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Raspberry Pi

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The Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.com) is a small single-board computer. The newest one is the Pi 5. Because of its popularity a strong community has formed and a lot of additional hardware, software and guides can be found.

The also very popular Arduino excels at direct interaction with sensors and actuators, while the Raspberry Pi has a more powerful processor and can run an OS (typically Linux), so that you can leverage the wealth of software that is available.

Uses for a Raspberry Pi

Since it is a small computer its use is open ended. Some things you could use it for:

  • Cheap desktop computer
  • As a music streamer
  • Digital room correction
  • Home automation
  • Block advertisements with Pi-Hole
  • https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials shows more examples

Linux knowledge

This website contains a complete Linux guide to teach you the ropes. These pages/paragraphs are especially relevant for the Raspberry Pi:

  • Remote access
  • Text editors
  • Debian packages
  • ALSA
  • Device tree overlays
  • Systemd for services
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

  • Raspberry Pi
    • Uses for a Raspberry Pi
    • Linux knowledge

RASPBERRY PI HARDWARE

  • Intro
  • Pinning & interfaces
  • Audio components
  • FLIRC for IR remotes
  • Small displays
  • USB gadget
  • Linux groups

RASPBERRY PI SOFTWARE

  • SD card images
  • CamillaDSP
  • Raspotify

MY DRC SET-UP

  • Overview
  • Spectrum analyzer

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  • Raspberry Pi
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