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DIY hardware hacking...easy as Pi ®! Raspberry Pi is taking off like a rocket! You can use this amazing, dirt-cheap, credit card-sized computer to learn powerful hardware hacking techniques as you build incredibly creative and useful projects! This complete, full-color guide requires absolutely no experience with either hardware hacking or computer programming. Colorful photos guide you through each project, and the step-by-step instructions are stunningly clear and easy! 1. Start with the absolute basics: Discover why millions of people are so passionate about the Pi! Tour the hardware, including storage, connections, and networking Install and run Raspbian, Raspberry Pi’s Linux-based operating system Manage devices and configuration files Network Raspberry Pi and add Wi-Fi Program Raspberry Pi using Python, Scratch, XHTML, PHP, and MySQL 2. Next, build all these great projects: Media Center Retro Console Video Game Station Minecraft Server Web Server Portable Webcam Security & Privacy Device 3. Then, master all these cutting-edge techniques: Overclock Raspberry Pi for better performance Link Raspberry Pi to the Arduino and Arduino clones, including the AlaMode and the Gertboard Use the Pi to build electronics prototypes using a breadboard

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents   Introduction     1 What’s in This Book     2 Who Can Use This Book     4 How to Use This Book     5     Task: This Is a Task     5 There’s More Online… 5   PART I  HARDWARE FOUNDATIONS   Chapter 1 What Is the Raspberry Pi?     7 Why the Pi?     8 Hardware Versions     9 Is the Raspberry Pi Open Source?     14   Open Source Licenses     15   Open Source and the Raspberry Pi     15 How Can I Purchase a Raspberry Pi?     16   Chapter 2  Hardware Components Quick Start     17 Understanding Pi Hardware Terminology     17 The Hidden Cost of Owning a Raspberry Pi     20   A 5V Power Supply     21   SD Card     23   Powered USB Hub     24   Ethernet Cable     24   Monitor     25   Cables     25   USB Keyboard and Mouse     26 A Tour of the Model B Board     27   Networking     27   Video and Audio     27   Storage     29   Power/Status Information     29   Camera     30   Processing     31   Expansion     31 Next Steps     32   Chapter 3  A Tour of Raspberry Pi Peripheral Devices     33 Circuit Prototyping Equipment     34 Single-Board Microcontrollers     37 The Gertboard     38 Single-Board Computers     40 Relevant Technician Tools     41     Task: Check Raspberry Pi Voltage with a Multimeter     41 Raspberry Pi Starter Kits     43 Next Steps     45   PART II SOFTWARE FOUNDATIONS   Chapter 4  Installing and Configuring an Operating System     47 Common Operating Systems     49   Understanding Linux     49   Linux and Raspberry Pi     52   The Kernel and Firmware     53   Raspberry Pi’s Other Operating Systems     54 Installing Raspbian on Your Raspberry Pi     55     Task: Creating a Raspbian SD Card in Windows     57     Task: Creating a Raspbian SD Card in OS X     58     Task: Creating a Raspbian SD Card in Linux     60 An All-in-One Solution     63     Task: Installing an OS on Your Raspberry Pi Using NOOBS     64 Testing Your New Raspbian Image     65   Chapter 5  Debian Linux Fundamentals—Terminal     67 Baby Steps     67 Essential Terminal Commands     69   startx     69   pwd     70   ls     71   cd     72   sudo     73   passwd     74   nano     74   man     75   shutdown     76 Updating Your Software     77   Updating Raspbian     78   Updating the Pi Firmware     79 Revisiting Raspi-Config     80   Expand Filesystem     81   Change User Password     81   Enable Boot to Desktop     82   Internationalisation Options     82   Enable Camera     82   Add to Rastrack     83   Overclocking     83   Advanced Options     84   Raspi-Config Under the Hood     84 Next Steps     85   Chapter 6  Debian Linux Fundamentals—Graphical User Interface     87 LXDE—The Desktop Environment     87   Starting and Exiting LXDE     88     Task: Using Raspi-Config to Adjust Boot Behavior     88   Touring the LXDE Interface     89   Delving into the Main Menu     92 Installing, Updating, and Removing Software     94 Accessing the Pi Store     95   Task: Downloading a Free App from the Pi Store     97 Tweaking the LXDE UI     98     Task: Change the Desktop Background     98     Task: Customize the LXTerminal     99     Task: Customize the LXPanel     100   Openbox     100 Editing Configuration