a0but that&#8217;s a lot more technical and certainly outside the scope of this basic guide.<\/li>\n<li>A television or digital computer monitor with either an RCA component, DVI, or HDMI input. VGA will not work. See below for details of what these connections look like.<\/li>\n<li>A cable to connect to the Raspberry Pi to the television or computer monitor. The type of cable will depend on the type of connection.\n<ul>\n<li>RCA cables look like this (normally red and white are used for audio and yellow is used for video, but it doesn&#8217;t really matter &#8211; the cables are identical):<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"RCA cables\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/91\/Composite-cables.jpg\/320px-Composite-cables.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"208\" \/><\/li>\n<li>DVI cables look like this (the picture shows the &#8220;male&#8221; format, with the pins sticking out &#8211; the &#8220;female&#8221; version has holes and is normally found on the back of a computer):<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"DVI connector\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/37\/Dvi-cable.jpg\/300px-Dvi-cable.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/li>\n<li>HDMI cables look like this:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"HDMI cable\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c2\/HDMI-Connector.jpg\/320px-HDMI-Connector.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\nYou can also get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B000GDI6FC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=marsweblo-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B000GDI6FC\">a cable to connect from HDMI to DVI<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=marsweblo-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B000GDI6FC\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B004NVZMTG\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=marsweblo-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B004NVZMTG\">a connector to connect two &#8220;male&#8221; DVI cables<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=marsweblo-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B004NVZMTG\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>) &#8211; these are not expensive and are what I use with my Raspberry Pi.<\/li>\n<li>VGA connectors look like this (these are very common on both old and new monitors but the Raspberry Pi does not have a VGA output):<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"VGA cable\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/81\/Vga-cable.jpg\/320px-Vga-cable.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>An Ethernet cable with an RJ45 connection to connect to your home broadband router\/modem (Wi-Fi on the Raspberry Pi can be tricky &#8211; a cabled connection is often easiest to start with) &#8211; often these are supplied by your ISP with the router\/modem:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Ethernet cable with RJ45 connection\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d7\/Ethernet_RJ45_connector_p1160054.jpg\/260px-Ethernet_RJ45_connector_p1160054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"240\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Some headphones or speakers with a 3.5mm stereo TRS connection (if you want to hear any sound from your Raspberry Pi):<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"3.5mm stereo audio jack (TRS)\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8b\/Audio-TRS-Mini-Plug.jpg\/320px-Audio-TRS-Mini-Plug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"210\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You might also want to buy a case for your Raspberry Pi but that is by no means essential. \u00a0Many people will already have the components listed above but if you need to buy them, they shouldn&#8217;t be too expensive. \u00a0Probably\u00a0the most expensive parts are the keyboard and mouse but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maplin.co.uk\/mini-wireless-keyboard-and-mouse-deskset-528055\">I picked up a wireless mini keyboard and mouse from Maplin today for \u00a314.99<\/a> and they worked out of the box with my Pi. \u00a0You might also want to get a powered USB hub if you plan to use more than two USB devices (for example if you want to plug in a webcam, a USB flash drive, or a hard disk).<\/p>\n<h3>Putting it together<\/h3>\n<p>All of these components are different sizes and shapes so should be pretty easy to plug in. It doesn&#8217;t matter which of the two USB plugs are used for the keyboard and the mouse but this diagram (from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/quick-start-guide\">the Raspberry Pi Foundation&#8217;s quick start guide<\/a>) should help:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Raspberry Pi plugs and ports\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Raspi_Iso_Blue.png?w=700\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Just make sure that the power is coming directly from a 5V supply plugged into the mains and don&#8217;t be tempted to run a cable from a USB socket on a PC!<\/p>\n<h3>The operating system<\/h3>\n<p>Remember that I said I wasn&#8217;t going to show you how to prepare your Raspberry Pi with an operating system? There are other guides on the Internet (the Raspberry Pi website is a good place to start) but I strongly recommend you buy an SD card with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspbian.org\">Raspbian<\/a>\u00a0pre-loaded.