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# Raspberry GUI General Prerequisites

In this documentation, you will set up the Raspberry Pi board as a mini computer that requires a monitor as a display. In other words, you will interact directly with the Raspberry Pi using the GUI (Graphical User Interface).

Before you start, make sure you have fulfilled the following conditions.

1. Hardware **Board Raspberry Pi**, this board is a mini computer that has an operating system (OS) to receive data from various sensors and send the data to the Antares IoT Platform.
2. **SD Card**. Make sure that the SD Card that will be installed on the Raspberry Pi has an operating system (OS) installed by following the tutorial below.

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3. **Monitor**, used to display the GUI of the Raspberry Pi
4. **Micro HDMI to HDMI cable**, used to connect the monitor with the Raspberry Pi board
5. **Keyboard**, used to type the syntax on the terminal
6. **Mouse**, used to move the cursor
7. **Antares account**, this account is used to access the Antares website, get an access key to send data to this platform. If you don't have an Antares account, you can [register here ](https://console.antares.id/register)by following the [Antares Account Registration tutorial](https://docs.antares.id/pendahuluan/registrasi-akun).