Enabling The SPI Port Via the desktop GUI In the desktop GUI select the Start button > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration Select the interfaces tab and then select the relevant option. Via the config file Use the sudo raspi-config config tool: Select ‘Interface Options’ and then select the relevant option. Test the SPI Port […]

Turning off the UART functioning as a serial console UPDATE – You can now disable serial via the GUI or command line raspi-config tool.  The below is no longer good for Raspbian Jessie and above, it doesn’t work (This is based on Clayton Smiths nifty guide). Backup the /boot/cmdline.txt file before you edit it just in case of […]

Enabling The I2C Port Via the desktop GUI In the desktop GUI select the Start button > Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration Select the interfaces tab and then select the relevant option. Via the config file Use the sudo raspi-config config tool: Select ‘Interface Options’ and then select the relevant option.