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Advanced Raspberry Pi: Raspbian Linux and GPIO Integration
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Advanced Raspberry Pi: Raspbian Linux and GPIO Integration

by Warren Gay
October 2018
Intermediate to advanced
529 pages
8h 13m
English
Apress
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© Warren Gay 2018
Warren GayAdvanced Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3948-3_1

1. The Raspberry Pi

Warren Gay1 
(1)
St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada
 

The Raspberry Pi is amazing at two levels—the advanced functionality that you get in a credit card-sized SBC (Single Board Computer) and its price. Even with today’s Pi competitors, the Raspberry Pi reigns supreme because few can beat its price. Further, it enjoys great software and community support.

Price is an important advantage of the Pi that competitors don’t always appreciate. Hobbyists and makers are applying the Pi in new and sometimes risky ways. Someone starting out doesn’t want to lose their SBC because of a rookie mistake. At the low Pi price point, the loss can be absorbed without ...

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