Chapter 5. Getting Your Hands Dirty Using the GPIO Header
Here, we will start diving into the more physical side of cooking with the Raspberry Pi Zero:
Pin configurations and precautions for using the GPIO pins
Using the GPIOs with the WiringPi library
Connecting an LED with RPZ and controlling it using C, Python, and a shell
Basics of the UART port and getting data from the desktop on the serial port using Minicom
Writing a Python/C program to get UART data in your code
Basics of I2C and checking the I2C devices present on a port
Basics of SPI and setting up an SPI module
Converting a 5V signal into a 3.3V signal and slew rates
Running RPZ on a battery
Controlling GPIOs using a web interface
Making RPZ a radio transmitter and sharing music
Using a Node.js ...
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