11 Best Raspberry Pi Courses to Master your Pi

Mastering a Raspberry Pi includes many topics like hardware, operating system, programming, electronics, etc …
Even if you already know one or two things from your previous experiences, it’s not always easy to learn everything alone.
The best way to improve your skills is to follow online courses that will guide you through each step you need to know in order to master a specific topic.

There are several well-known websites to learn various subjects and it includes Raspberry Pi.
Udemy, Skillshare and Coursera are the best platforms to find cheap Raspberry Pi courses.

You already know the best website to learn about Raspberry Pi 🙂
But today’s topic is different.
I’ll show you a list of the 11 best online video courses to learn anything you can imagine about Raspberry Pi.

By the way, if you don’t have a budget to afford a course for now (if you just got your Raspberry Pi stuff, I completely understand), you can join Skillshare for a free 14-day trial. It includes courses from the best teachers in many categories, including IT (Linux, programming, …) and Raspberry Pi. I highly recommend getting this offer now so that you can already learn a bunch of things in the next fortnight. I’m a fan of their services personally 🙂

The Raspberry Pi Bootcamp

Let’s start directly with my course so that I can be objective after that 🙂
I have seen so many of my readers struggle with the first steps on Raspberry Pi, that I created a course especially for them. In fact, it’s not a regular course, as it also includes some free bonuses like the possibility to ask me any question directly.

So, if you are just getting started and need help to choose your device, install the system and follow my tips to complete your first projects, that’s probably the best option for you.
Using a Raspberry Pi shouldn’t be complicated, let me guide you to save time, money and enjoy any new project faster than ever.

In this course, I’ll help you overcome your first barriers easily:

• Listen to each lesson to understand the theory.
• Follow the action plan at each step to make sure everything is clear, and experiment to remember.
• Move to the next lesson and build your skills progressively, in the correct order.

Stop being lost and overwhelmed on each new tutorial you follow.
Take a week now to really get the skills you need, be more efficient, save money and enjoy each future project!

Find all the details on the presentation page, and get 10% off by using this link today.

The Raspberry Pi Platform and Python Programming

I see good feedbacks about this one everywhere when doing my research, so I have to put it as the first answer.

It’s a paid course like all the bests out there, but you will have for your money, the course is presented by Ian Harris and divided in 4 modules:

• Module 1 (4 hours) : Introduction about Raspberry Pi, installation and configuration
• Module 2 (3 hours) : Linux introduction about files, permissions and processes
• Module 3 (3 hours) : Python on Raspberry Pi, everything you need to know to use Python (expressions, functions, lists etc)
• Module 4 (4 hours) : GPIO pins usage

Each module is divided into shorts videos under 10min, so you don’t have to take 4 hours to watch the course.
Most of them offers survey, quiz and global information about the module.

The best review for this course is:

Extremely helpful if you want to start using Raspberry Pi. Gives you the required knowledge to kickstart your Raspberry Pi learning and you get a hint of python programming as well which is useful

GB, Coursera

Coursera offers a 7 days free trial, so you can probably take this course for free. If not, it will be a monthly payment, around $39 each month to take any courses.

Here is the link if you want to know more : this course on Coursera.
I also have a book about Python on Raspberry Pi if you prefer reading.

Complete Python 3 Masterclass

This one is Python oriented, I recommend knowing the basics on Raspberry Pi, but after this course you’ll know everything about Python, for Raspberry Pi and also other computers.

Here is the summary of the beginning :

• Setup Python on Windows
• Python and Raspberry Pi (install Raspbian, Python introduction)
• Getting started with Python (Hello World!)
• Python programming basics (operators, print and input functions)
• Arithmetic with Python
• Conditional statements (if, then, else)
• Operators (membership, logical, bitwise)
• Loops (While, for)
• Functions
• …

At this step, you’ll know everything about Python, and you’ll start to experiment things with NumPy and Matplotlib, and finally use the GPIO pins.

If your goal is to often use Python later, it’s really a complete course to master it
Here is a review to get a better idea:

This course has EVERYTHING , including SOURCE CODE FILES !
Well designed, well implemented , and contains ALL necessary resources.
5 STARS !

Robert Schemmel, Udemy

The price is cheap (under $20 in one payment) and the course is absolutely complete (19 hours of video lessons!).

If you’re interested, check the link here: Complete Python 3 Masterclass.
Udemy offers a high discount if you register for the course quickly.
Reminder: I also have a book about Python on Raspberry Pi if you prefer reading.

Raspberry Pi Tutorials (Tech Erudio)

This course is available for free on YouTube, so you can try it without excuses 🙂

It’s old (2012), but the basics are always the same, so you can probably grab good information in it
The course is a playlist of 15 videos, probably 3 hours in total.

Here is the first one to give you an idea of what it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4pjfU_-jo&list=PLsa31gkyINsly6N_usaeHrtDPYnwxO-1Y&index=2

There is no recent videos on the channel, but Tech Erudio made a good work about this.
Here is the link to the playlist: Raspberry Pi Tutorials.

2019 Ultimate Guide to Raspberry Pi

Lee Assam offers a complete overview of the Raspberry Pi in this generalist course.
You will have access to 78 videos for a total of 5 hours of lessons.

The course includes things from Raspberry Pi setup to building an Amazon Echo clone through GPIO stuff and software installations tutorials.

You can get a high discount on the price if you order now, check the price here: Ultimate Guide to Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi Tutorials (TheZanShow)

Here is another free course on YouTube, produced by Alexander Baran-Harper.

More recent than the first one of this list (2017), with 49 videos oriented on software and projects you can build with a Raspberry Pi.
There is also a big part with components you can plug to the GPIO pins and how to use them (LED, button, relay).

Here is the first video of the course :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlUhDUJfTe8&list=PLNnwglGGYoTvy37TSGFlv-aFkpg7owWrE&index=2

And you can check the complete playlist here.

Build Your Retro Games Machine

This one is awesome if you want to use your Raspberry Pi as a retro gaming machine.

You’ll learn how to install and play with Retropie, Recalbox and LAKKA.
Chris O’Connor made a good job in popularizing the theory about retro gaming, but knows how it works and will show you exactly what you can do by this three operating systems.

Check the price and the complete course program here: Retro gaming course.

Raspberry Pi Workshop for Beginners

Here is another free course you can watch on YouTube, on the Core Electronics channel.
Published in 2017, it’s a playlist with 30 videos with basics about Raspberry Pi.

Here are the key parts you’ll find inside:

• Beginner basics on how to install and manage Raspbian
• GPIO and Python introduction
• Graphic interface with Python
• IoT introduction (IFTTT and Particle Pi)

Without further ado, here is the link to the course: Raspberry Pi Workshop.

Tech Explorations™ Raspberry Pi Full Stack

Do you want to add the line “Raspberry Pi Full Stack Expert” on your resume?
If yes, here is the course you need.
And its on UDEMY, so it’s cheap in the very first hours when you use the link for the first time.

The content is awesome with 89 videos for a 10 hours total:

• Getting started with your Raspberry Pi
• Managing backup and restore
• GPIO Pins & Python
• Web application creation

Here is a review from the Udemy page:

Very methodic, organized and detailed. I own at least 9 Raspberry Pis across the range of models, and have been running several applications for a couple of years now, and yet I got to learn something new when I went through the initial sections of setting up the Pi. I’ve signed up for another Raspberry Pi course by Dr Dalmaris because I feel that I have a lot more to learn !

Andy Menon , Udemy

And obviously, here is the link to the product page on Udemy: Raspberry Pi Full Stack.

The Theory Behind Electronics

This one is special, but I think it will help many of you.
Internet websites talks about Raspberry Pi projects from scratch, but they consider you’re an expert in electronics, what you are probably not.

That’s why starting with the basic and learn how electronics works before playing with complex circuits and voltage is probably a good idea.

In this course, you’ll get an introduction to electric current, voltage, power, resistance, color codes, etc.
And the good news is, as I recommend this classes to you, you can follow it for free by registering on Skillshare for a free trial.

Here is the link: The Theory Behind Electronics.

Raspberry Pi Bootcamp

It’s the last paid course of this list, and another generalist course.
Produced by Lee Assam (two courses in this list, well done!), it’s named the Raspberry Pi Bootcamp.

Reviews talk better than me:

The course is fun and engaging. I use this course to teach my kids and their friends (summer project) building Google Assistant. The instructions are clear and Lee is responsive in providing updated instructions since we use a different image downloaded from Google. I recommend this course as intro to Raspberry Pi for kids.

Hao Tran, Udemy

Here is the summary of this 3 hours long course:

• Raspberry Pi and Raspbian setup
• Introduction to GPIO pins and programming them
• Install a web server and control circuits from here
• Gaming sytem on Raspberry Pi introduction
• Project: Create a Google Home clone

Here is the link for more details: Raspberry Pi Bootcamp for beginners.

Raspberry Pi official website

Finally, do you know that you can find incredible lessons for free on the Raspberry Pi official website?
Yes, the Raspberry Pi Foundation offers free training with computing teachers in England.

There are many courses available here, so I’ll let you discover this page directly here : Raspberry Pi Foundation courses.

Conclusion

That’s already the end of this list with the best online courses for Raspberry Pi.
I hope you found what you were looking for 🙂

If you’re interested to look for other resources, here are all the platform I link to in this post :

• Udemy
• Skillshare
• Youtube
• Coursera
• Raspberry Pi website

Feel free to make a search on it to find other courses that may better suit you.

Now, if you already follow one video course about Raspberry Pi, would you like to share with others?
Leave a comment in the community!

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