adrianyorke / raspberrypi-cookbook

A curated list of Raspberry Pi recipes to help beginner and intermediate Raspberry Pi enthusiasts configure their Pi devices and build their projects.

raspberrypi-cookbook

A curated list of Raspberry Pi recipes to help beginner and intermediate Raspberry Pi enthusiasts configure Pi devices and build their projects.

Other useful resources

• Raspberry Pi Foundation
• Hardware - Official Products
• Software - Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian)

Table of Contents

1. Basic Configuration
   

   • Recipe 1.1 - enabling ssh access before first boot
     Windows:

     $ type nul > ssh

   • Recipe 1.2 - Assigning Static IP Address
     https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/tcpip/

     $ sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf
     Add the following details:
     interface eth0
     static ip_address=192.168.10.???/24
     static routers=192.168.10.1
     static domain_name_servers=127.0.0.1

   • Recipe 1.3 - Change VNC Cursor from X to Left Arrow
     https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=122386&p=861126

     $ cd ~
     $ echo "xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr&" >> .xsessionrc
     $ sudo reboot

2. More Advanced Configuration
   

   • Recipe 2.1 - Overclocking
     
   • Recipe 2.2 - Running a script at boot using /etc/rc.local
     
   • Recipe 2.3 - Running a scheduled script using cron
     

3. Basic Projects
   

   • Recipe 98.1 - Flashing LED
     
   • Recipe 98.2 - Simple database class for recording sensor readings
     
   • Recipe 98.3 - ffmpeg transcode: convert all movies found in directory to output format, typically mp4 (default) or mkv.
     

4. More Advanced Projects
   

   • Recipe 99.1 - Magic Mirror
     

Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Adrian Yorke 🚧 💻 📖 🤔 👀

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!