For this book, we will be building a robot using the Raspberry Pi, and at the time of writing, the Raspberry Pi 3B+ is the current model. We will investigate why I've chosen this specific board as a controller, and we will also look at the connections on the Raspberry Pi and how we will use them, the plus Raspbian software we will use on it, and we will finish by preparing Raspbian for use on the Raspberry Pi.
By the end of this chapter, you will know the following:
- What the Raspberry Pi is, what it can do, and why I chose it
- What Raspberry Pi connections we will use for the sensors and actuators in our robot
- What the Raspbian operating system is and why I am using it
- How to prepare an SD card with Raspbian to use in your robot