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I'd recommend that you not start with the rpi if you have zero experience. If you're in the USA (edit: at a local RadioShack), you can buy an Arduino, a breadb
by crusso 13y ago
I'd recommend that you not start with the rpi if you have zero experience.
If you're in the USA (edit: at a local RadioShack), you can buy an Arduino, a breadboard, wire, some resistors, switches, and LEDs for less than $60 -- the cost of a typical newly-released video game.
Take it home, read the online getting started guides, and start learning how to get basic circuits working.
Start reading http://hackaday.com/ http://hackaday.com/ to get an idea of what's possible. Bookmark projects that look interesting and proceed from there.
- bippi 13y agoTo add, as a software engineer that knows very little about hardware... the arduino is pretty bulletproof and also dynamic enough to handle very sloppily designed electrical work.
- yaddayadda 13y agoI find hackaday inspirational, but not informative enough for newbies. In no particular order, I suggest: Check out makezine.com. Find a local makerspace[1] Work through tutorials and references for beginners (great hands on electronics book [2], more in-depth info to augment an electronics tutorial [3], arduino [4]) [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=makerspace https://duckduckgo.com/?q=makerspace [2] http://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-Learning-Through-Discovery-ebook/dp/B00D7O2JH8/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398096651&sr=1-2&keywords=arduino http://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-Learning-Through-Disc... [3] http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Third-Scherz/dp/0071771336/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398096651&sr=1-3&keywords=arduino http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Third-... [4] http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Workshop-Hands--Introduction-Projects/dp/1593274483/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398096651&sr=1-10&keywords=arduino http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Workshop-Hands--Introduction-P...