Getting Started with Raspberry Pi, 2E

by Matt Richardson

Other authorsShawn Wallace (Author)
Ebook, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

005

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Publication

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Description

The Raspberry Pi is a credit card-sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It is a capable little computer which can be used in electronics projects, and for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word processing, browsing the internet, and playing games. It also plays high-definition video. 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.

User reviews

LibraryThing member sferguson
A pretty good book for someone starting out. It is extremely basic in areas and will prove of limited utility to anyone with any prior knowledge in linux and electronics, but for the beginner, it will allow a decent grasp of the subject and will allow them to begin truly working with the Raspberry
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Pi.

Overall, a recommended book if you have need somewhere to start.
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LibraryThing member ilokhov
A nice and concise introduction to the Raspberry Pi. This can easily be used as a step-by-step manual by those with no prior experience with the Raspberry and includes a description of all the components and many suggested add-ons, how to set up the OS, the basic Linux commands and working with
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Python and Scratch.
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LibraryThing member antao
Good introduction to the Pi, but it lacks some unity.

I'll try most of the examples in the book, namely the web server bits and see what comes out of it.

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Rating

½ (16 ratings; 3.6)
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