There's always a risk of breaking something when working with hardware but don't be scared! Worst case, you buy it again but normally things are pretty forgiving and breaking something can be a good excuse to learn to fix something. Good luck on your journey!
First step into the Linux World. Welcome! Learning is fun when you realize what you can do with a computer and when you have the control of it by programming the computer. I started using Linux 2012. I think it's the same year as the first raspberry pi came out. I'm glad that I did. So much fun!
The Pi may not be the slickest looking, or the most powerful single board computer you can get. But in terms of support it is easily one of the best single board computers available, and the range of plug in devices for it is phenomenal.....
this is literally how I am and it drives me crazy. i love the process of the deep dive into learning absolutely everything possible about something and then i imagine all of these huge plans and ideas then spend way too much $$ on stuff... but then it all arrives and when i have everything in hand, i just feel like i dont have the energy or the interest or whatever anymore. or i will actually finally start something and get like barely into it and then just stop and plan to return and i never do because i find something else that starts the whole process over again
Amazing!! I love how you have documented your journey into the Raspberrypi world!! Sometimes I forget how it is been a noobie... and the excitement and fear of do new things! I love your video. ❤
Just a tip: People love it when you include links and details about the hardware/software you are using. If your content is good, people will try to follow along. So it would be helpful for those on the fence to have links or at least detailed descriptions of what you have in case they want to learn with you and your experience. Also, well done! I think you will find there are a lot of us out there who struggle with that difficult first step.
I feel like I’m along for the ride too, I started with my Pi build December 31st and have been learning stuff, all the things, and it feels like it’s all happening fast. Congratulations on the light and keep it up 🎉
I’m going through the same process as you my dear. I over think things that I want to do. I just install Linux on my old laptop and plan to learn python using it! Your video is making me want to just do it and stop overthinking everything about the process. Thank you and keep it up! I really like the video.❤
Do you know what they say about the first step: starting is often the hardest ? Yes, you will run into technical problems, they are hard, but they are known. Maybe pick a date and do it.
The reason for wanting to learn Python ... is this for controlling the I/O-pins ? (Personally, I live Javascript a lot better and Javascript is easy to learn if you know any C-like language already).
@@68HC060 I think javascript is harder to learn due to lots of boilerplate code. Python is really easy to learn and great for sciences due to countless library for machine learning and even quantum computing. I started learning python months ago, build a small MLP neural net and today, I used a quantum simular to put a qubit into superposition, entangle it with another one and then measure both. All in Python code with qiskit and qiskit-aer
Welcome tom the club! Since it's a Linux box, you can put SSH on it, boot it up headless, and put the Pi on your "{electronics workbench", controlling it from your PC. That way, you don't need to find space for the extra monitor, keyboard, etc. Without all those peripherals, you can do project on something like a cafeteria tray, so you can get them out of the way when you have company that won't get excited when you show off what you['ve been doing 😎
The distance between idea and execution. That is me. So many writing projects got bogged down in the details to the point I just didn't want to finish. Congrats you got this running. More Pi journeys would be welcome. :)
Good for you and yes everyone starts like this at some point. As you said, its better to just dig in and try, do it. So many people say they want to, but to scared so just give up before they even attempt. The more you try, the more you learn and better you get. Love playing with the raspberry pi for so many projects.
It too has changed the way i program and learn software development. Being an Electronics Undergrad the linux shell scirpting was fun to learn on it. Must have thing for any tech geek.
Wow, so impressive. This reminds me of how scared I was, when even using a netbook back in the day. Now, I am no longer afraid playing with electronics. It becomes part of my life now.
I had the same problems connecting the fan. I have monster fat fingers that do not lend themselves well to small spaces. I was also confused by the connector cover on the fan connector. This video makes me feel better that I wasn't the only one with these problems.
