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My first hand experience with Raspberry Pi 3

Lot of people are exploring the Raspberry PI as the preferred automation device platform and I wanted to share my first impression on the setup and installation of the device. Raspberry Pi 3 is the third generation Raspberry Pi from Element14 https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ First thing you would need are a bunch of hardware, most of them are easily available on Amazon. I have listed my shopping list. Raspberry Pi 3B - Rs 2999/- link Sandisk SD Memory Card - Rs 689/- link Breadboard - Rs 80/- link LED and other components - Rs 450/- link Female to Female Jumper cable - Rs 138/- link Male to Female Jumper cable - Rs 118/- link Raspberry pi 3 Model B case - Rs 365/- link Power Supply - Rs 879/- link 8 Bit SMD LED Array with connector cables - Rs 99/- link Total cost = Rs 5817/- For operating system I have selected Raspbian which is the official supported OS for Raspberry Pi. Task 1: Installing Raspbian to the SD memory card I a