Chapter 1
Introducing the Raspberry Pi
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting up close and personal with the Raspberry Pi
Taking stock of your Raspberry Pi
Purchasing your very own Raspberry Pi
Figuring out what else you need
The Raspberry Pi is perhaps the most inspiring computer available today. Although most of the computing devices being used (including phones, tablets, and game consoles) are designed to stop people from tinkering with them, the Raspberry Pi is exactly the opposite. It invites you to prod it, play with it, and create with it. It comes with the tools you need to start creating your own software (or programming), and you can connect your own electronic inventions to it. Some models are cheap enough that breaking them won’t break the bank, so you can experiment with confidence.
Lots of people are fired up about the Raspberry Pi’s potential, and they’re discovering exciting new ways to use it. Dave Akerman (www.daveakerman.com) and friends attached one to a weather balloon and sent it nearly 40 kilometers high to take pictures of the Earth from near space using a webcam. (You ...
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