
A HDMI display (computer monitor, or TV) and an HDMI cable.You also need a way to write to the card either by using the SD card slot in your laptop, or a USB SD/Micro SD Card Reader/Writer. An 8 gig (for some extra space, a 4 gig one should work too) Micro SD card.A computer with internet access to download the required software for the Raspberry Pi.Things you will need to set-up your Raspberry Pi 2: I plan to use Raspbian exclusively on my new Raspberry Pi 2 and this posts assumes you will be too.



The most popular OS for the Raspberry Pi currently is a version of Linux, called Raspbian, specifically optimized for its hardware. Unlike the Arduino, the Raspberry Pi is not a micro-controller, but rather a small, bare-bones computer that needs an operating system in order to run.
