Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Tutorial 2018 – Let’s Get Started

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Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Guide 2018

Hi everyone, this is Aamir Hussain and welcome to Raspberry Pi 3 starter guide !! In this article you will learn what is Raspberry Pi, how to set it up and what cool things you can do with raspberry pi. Raspberry Pi is world’s smallest single board computer, developed in United Kingdom by Raspberry Pi Foundation on 2018 . The main purpose of this device is to provide education to small kids in developing countries in very low possible cost. It runs on Debian based operating systems to learn coding, programming and basic computer knowledge.

But from 2008 to 2018 world is changed very fast and people loves to use Raspberry Pi as various platforms like Hacking, Programming, robotics, Multimedia, Weather Device, Gaming and thousands of projects. In this article i am helping beginners to get started with Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and how to do those amazing projects. Let’s get started !!

The Raspberry Pi is not available in normal computer store, its available on online shopping sites. You can order your Raspberry Pi 3 and its accessories from banggood.com, its a most popular website witch provides cool Electronics Gadgets, RC Helicopters, Toys etc. Its ships products all across the world without delivery charges. I got my Raspberry Pi 3 & its all accessories from banggood.

I said accessories right !! Yes guys to run the pi you will need its accessories, a power adapter and a Micro SD is compulsory to run the pi. But there are lots of cool gadgets available on banggood.com such as Pi Case, Heat sinks, Touchscreen LCD, Camera, Battery, sound card, cooling Fan, Game controller and many more things. Check out all cool stuffs from the links given Below. But first Watch the Raspberry Pi 3 Tutorial Video to learn How to set it up.

New Raspberry Pi 3 Tutorial Video – Watch It & Learn 🙂

— Raspberry Pi 3 Hardware Review: 01:33 — What Accessories Needed to Setup: 02:21

— Heat Sink Installation of Pi: 03:00 — Raspberry Pi Case + Pi Fan Installation: 03:35

— How to install Raspbian on MicroSD Card: 06:04 — Raspberry Pi Display Monitor Guide: 09:48

— Connect VGA monitor on Pi: 10:05 — Setting up with Raspberry Pi 3: 11:31

— What you can do with Raspbian OS: 11:57 — 5″ & 3.5″ Touch Screen LCD Install: 17:00

— How to make Raspberry Pi Portable: 17:27 — Raspberry Pi Operating Systems: 19:27

— Play 1080p Video on Raspberry Pi 3 using OSMC: 20:35 — Gaming on Raspberry Pi 3 using Retropie: 22:11

— Playing Mario on Raspberry Pi 3: 22:40 — Playing Tekken 3 on Raspberry Pi 3: 24:19

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If you want to use Raspberry Pi on a PC monitor & you have old monitor with VGA, you can use VGA to HDMI Converter. Power Bank is useful when you are operating Pi with 3.5 or 5 inch display, it will make it portable. In memory card , 16 GB is enough for beginners but if you are an advanced user you can go on to 32 GB or more. I am recommending these items because i am using them and i have showed the uses of every item in my video tutorial.

How to Install Operating System in Raspberry Pi

There are many operating systems (OS) for Raspberry Pi, some are for hacking, Gaming and Media stuffs. But all beginners starts with Raspbian Operating system which is officially developed by raspberry pi foundation and you can download it from the raspberrypi.org. The best part of the Raspberry pi all operating systems are free of cost. Now i am Going to show you how to install raspbian on raspberry pi. Follow the steps below:

Step 1: Download the Raspbian OS from here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

(Make sure to Download the full desktop Version)

Step 2: Extract the OS image file with 7-Zip, Download it: http://www.7-zip.org/

Step 3: Insert your Micro SD card on a PC or Laptop using the Card Reader.

Step 4: Now you have to Download the Image flashing software, here it is: https://etcher.io/

Step 5: Open Etcher and select the Raspbian OS Image file , also select the memory card then click on flash.

Step 6: After flashing unplug the memory card from the PC and Insert it on the Raspberry Pi SD Card slot.

Step 7: Congratulation !! You have successfully install Raspbian OS to the Raspberry Pi. Now Connect your Keyboard & Mouse to Raspberry Pi USB slot, Connect a PC monitor on Raspberry Pi Via HDMI cable (You can also connect it on TV).

How to Connect Raspberry Pi on VGA Monitor ??

Raspberry Pi have only one slot for display in the board, Which is HDMI. But if you want to connect the Pi to a old monitor which is have only a VGA port, then you have to use a VGA to HDMI Connector to do that. Just order the converter from the link above, then once you got connect it to the VGA cable just like the picture below.

Now You can plug the HDMI end to Raspberry Pi and the VGA end to the Monitor, Here we Done.

How to Install LCD Display on Raspberry Pi ??

If you are wondering install LCD to Raspberry Pi, there are many versions of LCD for Pi but the popular and the cheap one is 3.5 inch LCD. This small LCD is easy to install, you just have to connect the LCD to the GPIO pins on Raspberry Pi. Just like the Image below.