Some other fun toys, can be things like an Arduino or ESP32... I have a project that I made with an Arduino, 128x64 LCD, an analog joystick, and speaker that recreates some of the old arcade games from the 70s, like Missile Command, Breakout, and Snake. The components are pretty easy to wire together, and there's a graphics library for the Arduino that lets you interface with those little green LCD screens (and probably a lot of other ones).
I just loved this video. I'm also watch too much YT, and I'm also want to make a lot of electronics projects since ever. It's very refreshing and hope giving to see someone giving "small" steps towards being a completer, hahaha. Thanks for giving this energy, I really appreciate!
This is why the Raspberry Pi project was started: learning, also it's meant to be a cheap device: so if it breaks, no worries, you can easily get a new one !
I really loved your *real* timelapse of showing the hard work it goes into learning *AND* trying along the way! The temporary LED flashing is not cringe at all either! I share your sentiment about over-researching and not actually trying things out, so adopting the "just do it" mentality is a solid advice! And you rightfully have a worry whether something will just not work when u plug it in or something will burn out or u get shocked, if u r working with non-microelectronics. It was just like that, when I was learning, except I was 6 years old and a personal computers had 1Kilobyte of RAM. A Raspberry Pi would be been considered a super computer X-D I did embedded programming until I was maybe ~20 years old and the uncertainty of what will happen, when I plug the re-flashed electronics in never really went away, so I pivoted to be a sysadmin for 7years, before I came back to non-embedded programming :)
Btw, this kind of procrastination is one of the ADHD symptoms, so I highly recommend looking into whether u have ADHD and what can you do about managing it. For me, taking 2x10mg Ritalin for a month, then 56mg Concerta for a few years made wonders! After 8 years I tapered it down to 36mg & for the past 6 years I'm just taking 27mg Concerta, always during weekdays only. I did have to stop for a few months recently, because I had 120+bpm resting hear rate for uncertain reasons (but mostly because of being over-weight).
Just watched the beginning, we can relate. I hope it changed your life. Btw, in the USA we seem to celebrate Christmas earlier than you do in the UK. Merry Christmas 😛
Greetings from across the ditch (NZ) and thank you Steph for sharing your Raspberry Pi journey. I too have wanted to have a go with a Pi project one day, but have never got around to it, so congrats on getting off your butt & actually doing it =)
Man! I can relate to your thinking system so much! Much of it comes from age and generation in my case, I guess. Difference is I was majored in Electronics and have less developer skills! What you felt on Electronics part I feel on software development part!
took me 5 months to finally build my PC I had sitting around in parts. Finally did it for Christmas Eve when my PC I had started acting up. So Merry Christmas to me!
I'm looking at making the same leap as you and getting a Raspberry Pi. I'm torn between the kit you got and the newest one the Pi 500 kit. Loved the video!!
The plastic piece in the connector is there so the pick and place machine can use suction to pick the connector up and place in the board for assembly. At least it looks like that might be what it is there for. Also need utmost caution when plugging into it, the pins are very thin and fragile compared to the other header pins on the board. I've made no progress with my PI5, just plug it in once in a while.
0:22 you are telling you are not excited or fearful to open the box when a new raspberry pi arrives? its like going to a carnival and saying weather I could enjoy here or not. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
These kits really do need to have a specific instruction to remove the protective plug from the JST port, I literally had the same boggle two days ago with my first RPi
03:56 Open up the case of your mac book and count the boards: Yes that too is a "single board computer", and coincidentally it even uses the same CPU architecture as the Raspberry-Pi. The actual difference is that the RPi is stripped down to the bare necessities (no display, keyboard, speaker, microphone) and you have ready access to the fun bits (GPIO) so you can interface with the real world without buying another piece of hardware. BTW, good job.
Recommendation: get the pironman 5 case for it. It allows you to boot from an actual ssd which makes the pi much faster and you get much better cooling and full size HDMI. Expensive case but it gives the pi lots of functionality.
