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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook
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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

by Edward Snajder
March 2017
Beginner to intermediate
422 pages
8h 4m
English
Packt Publishing
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Connecting to displays and changing the configuration settings

The Raspberry Pi Zero is as capable as its predecessors, offering full HDMI video output. The ports are miniaturized, but that doesn't stop you from connecting your Zero to an LCD monitor. Here's how!

Getting ready

Now that you have your USB set up, your final step is getting video output. If you went with the video RCA hack, you can use the HDMI port or RCA video to get going. For HDMI, you'll need a micro-HDMI to standard HDMI adapter (and standard HDMI cable), or an HDMI cable that has one end micro and the other end standard.

A typical standard-to-micro HDMI adapter looks like this:

Standard-to-micro HDMI adapter

We now have our HDMI adapter and cable connected, the SD card installed, ...

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