Prerequisites
To complete the workshop, you will need some hardware and software. Purchased in bulk, the total cost of the workshop is approximately $22-25.
Hardware
- Raspberry Pi 3, Raspberry Pi 3 B+, Raspberry Pi 3 B+ or Raspberry Pi Zero W (It should have WiFi to sync time)
- 400 Tie Point Solderless PCB Breadboard
- 21 5mm LEDs
- 21 10cm male breadboard jumper wires
- 23 20cm male breadboard jumper wires
- 8GB Micro SD Memory Card
- Micro USB Cable
- Hammer Header Female - Solderless
- GPIO Hammer Headers - Solderless Raspberry Pi Connectors - Male + Female + Installation Jig (optional but recommended)
Software
- Download Raspbian Stretch Lite
- Download and install a Text Editor like Visual Studio Code
- Download and install Etcher
- Download and install PuTTY (Windows only)
- Download and install Bonjour Print Service (Windows only and only if you don’t have iTunes installed)