Raspberry Pi Full Stack
  • Preface
  • Part 1 - Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
    • 1.1 About Raspberry Pi 3B
    • 1.2 Raspberry Pi Online Resource
    • 1.3 Install Raspbian onto a Raspberry Pi 3B
    • 1.4 Raspberry Pi Configuration
    • 1.5 Network Configuration
    • 1.6 Package Update & Upgrade
  • Chapter 2. Getting Familiar with Raspbian
    • 2.1 Package Management
    • 2.2 Matlab Like Bash
    • 2.3 Install Packages from Repository
    • 2.4 Install Packages from Source
  • Part 2 - GPIO
  • Chapter 3. Raspberry Pi GPIO
    • 3.1 GPIO Web Server
    • 3.2 GPIO Pin Test
  • Part 3 - Pi Camera
  • Chapter 4. Pi Camera
  • Part 4 - Raspberry Pi Based Mini Automated Vehicle
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  • 1.4.1 raspi-config
  • 1.4.2 Localisation Configuration
  • 1.4.3 Interface Configuration
  • 1.4.4 Advanced Settings
  • 1.4.5 Firmware Updating
  1. Chapter 1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

1.4 Raspberry Pi Configuration

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1.4.1 raspi-config

raspi-config is the Raspberry Pi configuration tool specifically for the Raspberry Pi. Command

sudo raspi-config

will pop up the following configuration page:

There are 9 items in total, and four of them, are to be configured:

  • 4 Localisation Options: Set up language and regional settings

  • 5 Interfacing Options: Configure connections to periphery devices

  • 7 Advanced Options: Configure advanced settings

  • 8 Update: Update this tool to the latest vesion firmware

1.4.2 Localisation Configuration

After having selected 4 Localisation Options, you will be able to see the following page:

From NOW on, we are going to change Locale, Timezone, Keyboard Layout, as well as Wi-fi Country one by one.

  • Locales

en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 is enabled as the default locales settings:

Since the author is at Vancouver, Canada, North America, while writing Raspberry Pi Full Stack, we need to make sure en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 is enabled, to take the place of en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8, which is supposed to be ticked OFF instead.

After selecting OK, the following page is popped up:

Then, press OK again, and we fill finish the system locale settings.

  • TimeZone

Users should set their own TimeZone. In our case, America and Vancouver are respectively seletect as the Geographic area and Time zone, as follows:

Then, press OK again, and we will finish the system timezone settings.

  • Keyboard Layout

A correct Keyboard Layout also needs to be correctly configured. Specifically for the author's keyboard, five selections are respectively chosen as:

Then, press OK again, and we fill finish the system keyboard layout settings.

  • Wi-fi Country

Afterwards, users are expected to select their own wi-fi country. Here, Canada is selected as the author's wi-fi country.

Then, press OK again, and we fill finish the wi-fi country settings.

1.4.3 Interface Configuration

Users can enable their needed interfaces after selecting 5 Interfacing Options. Here on our courses, students are encouraged to enable ALL 8 interfaces listed as follows:

1.4.4 Advanced Settings

By selecting 7 Advanced Options, the following page is shown.

A1 Expand Filesystem is just exactly what has happened during FIRST booting, in order to make full use of all SD/TF storage. By selecting A1 Expand Filesystem, you will see the following page.

1.4.5 Firmware Updating

8 Update is used to update the tool raspi-config.

Now, rebooting the system. In the next section, Internet is going to be enabled.

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