Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

by Matt Richardson, Shawn Wallace
Released December 2012
Publisher(s): Make: Community
ISBN: 9781449344214

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Book description

What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, a $35 computer the size of a credit card? All sorts of things! If you’re learning how to program, or looking to build new electronic projects, this hands-on guide will show you just how valuable this flexible little platform can be. This book takes you step-by-step through many fun and educational possibilities.

Table of contents

  1. Preface
    1. What Can You Do With It?
    2. Raspberry Pi for Makers
    3. Linux and Raspberry Pi
    4. What Others Have Done With It
    5. Conventions Used in This Book
    6. Using Code Examples
    7. Safari® Books Online
    8. How to Contact Us
    9. Acknowledgements
  2. 1. Getting Up and Running
    1. A Tour of the Boards
    2. The Proper Peripherals
    3. The Case
    4. Choose Your Distribution
    5. Flash the SD Card
    6. Booting Up
    7. Configuring Your Pi
    8. Shutting Down
    9. Troubleshooting
    10. Going Further
  3. 2. Getting Around Linux on the Raspberry Pi
    1. Using the Command Line
      1. Files and the Filesystem
    2. More Linux Commands
      1. Processes
      2. Sudo and Permissions
      3. The Network
    3. /etc
    4. Setting the Date and Time
    5. Installing New Software
    6. Going Further
  4. 3. Python On The Pi
    1. Hello Python
    2. A Bit More Python
    3. Objects and Modules
    4. Even More Modules
    5. Troubleshooting Errors
    6. Going Further
  5. 4. Animation and Multimedia in Python
    1. Hello Pygame
    2. Pygame Surfaces
    3. Drawing on Surfaces
    4. Handling Events and Inputs
    5. Sprites
    6. Playing Sound
    7. Playing Video
    8. Further Reading
  6. 5. Scratch on the Pi
    1. Hello Scratch
    2. The Stage
    3. Two More Things to Know About Sprites
    4. A Bigger Example: Astral Trespassers
    5. Scratch and the Real World
    6. Sharing Your Programs
    7. Going Further
  7. 6. Arduino and the Pi
    1. Installing Arduino in Raspbian
      1. Finding the Serial Port
    2. Talking in Serial
    3. Going Further
  8. 7. Basic Input and Output
    1. Using Inputs and Outputs
      1. Digital Output: Lighting Up an LED
      2. Digital Input: Reading a Button
    2. Project: Cron Lamp Timer
      1. Scripting Commands
      2. Connecting a Lamp
      3. Scheduling Commands with cron
        1. More About Cron
    3. Going Further
  9. 8. Programming Inputs and Outputs with Python
    1. Installing and Testing GPIO in Python
    2. Blinking an LED
    3. Reading a Button
    4. Project: Simple Soundboard
    5. Going Further
  10. 9. Working with Webcams
    1. Testing Webcams
    2. Installing and Testing SimpleCV
    3. Displaying an Image
    4. Modifying an Image
    5. Accessing the Webcam
    6. Face Detection
    7. Project: Raspberry Pi Photobooth
    8. Going Further
  11. 10. Python and The Internet
    1. Download Data from a Web Server
      1. Fetching the Weather Forecast
    2. Serving Pi (Be a Web Server)
      1. Flask Basics
    3. Connecting the Web to the Real World
    4. Project: WebLamp
    5. Going Further
  12. A. Writing an SD Card Image
    1. Writing an SD card from OS X
    2. Writing an SD card from Windows
    3. Writing an SD card from Linux
  13. B. Astral Trespassers Complete
  14. C. Analog Input
    1. Converting Analog to Digital
  15. Colophon
  16. Copyright

Product information

  • Title: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
  • Author(s): Matt Richardson, Shawn Wallace
  • Release date: December 2012
  • Publisher(s): Make: Community
  • ISBN: 9781449344214