In this lesson, students will learn about the Raspberry Pi computer and the components provided in the kit. Having a completed kit as an example will be helpful but not necessary. Begin by showing this short video about a raspberry Pi.
If the boxes have not been assembled have students refer to this post for building instructions.
The kits include these parts:
Raspberry Pi 3 + support
- Raspberry Pi 3
- Micro SD card 16GB – With Raspbian
- Micro USB Cable
- USB Power Supply 3 Port
Screen / Interface Parts
- LCD 7″ 1024×600 with speakers
- 30CM HDMI Cable
- Keyboard – wired compact – full size keys
- Mouse – wired retractable cord
Accessory Parts
- RPi Compatible 5MP Camera – Not official
- RPi GPIO Reference Card
- Jumper Wire 20pcs 20CM 2.54mm M-F
- Jumper Wire 20pcs 20CM 2.54mm F-F
- Jumper Wire 20pcs 20CM 2.54mm M-M
- Alligator clip jumper 2 pieces random color
- Breadboard 400 holes
- 5x LEDs 5MM
- 4x Push Buttons – Breadboard Compatible
- 20x 100R Resistor
- 20x 330R Resistor
- 20x 470R Resistor
- 20x 1K Resistor
- 20x 10K Resistor
- 20x 100K Resistor
- Piezo passive speaker
- PIR infrared motion sensor
- Ultrasonic Distance Sensor
- DHT11 humidity + temp sensor
- RGB LED Ring 12 pixels – WS2812
- 2x 9g Servo
Growth Mindset
- 2x Brushbot kit
Packaging
- 3D Printed Plastic + Laser Wood Case – Box Assembly Instructions
The video below introduces the various components and describes how to to power on the Raspberry Pi computer.
