Getting started with Raspberry Pi
By: Matt Richardson and Shawn Wallace
Contributors: Wallace, Shawn P., author
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Make Community, LLC
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781457186127
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Programming; Raspberry Pi (Computer); Linux
Description: What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, the inexpensive credit card-sized computer? This book takes you step-by-step through the possibilities, such as writing programs in Scratch and Python; using the Raspberry Pi with Arduino; creating Internet-connected projects; playing with multimedia and more. With this guide you will get acquainted with hardware features of the Raspberry Pi; learn enough Linux to move around the operating system; draw graphics, play sounds, and handle mouse events with the Pygame framework; use the input and output pins to do some hardware hacking; discover how Arduino and the Raspberry Pi complement each other; integrate webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module into your projects; and create your own Pi-based web server with Python.
Notes: Includes index.

Previous edition: December 2012.

"Getting to know the inexpensive ARM-powered Linux computer"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Getting up and running; title: Getting around Linux on the Raspberry Pi; title: Specialized distributions; title: Python on the Pi; title: Pygame for animation and multimedia; title: Scratch on the Pi; title: Arduino on the Pi; title: Basic input and output; title: Programming inputs and outputs with Python; title: Analog input and output; title: Working with cameras; title: Python and the Internet.