Creating a Project Project > New.  Give the project a name and choose where to save it. File > New with template > main.c Save it as main.c As a good starting point copy the bcm2835 blink project sample code into your new main.c file and connect a LED positive pin to Pin 11 of […]

If Geany is not installed (not in Menu (Windows Start button) > Programming) install it as follows: Menu > Other > LX Terminal Enter the command: sudo apt-get install geany Confirm the install and it will be added to the ‘Menu > Programming’ folder

Geany is a lightweight IDE which runs well on the RPi and removes you from having to use the command line compiler for C programming.  Its a popular choice for the RPi giving you a decent IDE interface to program in (although it is inevitably still somewhat sluggish when compared to programming on a typical desktop PC with its […]