The Complete Beginners Guide to Hello World using C# .Net and Mono on Raspberry Pi

11 September 2012 (4)

Disclaimer: some of the software used below is pre-release, use at your own risk...

This article assumes basic knowledge of writing C# and using Visual Studio - it doesn't assume any prior knowledge of Raspberry Pi or Linux.

My Parts List

You can find a list of verified peripherals here, below are the specifics of what I'm using successfully:

  • Raspberry Pi Model B (from element14 Australia)
  • 1 metre high speed HDMI lead (from element14 Australia)
  • Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 USB keyboard;
  • Logitech M100 USB mouse;
  • SanDisk 16GB Ultra SDHC Card, Class 10, "up to 30 MB/s 200X"
  • Nokia AC-USB phone charger (output: DC 5 volt 1 amp*)
  • Cat 5 Ethernet cable (wired to Belkin wireless bridge/extender)

* It's important to have a sufficiently powerful supply.

Preparing the Operating System

Download Soft-float Debian “wheezy” image from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads.

Extract the .img from the zip file.

Download Win32 Disk Imager http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Data-CD-DVD-Burning/Win32-Disk-Imager.shtml (make sure you get the correct link as there's lots of advertising and other download links on the page).

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