Plugging the LCD will not work for the first time (you will get a white screen only) unless you have done some coding in Raspbian OS. Below are the very easy steps how to install a 3.5 inch LCD on Raspberry Pi.

Step 1: Connect your Raspberry Pi to a PC monitor, also connect the 3.5 inch LCD to Pi.

Step 2: Turn on the pi and make sure its connected to the Internet via WiFi or LAN.

Step 3: Open terminal in Raspbian desktop, and type the following commands.

sudo rm -rf LCD-show 

git clone https://github.com/goodtft/LCD-show.git 

chmod -R 755 LCD-show 

cd LCD-show/

sudo ./LCD35-show

Step 4: Congratulation !! You have successfully installed your Raspberry Pi LCD.

But now the display will not visible on the PC monitor, it will only visible to the Raspberry Pi LCD. If you want revert back to the PC monitor, Open the terminal and type commands to get back.

chmod -R 755 LCD-show 

cd LCD-show/ 

sudo ./LCD-hdmi

Note: If you want to install the 5 inch or 7 inch or any other LCD, download this Guide: https://goo.gl/nVxkDF

Interested to Build Retro GAME CONSOLE with pi, check this Video

Watch this video on YouTube

So you learned how the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B works, its world’s smallest computer. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, if missed something in this article give your feedback in the comment section i will fill that point in the article. Thanks for reading and watching Raspberry Pi 3 Tutorial, if you have any doubt comment me below i will like to give answers 🙂

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22 Comments

hrithik 19 May, 2018 Reply

can we comnect pi to crtv

TrickIKnow 19 May, 2018 Reply

Yes the CRT monitor comes with the VGA cable , you can use a VGA to HDMI connector for that 😀

Neel 27 May, 2018 Reply

Will it work on my 32 inch LED TV?

TrickIKnow 30 May, 2018 Reply

Ya sure it will work on your 32 inches tv , i saw some youtubers are giving demo on it 😀

Shan 5 June, 2018 Reply

Hi there ,
I’ve got rpi 2 and I follow the guide it worked but touch doesn’t work . Any help for me ?
Thanks
jifri 21 June, 2018 Reply

Hi,
I have Pi 2 and a 3.2 inch touch display. display worked fine but touch is not working.
any help is appreciated.
thank you.
Kiril 2 July, 2018 Reply

Great tutorial!! Nice job with sharing the simple way to install the 3.5 inch LCD. The commands where quite easy and yet quite effective.
andree 12 July, 2018 Reply

se puede instalar windows 10 full, completa en mi raspberu pi3+?
ayuda porfavor……
Urist 16 July, 2018 Reply

I have rpi 3 B+ and the LCD 3.5 display is working but not the touch. I use the june release of raspbian stretch.
saketh 8 August, 2018 Reply

can u please tell me how to connect it to crt moniters
EP Sato 23 August, 2018 Reply

I tried this method using just Raspbian, and it works. However, I’ve got Raspbian running under Retropie. When I run retropie, the KUMAN screen just shows text, with the HDMI monitor showing the game. Can you do a tutorial on how to install the Kuman screen and make it work with Retropie? Thanks!
James 10 September, 2018 Reply

Hi Aamir
Just got myself a raspberry pi3 b+ board and a
3.5 inch touch screen with no instructions
480*320 lcd
When I connect them all I get a blank white screen. Assuming I have to install a driver to the lcd
My board comes with a 32g flash with noobs so I am assuming it since the screen is not active or installed I am not sure where to start.
I want to connect these to my Mac air can you help a newbie install this through
Thanks james
Vinny Calder l 8 October, 2018 Reply

Hi I’m having a very big issue I am not able to keep my online active while I’m on West being in OS so I’m like I’m not a noob but I do need raspy and assistance thank you I’ll leave my address at the bottom I really need understanding and someone patient to teach me eaasily please thank you.
pranav baradkar 8 October, 2018 Reply

how can i use it in drone?
can u help me out?
Macariushk 16 December, 2018 Reply

I got a weird color display on the 3.5 inch screen, is there any tuning ?
also can I run Kodi to display to this tiny screen ?
sabbir hossain 26 April, 2019 Reply

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TrickIKnow 7 May, 2019 Reply

Ask your guardians bro 🙂

Zordan T. Saurus 30 July, 2019 Reply

thank for it. before here, i lost 4dayz for the LCD.
but visit here just got answer now.
rick 2 September, 2019 Reply

Worked for me. Thanks
wil 23 October, 2019 Reply

Hi,
I saw your video on YouTube and tried to follow your directives to install LCD touch screen on my Raspberry.
my problem is when I try to get the clone img on GitHub.com the server ask for user ID and password.
Could you share the corresponding info in order to complete my install
Thanks
Wil
Connor 14 November, 2019 Reply

how do you get the touch ability to work?