Advanced Raspberry Pi: Raspbian Linux and GPIO Integration

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Warren GayAdvanced Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3948-3_20

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Warren Gay¹ 

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St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada

 

Embedded computers frequently lack the necessary resources for developing and compiling software. The Raspberry Pi is rather special in this regard since it already includes the gcc compiler and the needed linking tools (under Raspbian Linux). But while the code can be developed and built on the Raspberry Pi, it may not always be the most suitable place for software development. One reason is the lower performance of the SD card, while the Pi Zero or Zero W may be underperforming in this regard.

To compile native code for the Raspberry Pi, you need a compiler and linker that knows how to ...