Many of the tips in this module come directly from the book “The Official Raspberry Pi Beginners Guide: How to Use Your New Computer, 5th edition” by Gareth Halfacree
The Raspberry Pi is a fully functional computer that’s the size of a credit card. It is a computer that is built on a single printed circuit board (PCB). The possibilities of this device is endless and there are so many different projects you could choose from to just get an introduction into the vast world of Raspberry Pi.
Download and install the Raspberry Pi Imager from the official site: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/. Insert your Micro-SD card into your computer and open the newly installed imager. On open, you will be shown a list of Raspberry Pi models, select the one you have. Next you will be prompted to select and operating system. The first option will be the recommended one for your Pi, as it is the most beginner-friendly option without bloat, select it.
Then you will select the drive the operating system will be written to. If you have no other drives or external storage, your Micro-SD card will already be selected.
Raspberry Pi OS comes preinstalled with Python, C, and C++, thus these languages have the most support for interacting with external components.