I was previously only familiar with the Arduino, so it was a bit of a shock to me to find out that the Pi is more of a computer than a micro controller. I had not concidered that I would need a mouse or keyboard, so this took some figuring out.
I started the process of installing the operating system at home on my TV. I used an RCA cable for video, and this worked for a little while, but once Raspbian had finished installing, I got a black screen. I figured this had something to do with the cable type, so thankfully the friendly folks at the LTS Help Desk loaned me an HDMI to DVI cable, so that I can connect to the school's monitors. Once I got hooked up to the school's monitors, I was in action.
My first step was to place a disk image onto the SD card. I followed the instructions according to the Raspberry Pi Quick Start page. I installed Raspbian and set Linux to boot into the graphical user interface (GUI) that makes the home screen look very similar to a windows screen.
I followed instructions on this page in order to use the I2C bus to take data from our sensors. All looks good so far... Can't wait to get some sensors running and take some IR photographs!
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