Appendix B. Configuring the Raspberry Pi

This appendix covers the installation and configuration of the main pieces of software on the Raspberry Pi. First, the Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution will be installed on the computer. Then, Python will be configured so as to have a dedicated virtual environment where Python libraries can be installed. The Adafruit CRICKIT library will be installed next, which will then be used to run Python code to interact with the CRICKIT hardware.

B.1 Setting up the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi official documentation (https://raspberrypi.com/documentation/) page is an excellent source when working with the Raspberry Pi. The following sections of the documentation are good to look at for the projects in the book: ...

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