Raspberry Pi 4 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
Here are some links to our other Pi resources.
- Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
- Product Brief (PDF)
- Schematic (PDF)
- Mechanical Drawing (PDF)
- Documentation
- Projects
- Pi Foundation Forums
- Raspberry Pi Forums: Is Your Pi Not Booting? - Basic 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.
Hackers in Residence: The Sound Visualizer
A fun project that uses a Raspberry Pi and a custom Java app to create your own sound visualizer using a RGB LED matrix.
Qwiic HAT for Raspberry Pi Hookup Guide
Get started interfacing your Qwiic enabled boards with your Raspberry Pi. This Qwiic connects the I2C bus (GND, 3.3V, SDA, and SCL) on your Raspberry Pi to an array of Qwiic connectors.
Setting up a Raspberry Pi 3 as an Access Point
This guide will show you how to configure a Raspberry Pi as an access point and connect it to your local Ethernet network to share Internet to other WiFi devices.
RP2040 Thing Plus Hookup Guide
Want to take a stab at advancing your programming skills? Check out the Thing Plus - RP2040, with the first microcontroller from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This guide will get you started working with the RP2040 and programming in MicroPython and C/C++.
Or check out some of these blog posts for ideas.