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Funny video, but glad that you did this as it might be an inspiration for others to begin tinkering with new things. We have all been beginners and I think that you should not try to rush away but maybe have a goal for a project that is reasonable hard. Brake it down into smaller parts and do documentation on what you did and how as you might be forced to start from beginning with some parts. I know by my own experience that it is easy to buy stuff but much harder to find time and sit down and focus on one thing. I think you should do a blog for your time at the pi. Looking forward to watch your next video. Greetings from Sweden
When I studied mech.eng and then astronautics it was because I wanted to learn engineering and robotics and space. Then you get a job and all they want you to do is sit behind a computer day in and day out doing the same thing until you go mad, indoctrinating you into believing you can't continue to grow and learn other areas of engineering and science, that you're not skilled enough, smart enough. The overthinking thing it's establishment conditioning, I have it too, you're fighting it which is a good thing. I bought the AI hat for my PI5, camera, wheels, motor driver and a battery as a Christmas present, I'm just going to learn it myself at my own rate, there's so much help and people willing to give advice on forums and I'm not afraid to fail, failure is leaning.
Welcome to the club! Maybe this is a first step towards becoming a full-time Linux user. If you want a recommendation for an easy to use starter distro for desktop use, then I'd go with Linux Mint. It's one of the easiest to use distros and yet it's still fully capable. It's also what I setup for my parents to use and they've informed me that they've had no problems with it for the past 6 months that it's been installed.
Huzzah! Kudos! (Because I know I need to do more doing, and less thinking (or at least less thinking relative to doing)... Though, I do do some doing, and then still end up getting derailed by thinking... let me know if you find a solution to that part. :D)
the Pi500 is a nobrainer, all in one with the same port for wiring projects. Just pulled the trigger on the OrangePi5 8gb for about US$60 delivered. Well thats before $6 for cooling and ill get a mate 3d drint me a case... Perfect for motels/hotels media streaming devices as well as emials/socialmedia. You can even now get windows-on-arm for them but linux is so easy and I dont miss M$ anymore
The RPi changed my life, that is until the RPi Pico came along. And then I got hooked on MCUs as a class of computing. The ESP32 is my processor of choice these days. I grew up close to the hardware in the late 1970s, so these low spec processors are just my cup of tea. I spent from the mid-1990s until 2019 working with server class hardware in huge datacenters. Now I keep an MCU in my wallet at all times. 🙂
you are learning you are meant to make mistakes. if you do not make mistakes then you are not trying hard enough. do not be Afrad of braking things they are tougher than you think. keep on going you are doing great.
one thing to consider, the raspberry pi is supposed to be cheap, so if you break it, there is not much cost to get a new one (although i find them really hard to break). you may have paid 200 for the whole kit, but the rpi itself goes for around $50 for the 4gb model, so if you break it, just get a new one
tbh i didnt even know what id do with mine, just wanted one. now i have a few around the house. One runs a web appliance to access my 3d printer. one i ran an emulator to play old nintendo games.
This sounds like my experience as a person with ADHD, except I have an outsized sense of confidence because of the illusion of difference between men and women.
Hey Steph! If you need any help with projects be sure to get in touch! I make Raspberry Pi content on TH-cam and would love to know where you get stuck so I can help others too!
I see you have removed the Pi 5 from its case to attach things. Here is a tip that might help: if you use the official cooler, the Pi no longer fits in the case... except if you remove the clear part that has the fan on it, then it does and the cooler still works. Also, if you are going to be using the Pi for projects that need interaction with the GPIOs, maybe consider the official "bumper". It is a little rubber tray that attached to the Pi (easy to remove and attach). It means the Pi won't scratch your desk and won't skid around - also gives you something to grab hold of that isn't circuitboard. (It also has the benefit of being dirt cheap) Anyway, welcome to the party!
