Everyone knows that the Raspberry Pi is a small computer with just one circuit board, originally designed for teaching or programming learning. But now, it is clear that its role is not limited to this.

The Raspberry Pi is popular for its low cost and power consumption, and people are using it for all sorts of things, such as entertainment, IoT projects, etc.

Because there are many things you can do with the Raspberry Pi, people feel a bit confused and don’t know where to start. This leads to the scenario where everyone enthusiastically buys the latest Raspberry Pi, ready to have fun, but ends up as a “dust collector” in the drawer due to not knowing how to use it.

Based on this, Liangxu introduces several ways for everyone to systematically learn about the Raspberry Pi, so that everyone can have fun and rescue the “dust collector” in the drawer. However, most of the methods introduced below are foreign. Unfortunately, we have to admit that some foreign technology forums and communities are indeed much more advanced than those in China.

Recommended Raspberry Pi Books

There are many excellent books on the market introducing the Raspberry Pi, including some domestic books. Here are two books that range from beginner to advanced.

• Raspberry Pi Cookbook: Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions

The author of this book is Simon Monk, a software engineer and a senior geek. Initially, he was attracted to Arduino because it is very convenient for electronic development and easy to get started, so he wrote a book about Arduino.

Later, he turned to the Raspberry Pi and wrote this book. In the book, he introduces a series of easy-to-start Raspberry Pi projects, which allow you to quickly familiarize yourself with the various module resources of the Raspberry Pi. Moreover, he has provided solutions for various problems you may encounter during the learning process.

• Programming the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python

This book is also by Simon Monk. The focus of this book is on learning Python. As you know, Python is a very elegant and simple language (compared to other programming languages), and even if you don’t know programming, you can understand Python code.

Python also provides many libraries for Raspberry Pi development. With these libraries, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel or research communication protocols for those sensors.

In Raspberry Pi Cookbook, Monk has introduced two chapters on Python, but this book can be considered a real quick start. He introduces you to the Python language and develops some Raspberry Pi-based Python projects to help you use Python to play with the Raspberry Pi.

Through this book, you will not only learn the Python language, but also how to use Python for Raspberry Pi project development.

Raspberry Pi Online Courses

Now that the internet is very developed, we can learn a massive amount of excellent courses online without leaving home. Here is a very good online course:

• Raspberry Pi Class

Raspberry Pi Class offers some very comprehensive online tutorials on Raspberry Pi. It starts with the most basic parts of the Raspberry Pi and Linux operating system, all the way to Python programming and GPIO operations.

Its courses are very systematic, teaching you how to comprehensively work with the Raspberry Pi from top to bottom, especially suitable for beginners to quickly enter the development state. Its website is:

https://www.instructables.com/class/Raspberry-Pi-Class/

Recommended Raspberry Pi Communities

There is an overwhelming amount of information about Raspberry Pi online, but the following communities are definitely worth your attention.

• RaspberryPi.org

Yes, this is the official website of Raspberry Pi. As the official website, it naturally gathers Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and geeks from all over the world.

In this community, everyone uploads various Raspberry Pi-based projects, and if you dig deep, you will definitely find many excellent projects.

Of course, not only projects, but also basic operations, such as how to install the Raspbian system on the Raspberry Pi, are abundant in this community.

Therefore, as long as you put in the effort in this community, you can definitely grow from a novice to a respected expert.

• Opensource.com

On opensource.com, you can find many guiding posts, including: beginner guides, excellent projects, resource updates, and more.

This website covers many aspects, and the Raspberry Pi is under the following topic:

https://opensource.com/tags/raspberry-pi

• Instructables and Hackaday

Note that these are two communities, including the previous 5 ways, which perfectly match the title’s mention of 7 ways. The websites for these two communities are:

https://www.instructables.com/technology/raspberry-pi/
https://hackaday.io/projects?tag=raspberry%20pi

Because these two communities are quite similar, they are introduced together. In these two communities, you can find a vast number of highly actionable projects, let me show you a screenshot to give you a feel.

In these two communities, you can see a variety of Raspberry Pi projects, such as: a magic mirror (which can display weather forecasts, temperature and humidity, time, calendar, etc.). Moreover, each project provides very detailed steps, even the source code, and as long as you follow the steps on the website, you can definitely replicate the project.

So, if you don’t know what to do with your Raspberry Pi, you can check out these two communities and find a few projects to play with. After you complete a few projects, trust me, your confidence will increase significantly!

Conclusion

These are the ways introduced in this article for learning about the Raspberry Pi, including some basic beginner tutorials and advanced projects that require a lot of time to complete. If you really don’t know what to do with the Raspberry Pi or how to get started, make sure to study the methods introduced above.

But, all in English, good luck.

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