Files     101   Chapter 7  Networking Raspberry Pi     103 Basic Networking Concepts     103 Configuring Wired Ethernet     104     Task: Setting a Static IP Address on Your Raspberry Pi     106 Configuring Wireless Ethernet     107     Task: Setting Up Wi-Fi on Your Pi     109 Configuring “Headless” Raspberry Pi     110   Secure Shell (SSH)     112     Task: Using SSH to Connect to a Raspberry Pi Remotely     113   Virtual Network Computing (VNC)     114     Task: Using VNC to Connect to the Raspberry Pi     115     Task: Configure Your Pi to Start VNC Server Automatically     117 On Browsing the Web with the Pi     118   Chapter 8  Programming Raspberry Pi with Scratch—Beginnings     121 Technical Aspects of Scratch     122   Scratch Version Issues     122   The Scratch Community     123 Getting Comfortable with the Scratch Interface     124   About Blocks     127 Crafting a (Very) Simple Scratch Application     129     Task: Creating a Basic Scratch App     130 The PicoBoard     132   Obtaining a PicoBoard?     134   Using a PicoBoard in Scratch     134    Task: Using the PicoBoard in Scratch     134   Chapter 9  Programming Raspberry Pi with Scratch—Next Steps      137 Begin with the End in Mind     137 Let’s Build the Game!     139     Task: Setting Up the Game Screens     140     Task: Setting Up the Scratch Cat     143   Setting Up the First Ball     144   Setting Up the Second and Third Balls     146   Debugging and Troubleshooting     147 Uploading Your Project     149     Task: Share Your Scratch Project     149 Remixing     151     Task: Create a Remix     151   Chapter 10  Programming Raspberry Pi with Python—Beginnings     153 Checking Out the Python Environment     154 Interacting with the Python 3 Interpreter     156   Exiting the Interpreter     157   Getting Online Help     157 Writing Your First Python Program     158     Task: Creating Your First Python Script     159 Running Python Scripts     161     Task: Running Python Scripts (command line)     161     Task: Running Python Scripts (IDLE)     161 Broadening Your Python Horizons     163   Chapter 11  Programming Raspberry Pi with Python—Next Steps     165 Getting Comfortable with IDLE     165     Task: Creating a New Python Script File     168 Writing a Simple Game     168 Delving into a Bit More Detail     171   Variables      171   Type Casting     171   Concatenation     173   Modules     173     Task: Loading and then Updating the GPIO Module in Python 3     176 Where Do You Go from Here?     177   PART III  BASIC RASPBERRY PI PROJECTS   Chapter 12  Raspberry Pi Media Center     179 A Bit o’ History     180 But Will It Blend?     181 Introducing Raspbmc     182     Task: Installing Raspbmc Under Windows     182     Task: Installing Raspbmc Under OS X     183   Configuring Raspbmc     184 Getting Your Remote Control Working     186     Task: Controlling Your Raspbmc Box from iOS     186     Task: Controlling Your Raspbmc Box from a Web Browser     189     Task: Configuring a GPIO-based IR Receiver     190 Transferring Content to Your Pi     192     Task: Uploading Media Content to Raspberry Pi     192 Scraping Your Media     194     Task: Configuring XBMC Media Detection     194 Playing Your Content     196 Installing Add-Ons     197   Chapter 13 Raspberry Pi Retro Game Station     199 A Word About Console Video Game Emulation     200 Installing RetroPie     200     Task: Setting Up RetroPie     201 Transferring ROMs to RetroPie     203 Task: Transferring ROMs to Your Raspberry Pi     204 Setting Up Your Controls     206     Task: Configure RetroPie Joystick Control Mappings     208 Playing Your Games     209 Installing Useful Add-Ons     210     Task: Install ES-Scraper     211   In Search of the Perfect Joystick     212 Chapter 14  Raspberry Pi Minecraft Server     217 Installing Minecraft Pi     219     Task: Installing Minecraft Pi     219 Accessing the Python API     221     Task: Loading the Minecraft Python Libraries     222     Task: Making Your Player Jump High!     224     Task: Create a Diamond Floor     225 Building a Minecraft Server     226     Task: Installing Java and the Minecraft Server     227   Administering a Minecraft Server     230     Minecraft Plugins     232   Chapter 15  Raspberry Pi Web Server     233 What Is the LAMP Stack?     