(Ebook) Raspberry Pi: A Quick-Start Guide by Maik Schmidt ISBN 9781937785802, 1937785807

(Ebook) Raspberry Pi: A Quick-Start Guide by Maik Schmidt ISBN 9781937785802, 1937785807

Most of the book is targeted at beginners in computing and programming. A few parts, such as the small electronics project and setting up a web server, assume some intermediate skills.
The Raspberry Pi is one of the most successful open source hardware projects ever. For less than $40, you get a full-blown PC, a multimedia center, and a web server--and this book gives you everything you need to get started. Youll learn the basics, progress to controlling the Pi, and then build your own electronics projects. This new edition is revised and updated with two new chapters on adding digital and analog sensors, and creating videos and a burglar alarm with the Pi camera.
Get your Raspberry Pi up and running and doing cool stuff. Youll start with the basics: adding hardware, installing and configuring Debian Linux, and customizing the Pis firmware to get the most out of your hardware.
Then the fun begins. Youll connect the Pi to your home network, surf the web, and tweet messages. Youll learn how to get the most out of Midori, the Pis standard browser, and control the desktops of other PCs with the Pi. Then youll explore the Pis versatility with a series of home projects. Turn it into a web server in your home network convert the Pi into a powerful multimedia center so you can watch high-definition video and listen to your favorite music and play classic video games.
Then youll use the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi to build your own electronics projects, such as an «out of memory» alarm. Youll learn how to use digital and analog sensors with the Pi, even though the Pi doesnt have analog input ports! Finally, youll set up the Pi camera, create your own time-lapse videos, and build an automatic e-mailing burglar alarm. Power to the Pi!
What You Need:
You need a Raspberry Pi and several things that you probably already have at home, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor/TV set, and an SD card. To build the electronic projects you need a few cheap parts and the Pi camera.