Next step is arduino, buy a bunch of esp32's and you can build little wifi projects and i swear you'll have so much fun :) (and it doesn't cost shit and the programming is straightforward - for example you can use emulators like wokwi and you can first emulate then build physically)
Wait til you go further. It gets more fun when you then move on from the Pi Pico to the Arduino Nano and then into the ATTiny13. Yes - there's soldering involved but it gets fun when you have a circuit you soldered yourself with a microcontroller chip you programmed yourself and it all looks professional in a little box.
Years ago i was doubtful being able to use something else than Windows, mainly because of old age. Today i can't imagine going back after flushing Windows out of my Dull NoteBook, with enough room to evaluate multiple Linux setups thanks to its UEFi support, which makes installation almost « as easy as pie »... The Raspberry Pi 500 got my attention, its next revision might make me think more seriously of purchasing one as i'd like to get an iP-TV capable unit for my living room, possibly even for less than with my NoteBook and no fear the Microsoft auto-updates will risk to turn it into a brick after corrupting its FirmWare...
What a wonderful share 😊, ok that ending was a bit funny. You go! I have some of the same traits as you. I got a raspberry pi 5 too. Hope to see more… take care and charge on, from central Florida 🌴🇺🇸
Linux is hard but Linux is also fun. Started years ago, now the current Ubuntu LTS is my current driver. Playing games with steam, using pycharm, it's so much fun. I allready changed my window manager and my shell^^
Hello there I'm just curious if it is possible to get a software job with a high school diploma Please answer me it will be a great help me and others who have any idea of it Thank you
my e-ink kit got lost in the mail, i've been working on a case in freecad to make a diy e-book with a pi02w and pisugar2, refunded, fresh one coming sunday. haven't figured out how i want the buttons yet, anyway, probably not an interesting project for you, cause the only difficult part is the case, unless you want to try designing one, then you have my pity and giggles, also support, but i'm gonna giggle first. can't wait till you find out about noobs/pinn.
Last part of video remembering me in 8 or 9 years ago when i started using Arduino i do projects for people as freelancer blinking LED is 90% of all you need to know. everything in deep deep down is just a blinking LED, don't believe me? LEARN!!!
Have I died and am now looking at my reincarnated self, but in female form, that has now taken on another project to learn? You're doing great, hang in there!
First things first DO NOT use the raspberry pi case. not good venting for heat. It will work but youre better off just running it naked with a fan and heatsink and it will be more then fine. But I like the look of the Pi and its internals
There's always a risk of breaking something when working with hardware but don't be scared! Worst case, you buy it again but normally things are pretty forgiving and breaking something can be a good excuse to learn to fix something. Good luck on your journey!
First step into the Linux World. Welcome! Learning is fun when you realize what you can do with a computer and when you have the control of it by programming the computer. I started using Linux 2012. I think it's the same year as the first raspberry pi came out. I'm glad that I did. So much fun!
The Pi may not be the slickest looking, or the most powerful single board computer you can get. But in terms of support it is easily one of the best single board computers available, and the range of plug in devices for it is phenomenal.....
Oh my God, I can totally relate to the beginning!
this is literally how I am and it drives me crazy.
i love the process of the deep dive into learning absolutely everything possible about something and then i imagine all of these huge plans and ideas then spend way too much $$ on stuff... but then it all arrives and when i have everything in hand, i just feel like i dont have the energy or the interest or whatever anymore.
or i will actually finally start something and get like barely into it and then just stop and plan to return and i never do because i find something else that starts the whole process over again
The story of my life, though after 61 years I'm trying not to buy anything new and just work with what I have. Wish me luck :-)
Amazing!! I love how you have documented your journey into the Raspberrypi world!! Sometimes I forget how it is been a noobie... and the excitement and fear of do new things! I love your video. ❤
Just a tip: People love it when you include links and details about the hardware/software you are using. If your content is good, people will try to follow along. So it would be helpful for those on the fence to have links or at least detailed descriptions of what you have in case they want to learn with you and your experience. Also, well done! I think you will find there are a lot of us out there who struggle with that difficult first step.
