Raspberry Pi Setup - A Getting Started Guide for Raspberry Pi Development

Here are the steps I take to setup a Raspberry Pi for development:

1. Get Raspberry Pi and Peripherals
   • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
   • 7" Touchscreen Display
   • SmartiPi Touchscreen Display Stand
   • USB Keyboard
   • MicroSD Card - 16GB / Class 10
   • Power Supply - 5V/2A
   • USB Cable - A/MicroB
2. Install Raspbian - Flash Raspbian to a MicroSD card.
3. Connect to Internet via Desktop or CLI
4. Enable SSH - So you can execute Terminal commands from your main dev machine.
5. Update Raspbian - To get all the latest packages.

   sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
   

6. Change Hostname - So you don’t have naming conflicts with other machines on your network.
7. Change Password - So you don’t get hacked.
8. Change Keyboard Layout - So your keyboard keys are layed out for your region.
9. Expand File System - So you have space to install all the dependencies you’ll need later.
10. Create File Share - This enables you to easily transfer files from your dev machine to the Pi.
11. Setup Remote Desktop - If you want to remote desktop into your Pi from your dev machine.