Raspberry Pi Hardware Projects 1
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Congratulations on becoming a proud owner of a Raspberry Pi, thecredit-card-sized computer! If you're ready to dive in andstart finding out what this amazing little gizmo is really capableof, this ebook is for you.
Taken from the forthcoming Raspberry Pi Projects,Raspberry Pi Hardware Projects 1 contains three coolhardware projects that let you have fun with the Raspberry Pi whiledeveloping your Raspberry Pi skills. The authors - PiFaceinventor, Andrew Robinson and Raspberry Pi For Dummies co-author,Mike Cook - show you how to build:
* Reaction timer
* Twittering toy
* Disco Lights
The ebook also includes a brief guide to setting up theRaspberry Pi for those very new to its unique ways and a bonusproject, the Insult Generator, which will teach you simple Pythonprogramming while making you laugh.
With Raspberry Pi Hardware Projects 1 you'll learneverything you need to know to program the Raspberry Pi and buildcool, automated and interactive gadgets in no time.
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Dr Andrew Robinson (Manchester, UK) worked at the University of Manchester School of Computer Science, where they have just launched the Great British Raspberry Pi Bake Off, a competition to get people making projects with the Pi. Andrew has quickly become a leading expert on the Pi and its astounding capabilities, including guest posts on raspberrypi.org, the official mouthpiece of Raspberry Pi. He is the creator of PiFace, which makes interfacing with the Raspberry Pi significantly easier. He is currently utilizing the Raspberry Pi as part of the team behind the BBC's Springwatch.
Mike Cook is is the co-author of Raspberry Pi For Dummies. Mike is a veteran tech author and a freelance consultant for all things to do with Physical Computing. A former Lecturer in Physics at Manchester Metropolitan University, he has written more than three hundred computing and electronics articles for the pages of computer magazines since the 1980s. Mike patrols the forums as Grumpy Mike, though he is anything but!
Content
CHAPTER 1
Test Your Reactions 3
CHAPTER 2
The Twittering Toy 27
CHAPTER 3
Disco Lights 49
APPENDIX A
Getting Your Raspberry Pi Up and Running 73
APPENDIX B
Introductory Software Project: The Insult Generator 9