Ah the curse of ADHD motivation.
I feel like I’m along for the ride too, I started with my Pi build December 31st and have been learning stuff, all the things, and it feels like it’s all happening fast. Congratulations on the light and keep it up 🎉
I’m going through the same process as you my dear. I over think things that I want to do. I just install Linux on my old laptop and plan to learn python using it! Your video is making me want to just do it and stop overthinking everything about the process. Thank you and keep it up! I really like the video.❤
Do you know what they say about the first step: starting is often the hardest ? Yes, you will run into technical problems, they are hard, but they are known. Maybe pick a date and do it.
The reason for wanting to learn Python ... is this for controlling the I/O-pins ?
(Personally, I live Javascript a lot better and Javascript is easy to learn if you know any C-like language already).
@@68HC060 I think javascript is harder to learn due to lots of boilerplate code. Python is really easy to learn and great for sciences due to countless library for machine learning and even quantum computing.
I started learning python months ago, build a small MLP neural net and today, I used a quantum simular to put a qubit into superposition, entangle it with another one and then measure both. All in Python code with qiskit and qiskit-aer
this channel has so much personality. i love it
I share the same opinion
Welcome tom the club!
Since it's a Linux box, you can put SSH on it, boot it up headless, and put the Pi on your "{electronics workbench", controlling it from your PC. That way, you don't need to find space for the extra monitor, keyboard, etc.
Without all those peripherals, you can do project on something like a cafeteria tray, so you can get them out of the way when you have company that won't get excited when you show off what you['ve been doing 😎
The distance between idea and execution. That is me. So many writing projects got bogged down in the details to the point I just didn't want to finish. Congrats you got this running. More Pi journeys would be welcome. :)
Good for you and yes everyone starts like this at some point. As you said, its better to just dig in and try, do it. So many people say they want to, but to scared so just give up before they even attempt. The more you try, the more you learn and better you get. Love playing with the raspberry pi for so many projects.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video and had fun watching you do something I'd like to do. Well done and thank you, Steph!
It too has changed the way i program and learn software development. Being an Electronics Undergrad the linux shell scirpting was fun to learn on it. Must have thing for any tech geek.
You did the most important step after getting enthusiast about the Raspberry and buy one.
go and having fun with it.
Wow, so impressive. This reminds me of how scared I was, when even using a netbook back in the day. Now, I am no longer afraid playing with electronics. It becomes part of my life now.
I had the same problems connecting the fan. I have monster fat fingers that do not lend themselves well to small spaces. I was also confused by the connector cover on the fan connector. This video makes me feel better that I wasn't the only one with these problems.
Some other fun toys, can be things like an Arduino or ESP32... I have a project that I made with an Arduino, 128x64 LCD, an analog joystick, and speaker that recreates some of the old arcade games from the 70s, like Missile Command, Breakout, and Snake. The components are pretty easy to wire together, and there's a graphics library for the Arduino that lets you interface with those little green LCD screens (and probably a lot of other ones).
Here here!
my first use of an arduino was years ago for a midi to gameboy interface. yes, gameboy, that old grey brick
They are great fun enjoy I started with them when they came out, even used one with the hd camera to connect to microscope and started filming.
I just loved this video. I'm also watch too much YT, and I'm also want to make a lot of electronics projects since ever. It's very refreshing and hope giving to see someone giving "small" steps towards being a completer, hahaha. Thanks for giving this energy, I really appreciate!
This is why the Raspberry Pi project was started: learning, also it's meant to be a cheap device: so if it breaks, no worries, you can easily get a new one !
Thank you for this YT, that was showing, how many of us, was having it, first time whit a PI. :) and it was so fun to watch
you make it look so easy i feel like i could assemble this thing!! (i regularly forget the password to my phone)
Great Steph!!! Continue exploring the raspberry pi is a great tool!
I really loved your *real* timelapse of showing the hard work it goes into learning *AND* trying along the way!
