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About this course

The Raspberry Pi is a small, affordable single-board computer that you will use to design and develop fun and practical IoT devices while learning programming and computer hardware. In addition, you will learn how to set up up the Raspberry Pi environment, get a Linux operating system running, and write and execute some basic Python code on the Raspberry Pi. You will also learn how to use Python-based IDE (integrated development environments) for the Raspberry Pi and how to trace and debug Python code on the device. Please note that this course does not include discussion forums.

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5.0Reviewed Dec 24, 2015

Really nice and easy introduction to Raspberry Pi and Python. I loved the part when the professor said something about Scratch, like 'we'll not use it, we're way above it'. :)

5.0Reviewed Jul 19, 2019

As an intro course to Raspberry Pi platform it's okay. I guess the next course in the series will have assignments that are more difficult and enable us to learn more.

4.0Reviewed Aug 11, 2021

Very easy and useful introduction to the Raspberry Pi and Python platforms. Hopefully, further courses will include more advanced practical applications.

5.0Reviewed Apr 27, 2017

It was very good, all the basics about python and the raspberry pi platform. I would like if you publish a book to read about the topics, for example I have been reading the book "Think Python".

5.0Reviewed Feb 13, 2016

Great course. I just had to google a bit for the last assignment but overall meets expectations. I now know what I did not about this little device !

5.0Reviewed Feb 22, 2021

Very great course, I 've learned a great deal about Raspberry pi and SoCs, and I 'm looking forward to going through the rest of the specialization.

5.0Reviewed Jan 30, 2016

very good intro to Raspberry Pi. I wish there were more actual projects using the hardware components of the device, but overall, it was a good course

5.0Reviewed Jun 12, 2020

I like the course I have never worked with raspberry pi before have done many projects in Arduino but I like working with raspberry pi it's great

5.0Reviewed May 11, 2021

Its an amazing course, well put together and easy to understand. Props to the professor for taking his valuable time to teach us. Cant wait to move one to the next course with him.

5.0Reviewed Nov 10, 2017

Great class on learning how to use the Raspberry pi as well as a brief introduction on python. Take this class if you want to learn the fundamentals of both.

4.0Reviewed Jul 28, 2019

very nice material for someone who learn raspberry for the first time..but i believe this course doent walk you very far..its very very introductory

4.0Reviewed Apr 4, 2018

Solid technical content and good presentation. Course experience was impacted negatively by lack of discussion forums. No interaction with fellow students.

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Hubert Bugaj

5.0

Reviewed Dec 25, 2015

Really nice and easy introduction to Raspberry Pi and Python. I loved the part when the professor said something about Scratch, like 'we'll not use it, we're way above it'. :)

Arif Ahmed

5.0

Reviewed Jul 20, 2019

As an intro course to Raspberry Pi platform it's okay. I guess the next course in the series will have assignments that are more difficult and enable us to learn more.

Teo Protoulis

3.0

Reviewed Feb 21, 2017

Well course teaches basics of python but you should always refer to python documentation in order to understand the concepts correctly. To the course staff, please update the slides where Python2 is used to python3.

Ilona Kalashnikova

1.0

Reviewed Jul 16, 2019

Make sure you need all of the necessary equipment before starting this course.

Gautama Bharadwaj

5.0

Reviewed Mar 9, 2018

Extremely helpful if you want to start using Raspberry Pi. Gives you the required knowledge to kickstart your Raspberry Pi learning and you get a hint of python programming as well which is useful

Conrado Braga

3.0

Reviewed Jul 30, 2016

It is indeed a good course, especially because of learning about UNIX and the GPIO pins. I missed reading material, since the videos are too short for learning something in a deep way.

5.0

Reviewed Feb 26, 2019

The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming for the Raspberry Pi is way too helpful for me to understand the ways to use Raspberry Pi Platform n concatenate the Python programming to it. Thanks :)

Paul Hughes

5.0

Reviewed Feb 14, 2016

Great course. I just had to google a bit for the last assignment but overall meets expectations. I now know what I did not about this little device !

Shriram R

1.0

Reviewed Jun 1, 2020

My experience with the course was tainted by people looking to plagiarise my work especially in the final assignment. What irritated me the most was the fact that the ones who copied my work didn't even have the courtesy to review mine even though they obviously viewed it. The teaching was good but I'll forever have a distaste when I think of this course due to my poor experience with peer reviewed assignments.

Christian Castano

5.0

Reviewed Jul 15, 2020

Please grade my assignments!! I don't want my subscription to end.

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Juan Jose Ortega Peña

5.0

Reviewed Apr 28, 2017

It was very good, all the basics about python and the raspberry pi platform. I would like if you publish a book to read about the topics, for example I have been reading the book "Think Python".

Sarker Safat

5.0

Reviewed Jun 11, 2020

For a beginner, this course offers a great help which will increase your skills in raspberry pi and it's various workforce.

PAMARTHI KANAKARAJA

5.0

Reviewed Jun 2, 2020

speaker is explain each and every point of raspberry pi programming and python basic level programming simply awesome

prathmesh nandurkar

2.0

Reviewed Jul 19, 2020

course really needs to be in more detail

Amilcar Peraza

5.0

Reviewed Nov 7, 2021

It was a great introduction course to get familiar with a Linux distribution (Raspbian), basic concepts of Python programming and get to know the potential applications of a Raspberry Pi as an IoT device.

The only suggestion I can make is that it would be great that the examples could be updated for Raspberry Pi 4, which the latest version available.

Other than that, I'm very satisfied as a beginner user of Raspberry Pi.

Abduljaleel (AJ) Alriyadh

5.0

Reviewed Feb 25, 2017

Great Course! Straight to the point, just what I expected. I came with ton of disappointment from IBM's course, development guide to the IoT. I was very frustrated when I started taking the course. half way through, though, I was all energetic and learned a lot. Best feature, teaching is straight to the point. I am talking the whole specialization!

Deon Nel

5.0

Reviewed Oct 2, 2019

The course required quite a bit of self study. Setting up the Pi was easy enough but getting to grips with python and the new syntax was not. This course needs a proper reference to a good python code manual to help ease the programming obstacles. Could not really see the application of PWM in the blink example.

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5.0

Reviewed May 18, 2020

This course introduced me to the ins and out of Raspberry Pi as well as taught me how to write a Python program and make Pi project with Python command. The lectures were very helpful and were easy to understand. However, I expected a little more projects but I can understand why it was not so intensive

Binod Suman

5.0

Reviewed Aug 30, 2017

Feeling happy to attain this course. Learnt lot of things and refreshed many thing what I had forgotten from college time. I would like to recommend this course to all who want to learn Raspberry Pi from scratch and build something on top of micro controller. A big thanks to Mr. Ian Haris.

Saifeddine Barkia

5.0

Reviewed Mar 20, 2019

This course is simply the best introduction to the Raspberry pi world ! it gives you enough the motivation to explore more about Raspberry Pi and its different features. The most important part is that it motivate you to do some projects. I do highly recemond it on the top of your list.