Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media (December 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1449344216
ISBN-13: 978-1449344214

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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. Take advantage of several preloaded programming languages. Use the Raspberry Pi with Arduino. Create Internet-connected projects. Play with multimedia. With Raspberry Pi, you can do all of this and more.

Get acquainted with hardware features on the Pi’s board
Learn enough Linux to move around the operating system
Pick up the basics of Python and Scratch—and start programming
Draw graphics, play sounds, and handle mouse events with the Pygame framework
Use the Pi’s input and output pins to do some hardware hacking
Discover how Arduino and the Raspberry Pi complement each other
Integrate USB webcams and other peripherals into your projects
Create your own Pi-based web server with Python

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Up and Running
Chapter 2. Getting Around Linux on the Raspberry Pi
Chapter 3. Python On The Pi
Chapter 4. Animation and Multimedia in Python
Chapter 5. Scratch on the Pi
Chapter 6. Arduino and the Pi
Chapter 7. Basic Input and Output
Chapter 8. Programming Inputs and Outputs with Python
Chapter 9. Working with Webcams
Chapter 10. Python and The Internet