So I've been a busy bee with my Raspberry Pi. Today, I successfully set up the GPIO and used it with a PIR and an LED. Trivial and simple stuff, but coming from the Arduino IDE (where most everything is spelled out for you) to the Python platform, I've got to learn a little bit more.
I started off by navigating to one of my favorite places for tutorials, www.ladyada.net, where there is a slew of tutorials (and not just for the Pi!), and followed along with her PIR tutorial. Afterwards, I adapted the code to turn on an LED if the PIR senses motion, and turn off the LED when the PIR does not sense motion. After a couple of issues (indentation and spelling errors 
) all was well!
Side note, I also got to use my own personal Pi Cobbler (inspired by LadyAda's Pi Cobbler). It's a little messy, as I'm not the best with a soldering iron, but it got the job done. I do, however, plan to purchase an official Cobbler, but for now, this will do.
Comments and critiques and questions are most welcome! (As are suggestions for other fun beginner projects!)
Signing off,
Gtr_Stitch
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