234 Installing Your Web Server     235     Task: Installing the LAMP Stack on Raspberry Pi     236     Task: Verifying PHP Configuration     237     Task: Verifying MySQL Installation     239   Tweaking Up Your Web Server Settings     240 Transferring Content to Your Web Server     240     Task: Using SFTP to Transfer Content to Your Pi     241     Task: Install and Test FTP on Your Raspberry Pi     243 Setting Up phpMyAdmin     243     Task: Installing phpMyAdmin     244 Setting Up Joomla     245     Task: Installing Joomla on Your Raspberry Pi     246 Putting Your Web Server on the Public Internet     249     Task: Making Your Raspberry Pi Publicly Accessible by Using No-IP     250   Chapter 16  Raspberry Pi Portable Webcam     253 About the Raspberry Pi Camera Board     253 Installing and Configuring the Raspberry Pi Camera Board     256     Task: Preparing the Raspberry Pi for the Camera Board     256     Task: Installing the Raspberry Pi Camera Board     257 Using the Camera Board     259   Capturing Still Pictures     259   Recording Video with the Camera Board     263         Task: Encoding a raspivid Video File     265 Using a Third-Party USB Webcam     266     Task: Configuring a Third-Party USB Webcam     267   Setting Up Your Webcam     269     Task: Setting Up a Time-Lapse Webcam     270   Adding a Rechargeable Battery Pack to Your Pi Camera     273 Python and Your Webcam     274     Task: Setting up SimpleCV     274   Chapter 17  Raspberry Pi Security and Privacy Device     277 Encrypting Your Internet Connection with a VPN     277 Browsing Where You Want via a Proxy Server     278 Building Your Raspberry Pi VPN Gateway     280     Task: Creating Your Hamachi VPN     281     Task: Connecting to Your Hamachi VPN from Your Desktop Computer     283     Task: Installing Hamachi Client on Your Raspberry Pi     284 Building Your Raspberry Pi Proxy Server     286     Task: Installing and Configuring Privoxy Raspberry Pi     286 Testing the Configuration     287     Task: Pointing Your Workstation Computer at Your Pi Proxy     289 Speaking of Geolocation     292     Task: Adding Your Raspberry Pi to the Rastrack Database     294 Building a Raspberry Pi Tor Proxy     294   PART IV HACKING THE RASPBERRY PI   Chapter 18  Raspberry Pi Overclocking     299 What Is Overclocking?     299 Warranty Implications of Overclocking     300 Overclocking Your Pi     302   The Raspi-Config Method     302     Task: Verifying Your Pi’s CPU, Voltage, and Temperature Status     303   The Manual Method     304 Benchmarking Your Pi     305     Task: Installing and Running nbench     306 Adjusting the Memory Split on Your Pi     307     Task: Tweaking Memory Split with Raspi-Config     308   Tweaking Memory Split by Hand     309   A Historical Footnote     309 Various and Sundry Performance Tweaks     311   Chapter 19  Raspberry Pi and Arduino     315 Introducing the Arduino     315 Digging into the Arduino Uno     319 Connecting the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi     321   Connecting the Raspberry Pi GPIO Pins to the Arduino Serial Pins     322   Connecting the Raspberry Pi GPIO Pins to the Arduino I2C     322   Connecting the Raspberry Pi to the Arduino via USB     322   Connecting the Raspberry Pi to the Arduino via a Shield or Bridge Board     322   Connecting the Raspberry Pi to an Arduino Clone     323 Understanding the Arduino Development Workflow     323     Task: Install and Configure Arduino IDE on the Raspberry Pi     324     Task: Running the “Blink” Sample Sketch     327   Fading an LED     330     Task: Running the Fade Sketch     331 Using the AlaMode     332     Task: Getting the AlaMode Up and Running     333   Chapter 20  Raspberry Pi and the Gertboard     337 Anatomy of the GPIO     339 Connecting Your Gertboard and Raspberry Pi     341 Installing the Testing Software     343     Task: Enabling SPI on Your Raspberry Pi     344     Task: Installing the Python Gertboard Test Suite     345 Testing the LEDs     346 Testing Input/Output     349 A Couple Quick Breadboarding Exercises     350   Accessing the GPIO Pins Directly     350     Task: Lighting an LED Directly from the GPIO     351   Accessing the GPIO Pins via the Pi Cobbler     353 Programming the Atmel Microcontroller     354     Task: Preparing Your Arduino Environment     355 Final Thoughts, and Thank You     357   Index     359


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780133476613
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0133476618
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2013
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 384


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