Here is the list of materials you will need if you want to complete 100% of this course.
You can also download a PDF containing all the information as an additional resource to this video.
So first of course you will need a Raspberry Pi board.
Now which Raspberry Pi board should you use for this course?
I have good news for you, even if this course is targeted towards the Raspberry Pi five, while in
fact you can also use Raspberry Pi four three and the two versions, everything will be the same.
Also, no need to worry about the additional letters in the Raspberry Pi version such as B, B+, etc.
everything will work so you can use the Raspberry Pi operating system on all those boards, and the
Gpio panel is also identical.
So if you have a Raspberry Pi four, for example, don't worry because this course will work for you
as well, only for the Raspberry Pi two.
You will need a USB WiFi dongle because Wi-Fi was not already integrated on the board.
And if you get the Raspberry Pi five and also Raspberry Pi four, you will be able to choose different
configurations for the Ram two, four, or eight gigabytes, the more the better.
But of course, it becomes more expensive.
Two gigabytes is fine.
I personally use the four gigabyte version for this course, and it works great for all my projects.
Unless you plan on executing high demanding programs, eight gigabytes is something you probably don't
need right now.
Then you need a power supply for your pipe.
If you buy your Raspberry Pi inside a kit, you should already have one.
If not, then you will need to get one.
As each version of the Raspberry Pi requires more and more power, I would recommend just getting the
official power supply for Raspberry Pi five.
The voltage is 5.1V and it delivers five amps.
You could also try to use a phone charger with a similar power and see if it works well or not.
But one thing you should definitely avoid doing is to power on your Raspberry Pi directly from your
computer.
With a USB cable, you will see the LED on the Raspberry Pi, but the current won't be enough for the
board to run well, and you can expect all sorts of issues.
So either use a power supply specifically designed for Raspberry Pi, or use a very good phone charger
with at least five volts and three amp.
If the phone charger is not enough, you will need to get another power supply.
Now, the third and final part you need, if you just want to run your Raspberry Pi solo, is a microSD
card.
When choosing which microSD card you want to use, there are two important factors the class of the
SD card and the storage capacity.
First, make sure that you get a card with class ten and not lower than that.
The class ten symbol should look like this.
It's a ten inside a circle.
If you have a card with less than ten, it will probably be too slow for your Pi.
Some of the new SD cards are even more powerful and fast.
For example, this Extreme Pro microSD card.
And here you can see we have a number three inside a U shape.
I won't go into much details about that, but if you see that symbol, that's also very good option.
Now about the storage capacity of the SD card, I recommend you to get at least 16GB of storage so you
can install the operating system and have some room for extra files or programs.
And why not 32GB?
If you know that, you will have to store bigger files on your Raspberry Pi.
So with the Raspberry Pi, the power supply, and the microSD card, you can already install the Raspberry
Pi operating system.
You can learn Python and follow most of the course if you want to get everything I have listed so far
in one kit, you can buy what's called a Raspberry Pi Starter kit.
There are all sorts of starter kits.
For example, here is the one I'm using which includes a Raspberry Pi five, the official power supply,
a micro SD card, and even a case plus additional cables.
Now, if you also want to be able to create the hardware circuits and do the activities related to Gpio,
you will also need the following a breadboard a set of wires that can connect to the breadboard, and
the Raspberry Pi's Gpio.
You will need male to female wires, male to male wires, and also female to female wires.
A set of resistors.
We will use one kilo ohm resistors in this course, but if you don't have those, you can also get 330
or 470 ohm resistors.
I will give more details about that during the course.
Usually the best thing to do with resistors is just to get a complete set with many different values,
as it's quite cheap.
Then you will need three LEDs with the color that you want.
It doesn't really matter and a pushbutton with four legs like this one for all those components.
So the breadboard, the wires, the resistors, LEDs and push button.
Usually you can easily find kits that contain everything.
For example you can search for breadboard kits on the internet.
Also, if you maybe have already worked with Arduino and have an Arduino kit, you will get all those
components in it.
So with that you can do almost all sections in this course.
Now for two sections at the end and for the final project, you will also need a Pir sensor which is
a passive infrared sensor.
Here is the reference number.
I suggest you buy a set of 2 or 3.
Usually it's almost the same price.
Whether you buy 1 or 3, it will be especially useful to have more than one if you buy the cheap ones,
where there is a higher chance of getting a sensor that doesn't work properly and you will need the
Raspberry Pi camera.
Note that you have two models for the camera.
The standard one with a green board and the newer version with a black board.
The black version is perfect for working in the dark, but won't produce good looking pictures in daylight
compared to the standard green version.
So for this course I will be using the standard one, and this is the one I recommend.
If you are getting started and you don't have a specific project that requires you to work in the dark.
Also, there are a few versions named v1, v2, and v3.
Of course the later the better, but all versions will work the same, so don't worry if you already
have an older Raspberry Pi camera, you can keep that one.
And finally, if you have a Raspberry Pi five, you will probably also need a cable adaptor for that
camera, as the port on the board is slightly smaller and I will give more details about that on the
camera section.
Well, that's it for the list of parts.
Now, if you already have a Raspberry Pi, you can start the course right now while waiting for the
other parts to arrive.