Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
The Raspberry Pi B+ is shown below:
Plugging in your Raspberry Pi
It is really easy to plug in your Raspberry Pi and get it up and running. You will
need a couple of things, as follows:
• Power supply
• Monitor
• Keyboard and mouse
• SD card
• Network connection
Let's go through these in detail.
Power supply
Raspberry Pi is really easy to power. It runs on a standard 5V micro USB supply.
If you have a mobile phone charger with micro USB, then you should be able to
use this in order to run your Raspberry Pi. You can also use a micro USB cable
that is plugged into a USB phone charger.
We recommend that you use a dedicated micro USB power supply rather than a
USB cable for maximum reliability. These will be available at the retailer from
who you bought your Raspberry Pi.
It is important that the power supply be capable of supplying at least 1 amp. Anything
less than this and you might run into intermittent resets and other problems.
