ADVANCED / Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Imager
Writes a Raspberry Pi operating-system image to microSD storage.
Why use it
Prepares a Pi for Linux, networking and Python-based projects; this is different from uploading a small Arduino sketch.
- microSD imaging
- Raspberry Pi OS
- initial device configuration
Windows · macOS · Linuxproject specificactive
Getting started
Install from Raspberry Pi, select device/OS/storage, verify the target card carefully, then write and boot it when a Pi project needs one.
Check: A Pi boots from the prepared card and reaches its configured initial setup. Imaging overwrites the selected card, so confirm it first.