A basic understanding of electronics and programming is expected along with some familiarity with the Raspberry Pi platform. If you are new to Raspber

Getting Started With CircuitPython On Raspberry Pi With Blinka

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A basic understanding of electronics and programming is expected along with some familiarity with the Raspberry Pi platform. If you are new to Raspberry Pi or would just like to refresh your knowledge, please see our Blink: Making An LED Blink On A Raspberry Pi tutorial before proceeding with this one. In addition, this tutorial will use a solderless breadboard to build a circuit from a schematic diagram. The All About Circuit’s Understanding Schematics, SparkFun’s How to Read a Schematic, Core Electronics’ How to Use Breadboards, and Science Buddies’ How to Use a Breadboard guides are good resources for learning how to translate a schematic to a breadboard.

My development board is the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B running the Raspberry Pi OS operating system. If you are using a different Raspberry Pi model or a different OS that is similar to Raspberry Pi OS, the vast majority of this tutorial should still apply, however, some minor changes may be necessary.

A list of all single board computers (SBCs) currently supported by Blinka, and the CircuitPython API, is available on the CircuitPython Blinka page.