Advanced Raspberry Pi for Everyone
A Reference Guide That Goes Beyond the Basics
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-1-305-58710-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized single-board computer that's been a huge hit among students, hobbyists, and professional and amateur experimenters around the world. In Advanced Raspberry Pi for Everyone: A Reference Guide That Goes Beyond the Basics, author and long-time electronics experimenter Ralph Roberts offers an exciting and entertaining advanced guide to working with Raspberry Pi. This book is a complete introduction and reference for every aspect of this popular device, from using the hardware to choosing and setting up operating systems and communicating with the outside world. With plenty of example projects and illustrations, the instruction is well-organized and easy to follow. Realize the potential of both the Raspberry Pi and yourself with this information-packed book, a how-to reference guide that goes well beyond the basics.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized single-board computer that's been a huge hit among students, hobbyists, and professional and amateur experimenters around the world. In Advanced Raspberry Pi for Everyone: A Reference Guide That Goes Beyond the Basics, author and long-time electronics experimenter Ralph Roberts offers an exciting and entertaining advanced guide to working with Raspberry Pi. This book is a complete introduction and reference for every aspect of this popular device, from using the hardware to choosing and setting up operating systems and communicating with the outside world. With plenty of example projects and illustrations, the instruction is well-organized and easy to follow. Realize the potential of both the Raspberry Pi and yourself with this information-packed book, a how-to reference guide that goes well beyond the basics.
The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized single-board computer that's been a huge hit among students, hobbyists, and professional and amateur experimenters around the world. In Advanced Raspberry Pi for Everyone: A Reference Guide That Goes Beyond the Basics, author and long-time electronics experimenter Ralph Roberts offers an exciting and entertaining advanced guide to working with Raspberry Pi. This book is a complete introduction and reference for every aspect of this popular device, from using the hardware to choosing and setting up operating systems and communicating with the outside world. With plenty of example projects and illustrations, the instruction is well-organized and easy to follow. Realize the potential of both the Raspberry Pi and yourself with this information-packed book, a how-to reference guide that goes well beyond the basics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mason, OH
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-305-58710-6 (9781305587106)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
An avid electronics experimenter, Ralph Roberts has been building stuff since his early teens, when he became a ham radio operator (still is today, W5VE). He's a decorated Vietnam veteran and took his electronics training to NASA for the Apollo moon-landing program. In the years since-in between experimenting with gadgets-he has managed to write more than 100 books, mostly about computers and technology. His favorite dessert? A nice slice of Raspberry Pi!
An avid electronics experimenter, Ralph Roberts has been building stuff since his early teens, when he became a ham radio operator (still is today, W5VE). He's a decorated Vietnam veteran and took his electronics training to NASA for the Apollo moon-landing program. In the years since-in between experimenting with gadgets-he has managed to write more than 100 books, mostly about computers and technology. His favorite dessert? A nice slice of Raspberry Pi!
An avid electronics experimenter, Ralph Roberts has been building stuff since his early teens, when he became a ham radio operator (still is today, W5VE). He's a decorated Vietnam veteran and took his electronics training to NASA for the Apollo moon-landing program. In the years since-in between experimenting with gadgets-he has managed to write more than 100 books, mostly about computers and technology. His favorite dessert? A nice slice of Raspberry Pi!
Content
INTRODUCTION. PART 1: MASTERING THE RASPBERRY PI. 1. Understanding what the RPi Can and Cannot Do. 2. Powering Up. 3. SD Cards and Other Storage. 4. Using the Various Methods of Control. 5. Networking. 6. Monitoring. 7. Listening to Audio. 8. Cameras, the All-Seeing Eye. 9. The Wizard's Magic Wand, GPIO. 10. Looking at Peripherals. 11. Troubleshooting. PART 2: MANIPULATING SOFTWARE. 12. Choosing and Changing Operating Systems. 13. Utilities and Other Need-to-Have Programs. 14. Building Your Library. 14. Drivers and other Software for Talking to Devices. 16. Picking Software Enablers for Projects. PART 3: COMMUNICATING WITH THE WORLD. 17. Commanding the Web and Other Internet Services. 18. Communicating with Digital Devices. 19. Running Mechanical Gizmos. 20. Clustering, Using More Than One RPi. 21. Bonus Projects and Material. Glossary. Appendix A: Finding Additional Help. Appendix B: Best Websites About Raspberry Pi.