CHAPTER 2

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Workstation

After a very brief introduction to the Raspberry Pi 2, we’ll take a look at a homemade version of an experimenter’s workstation. This information is intended to inspire rather than serve as instructions to be followed. Keep in mind that your Pi need not remain attached to the workstation forever. If you later need it for a permanent project, it can be safely removed and “repurposed.”

The Raspberry Pi 2 Arrives

My RaspberryPi 2 arrived from element14.com in a cute little white box, labeled “Raspberry Pi 2 Model B 1GB.” I was looking forward to it mainly because the quad-core CPU and the doubled memory capacity meant a significant ...

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