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know what an operating system is, don&#8217;t worry &#8211; it&#8217;s the software that runs on a computer when you turn it on and performs basic functions like driving the screen, keyboard, etc. (like Microsoft Windows on most PCs or Mac OS X on Apple Macintosh computers). Modern operating systems tend to include other functions, like web browsers and media players.\u00a0Other applications can then be installed on top of the operating system to carry out more specialised tasks (like a word processor, an image editing package, or communications software like Skype).<\/p>\n<p>Raspbian is a Linux operating system &#8211; that means that it is freely available (although some organisations might charge for supporting Linux distributions) and that the operating system is similar in many ways to a system called Unix that has been around for over 40 years and is used on many computer systems all over the world.<\/p>\n<h3>Logging in and getting going<\/h3>\n<p>After all of the &#8220;peripherals&#8221; (screen, keyboard, etc.) have been plugged in and the power has been\u00a0switched\u00a0on, you should see some characters appear on the screen and a prompt to login.<\/p>\n<p>At the login prompt (which will say something like <em>raspberrypi login:<\/em> followed by a flashing <em>_<\/em> cursor) type the username <code>pi<\/code>\u00a0and press the\u00a0<code>Enter<\/code>\u00a0key, then type\u00a0<code>raspberry<\/code>\u00a0and press \u00a0<code>Enter<\/code>\u00a0at the <em>password:<\/em> prompt.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are logged in, the prompt will change to <em>pi@raspberrypi:~$<\/em> followed by a flashing <em>_<\/em> cursor. This is username@machinename so you can see that your user is <em>pi<\/em> and the computername is <em>raspberrypi<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>These are the default username and password settings\u00a0but you really should change the password to something that only you know (I&#8217;ll tell you how to do this in a moment).<\/p>\n<p>The first time you start your Raspberry Pi (the first &#8220;boot&#8221;, as us geeks like to say), your Pi will prompt you for some setup information. It&#8217;s important to select the options to <code>expand_rootfs<\/code> (expand the operating system to use the whole of the memory card) and <code>change_pass<\/code> (change password).<\/p>\n<p>If you ever need to run this setup programme again, then the command to type is:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo raspi-config<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Press \u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0<code>Enter<\/code>\u00a0key after typing the command (and for any other commands in this blog post).\u00a0Then, just follow the instructions on screen.<\/p>\n<p>Many people will find the command line interface (text-only, also called a CLI) unfriendly, so you can load a graphical user interface (GUI) to see something a little more familiar, driven by a mouse, and with applications in windows. To do this, the command is:<\/p>\n<p><code>startx<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This will slow down the Raspberry Pi a bit but it should be OK. There is a status indicator towards the bottom right of the screen (a green\/black bar graph) that shows how busy the Raspberry Pi is. There are many applications pre-installed on the Raspberry Pi, accessible via the start menu (just like on Windows) and you can download others from the Internet (I&#8217;ll leave that for now &#8211; there&#8217;s plenty to get started already pre-loaded in Raspbian). Here are just a few ideas to get going with your Raspberry Pi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You could try some programming in Scratch, or Python.<\/li>\n<li>Or if that sounds a bit much for now, just browse the Internet (the browser is called Midori).<\/li>\n<li>And, if you need to run any more commands from the CLI, then you can launch an application called LXTerminal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Updating your Raspberry Pi<\/h3>\n<p>Before I sign off, it&#8217;s probably worth mentioning some commands that might be necessary to update the software on your Pi. Before I do that, I&#8217;ll explain something else &#8211; remember the command to run the Raspberry Pi Configuration Utility?<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo raspi-config<\/code><\/p>\n<p>The <code>sudo<\/code> part of this is worth remembering. Your username on the Raspberry Pi (pi) is what we call a standard user. It runs with a lower level of permissions to prevent any unintended consequences from running applications that might change the configuration of your system. When we want to make deliberate changes, we use <code>sudo<\/code> to run a command as a super user (like an \u00a0administrator in Windows or Mac OS X).<\/p>\n<p>So, to update the software on the Raspberry Pi, run:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo apt-get update<\/code><br \/>\n<code>sudo apt-get upgrade<\/code><\/p>\n<p>APT is the Advanced Packaging Tool &#8211; so <code>apt-get<\/code> is getting details of available software.\u00a0<code>update<\/code> downloads details of the available packages (a &#8220;resync&#8221;).