Raspberry Pi 3 Starter Kit Hookup Guide

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Resources and Going Further

Raspberry Pi Accessories

If you are looking to add additional features, check out the accessories to power your Raspberry Pi remotely, build a homemade motion-activated security system, or go retro by building your own arcade controller to emulate classic video games!

Raspberry Pi LCD - 7" Touchscreen

LCD-13733
$88.30

Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2

DEV-14028
$48.00

SparkFun PiRetrocade

KIT-14007
Retired

PiJuice HAT - Raspberry Pi Portable Power Platform

PRT-14803
Retired


With the Pi 3 reading buttons and toggling LEDs, you're sure to be the coolest kid on the block, but what else can it do? Let us know how you use your Pi 3 in the comments! Otherwise, here are some links to our other Pi resources.

Need some inspiration? Check out these tutorials and projects.

Raspberry Pi SPI and I2C Tutorial

Learn how to use serial I2C and SPI buses on your Raspberry Pi using the wiringPi I/O library for C/C++ and spidev/smbus for Python.

How to Use Remote Desktop on the Raspberry Pi with VNC

Use RealVNC to connect to your Raspberry Pi to control the graphical desktop remotely across the network.

Raspberry Pi 4 Kit Hookup Guide

Guide for hooking up your Raspberry Pi 4 Model B basic, desktop, or hardware starter kit together.

2D Barcode Scanner Breakout Hookup Guide

A quick Hookup Guide to get you started with the SparkFun 2D Barcode Scanner Breakout.

Or check out some of these blog posts for ideas: