MAPUA UNIVERSITY

Muralla St. Intramuros, Manila

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

LAB REPORT # 1

RASPBERRY PI INSTALLATION

GROUP # 3

BATAY, MARKUS LINUS D.

ME191-1/C1

ENGR. JULIAN ALBERT D. NOHAY

INSTRUCTOR

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 Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION 3
DISCUSSION 3
METHODOLOGY 5
RESULTS 5
CONCLUSION 5
REFERENCE 6

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INTRODUCTION

In this experiment, the Raspberry Pi was introduced to the students. Raspberry Pi

is a microcomputer. It is a fully functional computer in a much smaller size with a functional

operating system, memory and peripherals.

By using microcomputers, controlling has become much easier compared to the

previous generations. Before, controlling depends entirely on the circuits created. If one

wants to program a circuit to do a specific thing, they need to assemble their own

microcontroller or microcomputer. Today, microcontrollers and microcomputers are

readily available. In addition to that, there are lots of variety which can be used for different

projects.

For this course, the entire focus will be on Raspberry Pi. The students will learn

how to operate and program the Raspberry Pi. It will be used to control the function of

different circuits.

DISCUSSION

A Raspberry Pi is a computer much smaller than its common counterpart originally

designed for education. The creation of it is inspired by the 1981 BBC Micro. Creator

Eben Upton's goal was to create a low-cost device that would rekindle and improve

programming skills and hardware understanding of the newer generations. Since the

previous generations who uses computers has an innate understanding of programming

they had the idea of creating this to help the newer generation. But thanks to its small

size and accessible price, it was quickly adopted by tinkerers, makers, and electronics

enthusiasts for projects that require more than a basic microcontroller.

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 Although the Raspberry Pi is a complete Linux compute, it is slower than a modern

laptop or desktop. However, it can still provide all the expected abilities of a computer,

and it has the advantage of a lower power consumption.

The board prefers two programming language, Scratch and Python. In this course,

the main language being used is python which is aided by the Visual representation in

Wyliodrin Studio.

Wyliodrin Studio is an Open Source programming software. It can be downloaded

from the Chrome Web Store and is an extension of chrome.

The Raspberry Pi is not the only small computing device out there. In fact, there

are many more alternatives available.

The Arduino is another hobbyist board, which is geared towards those wanting to

build out electronics projects. However, the Arduino is only a microcontroller. This means

it runs very specific codes but it does have run an operating system. Shields can be added

to give more capabilities to the board but if its just vanilla, then Raspberry Pi is more

available on-the-go.

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METHODOLOGY
1. Go to Wyliodrin STUDIO [http://studio.wyliodr.in], add the application to
the Chrome browser and launch it.
2. In Wyliodrin STUDIO so to Help and select Setup. Choose Raspberry Pi and download
the image to be written on the SD card.
3. Write the image on the SD card using Win32 Disk Imager.
4. Connect the Raspberry Pi to the network via the Ethernet cable, then connect it to the
platform. The default username is pi and the default password is raspberry.
5. Once the board is connected double click its name and give it a more suggestive name
so you can recognize it. Then, go to network manager and set the WiFi credentials.
6. So you make sure nobody connects to your board, open the Shell tab and type passwd.
Set another password for the user pi.

RESULTS
This activity surprisingly took a lot of time despite being simple. Step 2 is the one that
took this time because downloading the image to be installed took 2 hours.
By the end of the period the group was able to properly set up the board and proceed
into programming.

CONCLUSION
The group was able to familiarize themselves to the basic installation of the
Raspberry Pi. They were also able to learn about the basics of Wyliodrin
Studio and the Visual Representation of Python language.

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REFERENCE
https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/#introWhatIs
https://opensource.com/resources/what-raspberry-pi