Timothy L. Warner - Hacking Raspberry Pi

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Timothy L. Warner

800 East 96th Street,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA

Hacking Raspberry Pi

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-5156-0
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013944701

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First Printing: November 2013

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Timothy L. Warner has helped thousands of beginners succeed with technology in business and in schools. Until recently a digital media specialist with Pearson Technology Group, he worked in various facets of information technology, including systems administration, software architecture, and technical training. He is the author of Unauthorized Guide to iPhone, iPad and iPhone Repair.

To my father, Lawrence K. Warner, whose fascination with electronic gadgets fueled and inspired my own.

Thank you to all my friends at Pearson Technology Group, especially my editors Rick Kughen and Todd Brakke, my publishers Greg Wiegand and Paul Boger, my project managers Elaine Wiley and Kristen Watterson, and my copy editors/proof readers Chrissy White and Kathy Ruiz. You are a group of wonderful people, thats for sure.

With regard to the books subject matter, thank you to Eben Upton and Gert van Loo of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (Gert, I know you say you arent a member of the Foundation, but youre foundational to the Pi project at any rate) for your gracious assistanceyou guys are brilliant! Thanks to Brian McLaughlin for his thorough technical edit of the manuscript.

Thank you to my family (Susan, Zoey, Fred, Moon, Maya, Stub, Mom, Dad, Trish, Mom H, Rick, Chelle, Don, Alex, Kevin, Kristina, and so on) for your love and supportI treasure you all.

Finally, thank you to you, my reader. Without you I would be teaching and writing into a blank void. Dont get me wrongI love the sound of my own voice and Im my own favorite subject. However, discussing this technology and sharing this knowledge just wouldnt be the same without you.

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Hi! Im Tim Warner, and I am happy to be your guide to the Raspberry Pi. My goal for this Introduction is to get you excited about this $35 credit card-sized computer that we call the Raspberry Pi.

What in the world can you do with a $35 computer? you might ask. Well lets have a look at a representative smattering of some popular Raspberry Pi projects, and you can answer that question for yourself:

Picade Arcade Cabinet (http://is.gd/i4YwQ2). This is a tiny, fully-functional arcade machine.