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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

Overview of this book

The Raspberry Pi Zero, one of the most inexpensive, fully-functional computers available, is a powerful and revolutionary product developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi Zero opens up a new world for the makers out there. This book will give you expertise with the Raspberry Pi Zero, providing all the necessary recipes that will get you up and running. In this book, you will learn how to prepare your own circuits rather than buying the expensive add–ons available in the market. We start by showing you how to set up and manage the Pi Zero and then move on to configuring the hardware, running it with Linux, and programming it with Python scripts. Later, we integrate the Raspberry Pi Zero with sensors, motors, and other hardware. You will also get hands-on with interesting projects in media centers, IoT, and more.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Using Windows to write a Raspbian image to an SD card


In this recipe, you will take a Raspbian image file (.img) and write it directly to an SD card using the free and easy Win32 Disk Imager utility.

How to do it...

On a Windows machine, the Win32 Disk Imager (https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ ) is an easy-to-use open source project for taking image files and writing them to your SD card. Insert your SD card, and select the unzipped image file you downloaded from the Raspberry Pi site:

Win32 Disk Imager for Windows

Once you have verified that you've selected the right .img file and the correct drive letter associated with your SD card, click on Write and wait for the process to finish. Once it completes successfully, eject the card and it will be ready to start your Raspberry Pi Zero.