Raspberry Pi 3 Starter Kit Hookup Guide
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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!
SparkFun PiRetrocade
KIT-14007
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.
- Raspberry Pi Forums: Is Your Pi Not Booting? - Troubleshooting tips and solutions for a Raspberry Pi that is not booting up.
- The gPIo tutorial
- The SPI and I2C tutorial
Need some inspiration? Check out these tutorials and projects.
SparkFun Blocks for Intel® Edison - Pi Block
Tutorial on setting up and using the Pi Block for Intel Edison.
Qwiic Atmospheric Sensor (BME280) Hookup Guide
Measure temperature, humidity, barometric pressure with the SparkFun Atmospheric Sensor Breakout BME280 (Qwiic).
SparkFun Top pHAT Hookup Guide
The pHAT to sit above your other HATs. Does that make it the "king" of the pHATs?
This guide will help you get started using the Top pHAT with the Raspberry Pi.
Setup and Using MicroPython for Beginners
In this tutorial, our goal is to help guide you through using MicroPython on a microcontroller unit or Linus SBC, setting up and running mpremote, and getting started with three different development environments
Or check out some of these blog posts for ideas: