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Raspberry Pi user guide

Presents information on computing and programming with Raspberry Pi-- Source other than Library of Congress
eBook, English, ©2012
Wiley, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, ©2012
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1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations
9781118464496, 9781118464465, 9781118464472, 9781119264385, 1118464494, 111846446X, 1118464478, 1119264383
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Raspberry Pi® User Guide; Table of Contents; Introduction; Programming is fun!; A bit of history; So what can you do with the Raspberry Pi?; Part I: Connecting the Board; Chapter 1: Meet the Raspberry Pi; ARM vs. x86; Windows vs. Linux; Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi; Chapter 2: Linux System Administration; Linux: An Overview; Linux Basics; Introducing Debian; Using External Storage Devices; Creating a New User Account; File System Layout; Installing and Uninstalling Software; Chapter 3: Troubleshooting; Keyboard and Mouse Diagnostics; Power Diagnostics; Display Diagnostics Boot DiagnosticsNetwork Diagnostics; The Emergency Kernel; Chapter 4: Network Configuration; Wired Networking; Wireless Networking; Chapter 5: Partition Management; Creating a New Partition; Resizing Existing Partitions; Moving to a Bigger SD Card; Chapter 6: Configuring the Raspberry Pi; Hardware Settings-config.txt; Memory Partitioning-start.elf; Software Settings-cmdline.txt; Part II: Using the Pi as a Media Centre, Productivity Machine and Web Server; Chapter 7: The Pi as a Home Theatre PC; Playing Music at the Console; Dedicated HTPC with Rasbmc Chapter 8: The Pi as a Productivity MachineUsing Cloud-Based Apps; Using OpenOffice.org; Image Editing with The Gimp; Chapter 9: The Pi as a Web Server; Installing a LAMP Stack; Installing WordPress; Part III: Programming and Hacking; Chapter 10: An Introduction to Scratch; Introducing Scratch; Example 1: Hello World; Example 2: Animation and Sound; Example 3: A Simple Game; Robotics and Sensors; Further Reading; Chapter 11: An Introduction to Python; Introducing Python; Example 1: Hello World; Example 2: Comments, Inputs, Variables and Loops; Example 3: Gaming with pygame Example 4: Python and NetworkingFurther Reading; Chapter 12: Hardware Hacking; Electronic Equipment; Reading Resistor Colour Codes; Sourcing Components; The GPIO Port; Using the GPIO Port in Python; Moving Up From the Breadboard; A Brief Guide to Soldering; Chapter 13: Add-on Boards; Ciseco Slice of Pi; Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate; Fen Logic Gertboard; Part IV: Appendixes; Appendix A: Python Recipes; Raspberry Snake (Chapter 11, Example 3); IRC User List (Chapter 11, Example 4); GPIO Input and Output (Chapter 12); Appendix B: HDMI Display Modes; Index