How to setup Raspberry PI 3 board

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Parth786

Joined Jun 19, 2017
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It should be ready, depending on what you want to do..
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I wanted to know weather keyboard and monitor of my laptop is connected with Pi or not, because I have to make project on Pi, so my board should be connected to laptops keyboard and monitor. Am i properly configured board. Now Can I use my laptop's monitor and keyboard to program Pi board.
 

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Parth786

Joined Jun 19, 2017
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You might want to install this to use the RPi GUI interface on a windows box.
I followed many liknk's I found out some software tools like VNC, Xming, IP scanner , advanced IP scanner. I have not tried xming but I will read it but the question is again, Is the board configured for making led blink project?
 

simozz

Joined Jul 23, 2017
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I don't understand if you can connect or not.
If not, try to figure out what is the IP address configured by the Raspian.
Take a look at the /etc/network/interface files or /etc/network/interface.d/ files if the network peripheral is configured with static IP address.
However there is A LOT of doc about Raspi out there.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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I followed many liknk's I found out some software tools like VNC, Xming, IP scanner , advanced IP scanner. I have not tried xming but I will read it but the question is again, Is the board configured for making led blink project?
The board is ready for you to continue if you can login and access the command line, you might need to install additional software to run a simple GPIO example like here.
http://www.admfactory.com/blinking-led-on-raspberry-pi-using-python/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Blinking-LED-with-Raspberry-Pi-1/
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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GPIO drivers are already included in the kernel.
Toggling a GPIO can be done through shell without any additional software as python, node etc. Here is an example.
I know, I've written GPIO (and other I/O) kernel drivers for the RPi.
Sure, I just gave him Python based links because that's a very common language on the RPi and he will see tons of (maybe easy to understand) example code written in it.
 

be80be

Joined Jul 5, 2008
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Watch blinking leds the gpio of pi are not like a pic or avr you want make sure you hook it up right before
you power.
You should keep the following limitations in mind when using the GPIO pins:

  • These are 3.3 volt logic pins. A voltage near 3.3 V is interpreted as a logic one while a voltage near zero volts is a logic zero. A GPIO pin should never be connected to a voltage source greater than 3.3V or less than 0V, as prompt damage to the chip may occur as the input pin substrate diodes26) conduct. There may be times when you may need to connect them to out-of-range voltages – in those cases the input pin current must be limited by an external resistor to a value that prevents harm to the chip. I recommend that you never source or sink more than 0.5 mA into an input pin.
  • To prevent excessive power dissipation in the chip, you should not source/sink more current from the pin than its programmed limit. So, if you have set the current capability to 2 mA, do not draw more than 2 mA from the pin.
  • Never demand that any output pin source or sink more than 16 mA.
  • Current sourced by the outputs is drawn from the 3.3 V supply, which can supply only 50 mA maximum. Consequently, the maximum you can source from all the GPIO outputs simultaneously is less than 50 mA. You may be able to draw transient currents beyond that limit as they are drawn from the bypass capacitors on the 3.3 V rail, but don't push the envelope!
  • There isn't a similar limitation on sink current. For sink current, the pertinent limitation is that imposed by maximum chip power dissipation. Even so, you can safely sink up to 16 mA each into any number of GPIO pins simultaneously. In the worst case, the output pins (if configured to the 16mA high current drive capability) have a maximum output low voltage of about 0.4 V27), and and their internal circuitry dissipates only 6.4 mW worst case. Even sinking 16 mA into 16 pins simultaneously would produce only 0.1024 W, that is, about a tenth of a watt. However, depending on the source of the current, transient sink currents may make demands on the board's bypass capacitors, so you may not want to switch all the outputs to sink the maximum current synchronously, if you require fast, clean transitions.
  • Do not drive capacitive loads. Do not place a capacitive load directly across the pin. Limit current into any capacitive load to a maximum transient current of 16 mA. For example, if you use a low pass filter on an output pin, you must provide a series resistance of at least 3.3V/16mA = 200 Ω.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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Watch blinking leds the gpio of pi are not like a pic or avr you want make sure you hook it up right before
you power.
The RPi wan't designed with the type of industrial strength protection that most controllers have. I've blown more than one boards GPIO pin just from static and/or bad connections. I normally use a GERTBOARD with I/O buffering for hardware interfacing on the fly.
 
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be80be

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I didn't put my glasses on and hooked a pic 16f1825 backward as if that wasn't enough
I had been using my supply set to 12 volts to test some stuff out i plugged it in the power rails
The chip got hot almost as soon as it came on the pic lived

The rpi would of gone up in smoke.
 

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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I didn't put my glasses on and hooked a pic 16f1825 backward as if that wasn't enough
I had been using my supply set to 12 volts to test some stuff out i plugged it in the power rails
The chip got hot almost as soon as it came on the pic lived

The rpi would of gone up in smoke.
They are made Oregon (and Arizona) tough with old school technology. :D

 

nerdegutta

Joined Dec 15, 2009
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Well done! It would be nice if you wrote a step-by-step list of what you did. I'm certain you are not the first or the last with this question.
 

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Parth786

Joined Jun 19, 2017
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Well done! It would be nice if you wrote a step-by-step list of what you did. I'm certain you are not the first or the last with this question.
If you want to make project based on Raspberry Pi and You don't have keyboard, monitor and mouse. You don't need to worry about that. You can use your laptop's keypad and screen for Raspberry Pi. You don't need to buy extra monitor and keyboard for raspberry . You only need some software tools.

Step 1 : The first step is to download SD card for-matter and format your SD card first. link https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

Step 2: Download the Raspberry Pi’s operating system.Just download the ZIP file and Extract it to a new folder. Then you’ll have a single .img image file that contains the operating system link https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

Step 3: Download win32diskmanger because We need a program that can write the operating system image file onto a microSD card link https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
Step 4 download Putty. It opens up a window that gives you access to the Raspberry Pi’s command prompt link https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

Step 5: Download Advanced IP Scanner to find out IP address Raspberry Pi board link http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/?utm_expid=62919999-57.5ENIr244S5uZwHwIHF5qcg.0&utm_referrer=http://www.circuitbasics.com/raspberry-pi-basics-setup-without-monitor-keyboard-headless-mode/

Step 6: Download VNC viewer link https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/vnc/

This is all information you required to setup Raspberry board 3 with the ssh and wifi without monitor, mouse and keyboard.
 
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