\u00a0<code>upgrade<\/code> is updating the operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/archives\/1195\">there is a tool called <code>rpi-update<\/code><\/a> that can be used to update the firmware (that&#8217;s the really low-level code that drives the components on the Raspberry Pi board, underneath the operating system). \u00a0This isn&#8217;t installed by default and is written by a programmer called Hexxeh. \u00a0You can <a href=\"http:\/\/hexxeh.net\/?p=328117855\">find more details on Hexxeh&#8217;s blog<\/a> and download <code>rpi-update<\/code> with these commands:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo wget http:\/\/goo.gl\/1BOfJ -O \/usr\/bin\/rpi-update<\/code><br \/>\n<code>sudo chmod +x \/usr\/bin\/rpi-update<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This will download the \u00a0<code>rpi-update<\/code>\u00a0program and then change the permissions so that it can be executed (run) on the local computer. I found that I also needed to install git before I could use\u00a0<code>rpi-update<\/code>:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install git-core<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Then type:<\/p>\n<p><code>sudo rpi-update<\/code><\/p>\n<p>to update the firmware on your Raspberry Pi. \u00a0Generally you will only need to do this if you are having problems getting something to work.<\/p>\n<h3>Wrapping up<\/h3>\n<p>So, we&#8217;ve seen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What you need to buy\/find to get your Raspberry Pi working.<\/li>\n<li>How to logon to a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and how to get past the command line and into a more familiar (graphical) environment.<\/li>\n<li>Some basic commands to keep your Raspberry Pi up to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to learn more, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/\">Raspberry Pi Foundation<\/a> website and there are also other resources available on the Internet. You could also read a book like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B008MYLMMQ\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B008MYLMMQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=marsweblo-21\">Meet the Raspberry Pi<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=marsweblo-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B008MYLMMQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by Gareth Halfacree and Eben Upton.<\/p>\n<h3>Acknowledgements<\/h3>\n<p>Much of the information in this post is from a talk given by\u00a0Peter Onion (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/peteronion\">@PeterOnion<\/a>) at the Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam, with additional input from Rob Bishop (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rob_bishop\">@Rob_Bishop<\/a>) of the Raspberry Pi Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The illustrations used are taken from Wikipedia and elsewhere as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raspberry Pi Model B by Wikipedia user <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:Jwrodgers\">JWRogers<\/a>,\u00a0licensed under the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported<\/a>\u00a0license.<\/li>\n<li>Micro USB B by Wikipedia user\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User:Masamic\">Masamic<\/a>,\u00a0licensed under the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported<\/a>\u00a0license.<\/li>\n<li>USB type A by Wikipedia user \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Evan-Amos\">Evan-Amos<\/a>,\u00a0made available under the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>RCA connections\u00a0by Wikipedia user\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Evan-Amos\">Evan-Amos<\/a>,\u00a0public domain.<\/li>\n<li>DVI connection\u00a0by Wikipedia user\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Evan-Amos\">Evan-Amos<\/a>,\u00a0public domain.<\/li>\n<li>HDMI connection\u00a0by Wikipedia user,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Evan-Amos\">Evan-Amos<\/a>,\u00a0public domain.<\/li>\n<li>VGA connection\u00a0by Wikipedia user,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Evan-Amos\">Evan-Amos<\/a>,\u00a0public domain.<\/li>\n<li>Ethernet connection by Wikipedia user <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:David.Monniaux\">David Monniaux<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0licensed under the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported<\/a>\u00a0license.<\/li>\n<li>TRS Mini Jack by Wikipedia user <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Evan-Amos\">Evan-Amos<\/a>,\u00a0public domain.<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi board diagram by Paul Beech.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to the licensing conditions of the images listed above, this blog post (but not the rest of this website), is licensed under the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported<\/a>\u00a0license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before on this blog about my experiences getting started with Raspberry Pi (attempt 1 and attempt 2) but, in my post about the inaugural Milton Keynes Raspberry Jam this morning, I highlighted something that became very apparent within the assembled group of Raspberry Pi enthusiasts at Bletchley Park: &#8220;It\u2019s all to easy to\u00a0forget\u00a0that, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/a-beginners-guide-to-getting-started-with-raspberry-pi-raspi.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A beginner&#8217;s guide to getting started with Raspberry Pi (#RasPi)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[218],"tags":[381],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-raspberry-pi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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