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2. Preparation

Warren Gay1 
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While it is assumed that you’ve already started with the Raspberry Pi, there may be a few more things that you want to do before working through the rest of this book. For example, if you normally use a laptop or desktop computer, you may prefer to access your Pi from there.

If you plan to do most or all of the projects in this book, I highly recommend using something like the Adafruit Pi T-Cobbler (covered later in this chapter). This hardware breaks out the GPIO lines in a way that you can access on a breadboard.

Static IP Address

The standard Raspbian image provides a capable Linux system, ...

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