The temporary LED flashing is not cringe at all either!
I share your sentiment about over-researching and not actually trying things out, so adopting the "just do it" mentality is a solid advice!
And you rightfully have a worry whether something will just not work when u plug it in or something will burn out or u get shocked, if u r working with non-microelectronics.
It was just like that, when I was learning, except I was 6 years old and a personal computers had 1Kilobyte of RAM.
A Raspberry Pi would be been considered a super computer X-D
I did embedded programming until I was maybe ~20 years old and the uncertainty of what will happen, when I plug the re-flashed electronics in never really went away, so I pivoted to be a sysadmin for 7years, before I came back to non-embedded programming :)
Btw, this kind of procrastination is one of the ADHD symptoms, so I highly recommend looking into whether u have ADHD and what can you do about managing it.
For me, taking 2x10mg Ritalin for a month, then 56mg Concerta for a few years made wonders!
After 8 years I tapered it down to 36mg & for the past 6 years I'm just taking 27mg Concerta, always during weekdays only.
I did have to stop for a few months recently, because I had 120+bpm resting hear rate for uncertain reasons (but mostly because of being over-weight).
Just watched the beginning, we can relate. I hope it changed your life. Btw, in the USA we seem to celebrate Christmas earlier than you do in the UK. Merry Christmas 😛
Greetings from across the ditch (NZ) and thank you Steph for sharing your Raspberry Pi journey. I too have wanted to have a go with a Pi project one day, but have never got around to it, so congrats on getting off your butt & actually doing it =)
Im so happy to see I am not the only one with a collection of "million dollar" post it notes. Might just be inspired enough to choose 1 now 😎
Welcome to the raspberry pi family. time to have some fun
Also - great video; really engaging and fun!
Man! I can relate to your thinking system so much! Much of it comes from age and generation in my case, I guess. Difference is I was majored in Electronics and have less developer skills! What you felt on Electronics part I feel on software development part!
took me 5 months to finally build my PC I had sitting around in parts. Finally did it for Christmas Eve when my PC I had started acting up. So Merry Christmas to me!
Pi Zero W and Zero 2W are fun too. Running Pihole on one of those is great.
I'm looking at making the same leap as you and getting a Raspberry Pi. I'm torn between the kit you got and the newest one the Pi 500 kit. Loved the video!!
Don't think just do! Brilliant! Great video and I think its awesome that you made those things happen in the real world with code. nice work!
Have a happy new year afk steph
The plastic piece in the connector is there so the pick and place machine can use suction to pick the connector up and place in the board for assembly. At least it looks like that might be what it is there for. Also need utmost caution when plugging into it, the pins are very thin and fragile compared to the other header pins on the board.
I've made no progress with my PI5, just plug it in once in a while.
0:22 you are telling you are not excited or fearful to open the box when a new raspberry pi arrives? its like going to a carnival and saying weather I could enjoy here or not. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
These kits really do need to have a specific instruction to remove the protective plug from the JST port, I literally had the same boggle two days ago with my first RPi
03:56 Open up the case of your mac book and count the boards: Yes that too is a "single board computer", and coincidentally it even uses the same CPU architecture as the Raspberry-Pi. The actual difference is that the RPi is stripped down to the bare necessities (no display, keyboard, speaker, microphone) and you have ready access to the fun bits (GPIO) so you can interface with the real world without buying another piece of hardware.
BTW, good job.
This might be the right inspiration for the hot ice drink youtuber girl
Recommendation: get the pironman 5 case for it. It allows you to boot from an actual ssd which makes the pi much faster and you get much better cooling and full size HDMI. Expensive case but it gives the pi lots of functionality.
Funny video, but glad that you did this as it might be an inspiration for others to begin tinkering with new things. We have all been beginners and I think that you should not try to rush away but maybe have a goal for a project that is reasonable hard. Brake it down into smaller parts and do documentation on what you did and how as you might be forced to start from beginning with some parts. I know by my own experience that it is easy to buy stuff but much harder to find time and sit down and focus on one thing. I think you should do a blog for your time at the pi.
