—\nlayout: post\ntitle: “Setting Up a Raspberry Pi 5 as a Development Sandbox”\ndate: 2025-12-05T17:51:29+00:00\n—\n\n# Setting Up a Raspberry Pi 5 as a Development Sandbox\n\n## The Goal\nAn introduction to my new development sandbox for physical computing, Python projects, and more.\n\n## The Hardware\n- Raspberry Pi 5 16GB\n\n## Software Setup\n- Jupyter Notebook: For numerical modeling and data analysis.\n- Physical Computing: Arduino IDE and micro:bit tools.\n- Note-Taking: Ghostwriter for Jekyll posts and Zim for my personal wiki.\n\n## Project Organization\nA quick overview of the directory structure I’m using to keep things tidy.\n\n## Next Steps\nWhat I plan to build first…\n