[VicPiMakers General] Buying 1st Raspberry Pi

[Alex Halliday]

Thanks for the information.
My thought with the kit is it seems cheaper to do a kit than put together
the 4b, charger, micro hdmi, microsd card and heatsinks individually.
I will price out the parts at the stores suggested and see where I end up.
I have a laptop and desktop so may forgo a keyboard or additional screen
but may get some extra but in the future as I play around.
Have a bit of an understanding how to ssh into another computer so may use
that initially.
I should say my eventual goal other than learning new stuff is a PiHole or
home security setup.
Thanks again.
Alex

On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 1:49 PM Don and Jose Woods <casquets at telus.net>
wrote:

> On 06-Oct-2023 13:06, Alex Halliday wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am looking at buying my first Raspberry Pi.
> I know the 5 just came out so my first question is buy a 4b or wait until
> sellers have the 5 in stock?
> Second, is there a good place to buy them? I have looked at amazon,
> pishop.ca and cannakit. Is one better than the others? Wondering if any
> go 'on sale'?
> Finally I was looking at 'kits' to get started such as
> : https://www.pishop.ca/product/raspberry-pi-4b-ultimate-kit-64gb-sd-card/
> Is there anything else that is a 'must have' that wouldn't be included in
> a kit such as this?
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> I had a brief look at the kit you listed - my thoughts would be that it is
> more than you would need to begin.  Pis seem to spend a lot of time not in
> the case, so the case and break out jumper are not an essential, though
> nice.  What isn't mentioned is the peripherals you'll need to get going.
> You will need somewhere a keyboard and monitor, and something to write to
> an SD card.  The keyboard and monitor can be your desktop or laptop, and
> you can use SSH ar VPN to run the pi, or they can be connected directly to
> the pi.  Be aware that the pi 4 outputs video through a micro HDMI port, so
> if you are connecting the pi directly to a monitor you'll need a micro to
> standard HDMI cable.  Also the pi 4 tkes power via usb c - I'd recommend
> getting the official pi power supply, low power can cause strange
> problems.
>
> The small bits (LED's resistors etc) can be scrounged readily within the
> Raspberry Pi group.
>
> Other places to look are BC robotics (in Nanaimo, very quick delivery)
> ,Universal Solder, and Phillipjfry
>
> If you need any help getting set up with your pi you have contacted the
> right group.
>
> Don Woods
>
>
>
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