Set Up raspberry Pi and OS

installation
 Hardware Components

• Raspberry Pi board
• VGA monitor
• HDMI to VGA Converter
• Micro SD card with Adapter
• USB Key board & Mouse
• USB Micro SD card reader ( if SD card adapter slot is
unavailable in laptop)
• Power adapter (1 A) with USB cable
 Download Software and step

• Download Raspian Stretch with Desktop (zip file) from

• https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
• Unzip to extract .img file.
• Download Etcher from https://etcher.io/ to upload .img file on SD card.
• Or you can download Win32 Disk Imager from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/Archive/win32diskimager-1.0.0-
install.exe/download
• Insert SD card in SD card holder. Plug into your computer’s SD card slot.
• Open my computer folder. Locate SD card drive. Right click and select
format from drop down menu. Select Quick format. Or
Use SD Association's Formatting Tool, which can be downloaded from
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/index.html
• Open Etcher software. Select SD card drive. Select image file and click
on Flash.
• Take out SD card. Insert it in Raspberry Pi’s SD card slot.
 Continue

• Connect monitor using HDMI to VGA converter

• Connect Mouse & keyboard to USB ports.
• Power up Raspberry Pi using 1 A adapter provided in
kit and MicroUSB cable. Wait for desktop to appear on
Monitor.
Boot up Screen
Desktop
Connect to WiFi Router

Click here and wait

for some time to
see a list of available
WiFi APs.
Once listed, select
WiFi AP and enter
your credentials to
connect to it.
•Open Menu > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration.
•Go to Interfaces tab.
•Enable SSH and VNC interfaces.
Open terminal/command prompt of Raspberry pi and run ifconfig command. Note down ip
address assigned to wlan0 / wifi adapter.
Download Real VNC viewer from:
https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/

on your Laptop.

Open VNC viewer. Use WLAN0 ip address and hit enter.

Use username pi and password raspberry.

Enter your WLAN0 IP address
You will finally get Raspberry pi’s desktop on
your laptop.