ARM@Raspberry Pi Getting Started

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ setup , board tour, HDMI connection, SSH and tightvnc demo

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This is one of my favorite evaluation platform because it can be used as a mini-computer and sufficient to test many advance embedded features.

Model : Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

• CPU:  Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 , 64-bit SoC @1.4 Ghz
• WiFi: 2.4GHz and 5 GHz
• Bluetooth: 4.2
• Ethernet : Fast , PoE
• USB: 4 USB 2.0 ports
• Video & Audio : 1 HDMI port, MIPI DSI display , MIPI CSI camera port, 4 pole stereo output and composite video port
• SD card : Micro SD
• Power :
  • 5V-2.5A DC via micro USB connector
  • 5V DC via GPIO connector
  • PoE requires separate PoE HAT

Quick Board Tour

• Camera, HDMI, mirco-usb , Display 

•  3.5mm Audio/Video Jack 

•  Ethernet , USB (4-ports)

• SD card

• Look from other side

Where can I find Raspbian image ?

• Download Raspbian image from this link .

How to program the image to SD card ?

• Format microSD card with SD card formatter from this 
• Use etcher utility  to program the image in microSD

How to test whether SD card boots or not ? 

• Connect HDMI cable with TV which supports  HDMI port.
• Connect one external 5V 2.5A DC Power supply through micro-usb port

How to use Raspberry Pi with PC/laptop ?

• Insert SD card in PC. You should be able to see boot folder in the microSD drive. If that is in drive K, do following
• C:> echo >K:\ssh
• This should create a file ssh in microsd boot folder and required to enable SSH first time .
• Enable sharing in your WiFi properties . I am assuming that it is connected with WiFi router

• Let settings be at default

• Make sure LAN has static IP address as follows

•  Check whether Raspberry Pi is active in Advance IP Scanner tool or not

•  If the icon is not blue , It is not active as shown above. In that case disable sharing ,  click OK

•  Wait for around 1 min , enable the sharing and click OK. It should be active in few seconds as shown below

•   Ping raspberrypi.mshome.net

C:\Users\Sanjay>ping raspberrypi.mshome.net

Pinging raspberrypi.mshome.net [192.168.137.205] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.137.205: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.137.205: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

• If ping works, open putty and start SSH as shown below

• I selected NO in the warning message below

•   You will get login prompt. Default username is pi and password is raspberry

How to access Raspberry Pi using VNC  ?

• Install tightvncserver in Raspberry Pi using  SSH terminal
• sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
• Install tightvnc viewer in Desktop from this link.
• Start vncserver in Raspberry Pi terminal

• Start tightvnc viewer in PC and put raspberrypi.mshome.net:1

•  Authenticate with password

•  You should be able to see the Raspberry Pi screen on your PC

Reference :

Raspberry Pi Documentation

Reduced Schematic

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