Looking forward to watch your next video.
Greetings from Sweden
That is one big kit you bought. Never seen a Pi Pico bundled along.
This is fantastic. Enjoy your journey.
You're right: this is a big step for a software person. Congrats
I can totally relate…Time to get my raspberry pi 3b out of its box….no more thinking, just do!
When I studied mech.eng and then astronautics it was because I wanted to learn engineering and robotics and space. Then you get a job and all they want you to do is sit behind a computer day in and day out doing the same thing until you go mad, indoctrinating you into believing you can't continue to grow and learn other areas of engineering and science, that you're not skilled enough, smart enough. The overthinking thing it's establishment conditioning, I have it too, you're fighting it which is a good thing.
I bought the AI hat for my PI5, camera, wheels, motor driver and a battery as a Christmas present, I'm just going to learn it myself at my own rate, there's so much help and people willing to give advice on forums and I'm not afraid to fail, failure is leaning.
Welcome to the club! Maybe this is a first step towards becoming a full-time Linux user. If you want a recommendation for an easy to use starter distro for desktop use, then I'd go with Linux Mint. It's one of the easiest to use distros and yet it's still fully capable. It's also what I setup for my parents to use and they've informed me that they've had no problems with it for the past 6 months that it's been installed.
A perfect message to the world. Thank you!
It’s called undiagnosed ADHD 😂
over thinking... not good enough.... yes, i can relate to that
You'll want an ESD mat to avoid 'Bricking' the Pi.
No, the number pi can't be broken, it's infinite
Huzzah! Kudos! (Because I know I need to do more doing, and less thinking (or at least less thinking relative to doing)... Though, I do do some doing, and then still end up getting derailed by thinking... let me know if you find a solution to that part. :D)
the Pi500 is a nobrainer, all in one with the same port for wiring projects. Just pulled the trigger on the OrangePi5 8gb for about US$60 delivered. Well thats before $6 for cooling and ill get a mate 3d drint me a case... Perfect for motels/hotels media streaming devices as well as emials/socialmedia. You can even now get windows-on-arm for them but linux is so easy and I dont miss M$ anymore
The RPi changed my life, that is until the RPi Pico came along. And then I got hooked on MCUs as a class of computing. The ESP32 is my processor of choice these days. I grew up close to the hardware in the late 1970s, so these low spec processors are just my cup of tea. I spent from the mid-1990s until 2019 working with server class hardware in huge datacenters. Now I keep an MCU in my wallet at all times. 🙂
you are learning you are meant to make mistakes. if you do not make mistakes then you are not trying hard enough. do not be Afrad of braking things they are tougher than you think. keep on going you are doing great.
one thing to consider, the raspberry pi is supposed to be cheap, so if you break it, there is not much cost to get a new one (although i find them really hard to break). you may have paid 200 for the whole kit, but the rpi itself goes for around $50 for the 4gb model, so if you break it, just get a new one
Wow, that's cool. There will be more videos about Raspberry Pi ?
tbh i didnt even know what id do with mine, just wanted one. now i have a few around the house. One runs a web appliance to access my 3d printer. one i ran an emulator to play old nintendo games.
This sounds like my experience as a person with ADHD, except I have an outsized sense of confidence because of the illusion of difference between men and women.
Hey Steph! If you need any help with projects be sure to get in touch! I make Raspberry Pi content on TH-cam and would love to know where you get stuck so I can help others too!
I see you have removed the Pi 5 from its case to attach things. Here is a tip that might help: if you use the official cooler, the Pi no longer fits in the case... except if you remove the clear part that has the fan on it, then it does and the cooler still works. Also, if you are going to be using the Pi for projects that need interaction with the GPIOs, maybe consider the official "bumper". It is a little rubber tray that attached to the Pi (easy to remove and attach). It means the Pi won't scratch your desk and won't skid around - also gives you something to grab hold of that isn't circuitboard. (It also has the benefit of being dirt cheap)
Anyway, welcome to the party!
