Sean McManus - Raspberry Pi for Dummies

Raspberry Pi For Dummies

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About the Authors

Sean McManus is an expert technology and business author. His other books include Microsoft Office for the Older and Wiser , Social Networking for the Older and Wiser , Web Design in Easy Steps , and iPad for the Older and Wiser . His tutorials and articles have appeared in magazines including Internet Magazine , Internet Works , Business 2.0 , Making Music , and Personal Computer World . His personal website is at www.sean.co.uk.

Mike Cook has been making electronic things since he was at school. Former Lecturer in Physics at Manchester Metropolitan University, he wrote more than three hundred computing and electronics articles in the pages of computer magazines for 20 years starting in the 1980s. Leaving the University after 21 years when the Physics department closed down, he got a series of proper jobs where he designed digital TV set top boxes and access control systems. Now retired and freelancing, he spends his days surrounded by wires, patrolling the forums as Grumpy Mike.

Dedication

Thank you to my wife, Karen, for all her support throughout this project. Sean

To my wife, Wendy, who always acts delighted whenever I show her yet another blinking LED. And also to the late Leicester Taylor, World War II radar researcher and inspirational supervisor of my post-graduate research at the University of Salford. Mike

Authors Acknowledgments

Thank you to my co-author, Mike, for bringing his electronics expertise and fantastic project ideas. Thank you to Craig Smith for commissioning us to write this book, to Linda Morris for her editing support, and to Paul Hallett, our technical editor. Thanks also to Lorna Mein and Natasha Lee in marketing, and to the... For Dummies team for making it all happen.

Many people helped with research or permissions requests, including Karen McManus, Leo McHugh, Mark Turner, Peter Sayer, Bill Kendrick, Simon Cox, Jon Williamson, Paul Beech, Peter de Rivaz, Micha Mciski, Ruairi Glynn, Stephen Revill, and Lawrence James.

We wouldnt have a book to write if it werent for the wonderful work of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the manufacturers who took a gamble on it, and the many thousands of people who have contributed to the Raspberry Pis software. Sean

I would like to thank Sean McManus for inviting me to contribute to this book and the staff at Wiley for making the process of producing this book as painless as possible. Mike

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