Next step is arduino, buy a bunch of esp32's and you can build little wifi projects and i swear you'll have so much fun :) (and it doesn't cost shit and the programming is straightforward - for example you can use emulators like wokwi and you can first emulate then build physically)
Wait til you go further. It gets more fun when you then move on from the Pi Pico to the Arduino Nano and then into the ATTiny13. Yes - there's soldering involved but it gets fun when you have a circuit you soldered yourself with a microcontroller chip you programmed yourself and it all looks professional in a little box.
I use this as a NAS
Years ago i was doubtful being able to use something else than Windows, mainly because of old age. Today i can't imagine going back after flushing Windows out of my Dull NoteBook, with enough room to evaluate multiple Linux setups thanks to its UEFi support, which makes installation almost « as easy as pie »... The Raspberry Pi 500 got my attention, its next revision might make me think more seriously of purchasing one as i'd like to get an iP-TV capable unit for my living room, possibly even for less than with my NoteBook and no fear the Microsoft auto-updates will risk to turn it into a brick after corrupting its FirmWare...
I got lazy to make myself a seperate home partition so right now, stuck with ubuntu. arch with hyprland looks nice though with arch install ;)
EAY AS Pi !!!
The struggle is real!!! 😆😀
I never think and I don't do anything
What a wonderful share 😊, ok that ending was a bit funny. You go! I have some of the same traits as you. I got a raspberry pi 5 too. Hope to see more… take care and charge on, from central Florida 🌴🇺🇸
You are an inspiration
Sounds exactly like me, I overthink everything!
I love retropie to play old Games like N64, Sega, PS1, Gameboy ect.
Linux is hard but Linux is also fun. Started years ago, now the current Ubuntu LTS is my current driver. Playing games with steam, using pycharm, it's so much fun. I allready changed my window manager and my shell^^
I was trying to come up with a motto for myself and I only got as far as “Don’t…"
I've got a link for when you turn your eye to arduino-style micro controllers (esp32).
Now I want one since nothing sparked you. Yet.
Hello there I'm just curious if it is possible to get a software job with a high school diploma
Please answer me it will be a great help me and others who have any idea of it
Thank you
Did you know they make hats for Raspberry pi? No shoes just hats.
Why didn't you get fully assmbled or look on TH-cam how to build before buying?
Im subscribing for the journey lol
my e-ink kit got lost in the mail, i've been working on a case in freecad to make a diy e-book with a pi02w and pisugar2, refunded, fresh one coming sunday. haven't figured out how i want the buttons yet, anyway, probably not an interesting project for you, cause the only difficult part is the case, unless you want to try designing one, then you have my pity and giggles, also support, but i'm gonna giggle first. can't wait till you find out about noobs/pinn.
I can easily help get into Michael's runescape account...don't let him know that it was me though
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awesome 🙌!!
Been there done that! Still!!!
Last part of video remembering me in 8 or 9 years ago when i started using Arduino i do projects for people as freelancer blinking LED is 90% of all you need to know. everything in deep deep down is just a blinking LED, don't believe me? LEARN!!!
ADHD
Great job, awesome. Have a great day
Yeah see, you knew you needed to take off the little plastic bit, but were just scared to do it.. so I hope this makes you more fearless...
Have I died and am now looking at my reincarnated self, but in female form, that has now taken on another project to learn? You're doing great, hang in there!
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look small but ok, like it
Very good video! I like it.
First things first DO NOT use the raspberry pi case. not good venting for heat. It will work but youre better off just running it naked with a fan and heatsink and it will be more then fine. But I like the look of the Pi and its internals
all the gear no idea ahahaha that most of us in life ;-)
And no you're not incompetent!