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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.

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Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

by Matt Richardson and Shawn Wallace

Copyright 2016 Matt Richardson, Shawn Wallace. All rights reserved.

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Preface

Its easy to understand why people were skeptical of the Raspberry Pi when it was first announced in 2011. A credit-cardsized computer for $35 seemed like a pipe dream. Which is why, when it started shipping, the Raspberry Pi created a frenzy of excitement.

Demand outstripped supply for months, and the waitlists for these minicomputers were very long. Besides the price, what is it about the Raspberry Pi that tests the patience of this hardware-hungry mass of people? Before we get into everything that makes the Raspberry Pi so great, lets talk about its intended audience.

Eben Upton and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge noticed that students applying to study computer science didnt have the skills that they did in the 1990s.

They attributed this toamong other factorsthe rise of the home PC and games console to replace the

Because the computer has become important for every member of the household, it may also discourage younger members from tinkering around and possibly putting such a critical tool out of commission for the family.

Meanwhile, mobile phone and tablet processors had become less expensive while getting more powerful, clearing the path for the Raspberry Pis leap into the world of ultra-cheap-yet-serviceable computer boards.

Raspberry Pi Foundation

Its important to note that Raspberry Pi primarily exists to advance the charitable mission of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. That mission is to put the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world. The Raspberry Pi Foundation hopes that peoplekids especiallywill learn to code, learn how computers work, and learn how to make things with computers.

With every Raspberry Pi purchase, youre not only paying for the cost of the hardware, fulfillment, and the engineering behind it, youre also making a contribution to the free online resources, free teacher training, and special programs that the Raspberry Pi Foundation offers to further its charitable mission.

As youll learn in this book, the Raspberry Pi is great for learning, but it also makes a powerful tool. Even if the primary purpose of the board is for education, we find that its utilization stretches into commercial and industrial applications. Companies use it for things such as sensor networks, remote monitoring, and product prototyping. Even though the Raspberry Pi is great for kids, its important to remember that its a real computer. Its not a toy or some kind of watered-down device.

What Can You Do with It?

One of the great things about the Raspberry Pi is that theres no single way to use it. Whether you just want to watch videos and browse the Web, or you want to hack, learn, and make with the board, the Raspberry Pi is a flexible platform for fun, utility, and experimentation. Here are just a few of the different ways you can use a Raspberry Pi:

General-purpose computing

productivity suite, which allows you to work with documents and spreadsheets when you dont have an Internet connection.

Learning to program

. But with Raspberry Pi, youre not limited to only Python. You can write programs for your Raspberry Pi in many different programming languages, including C, Ruby, Java, and Perl. Theres even a programming language and development environment for creating music called Sonic Pi.

Project platform

, well show you how to use the Raspberry Pi to control components from LEDs to AC devices, and youll learn how to read the state of buttons and switches.

Product prototyping

More and more electronics products use Linux computers inside, and now this world of embedded Linux is more accessible than ever. Lets say you create something with your Raspberry Pi that would make a great product for the everyday consumer. With the Raspberry Pi Compute Module (a smaller version of the board that well discuss later), it becomes possible to create a product thats powered by Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi for Makers

As makers, we have a lot of choices when it comes to platforms on which to build technology-based projects. Lately, microcontroller development boards like the Arduino have been a popular choice because theyve become very easy to work with. But system on a chip platforms like the Raspberry Pi are a lot different than traditional microcontrollers in many ways. In fact, the Raspberry Pi has more in common with your computer than it does with an Arduino.

This is not to say that a Raspberry Pi is better than a traditional microcontroller; its just different. For instance, if you want to make a basic thermostat, youre probably better off using an Arduino Uno or similar microcontroller for purposes of simplicity. But if you want to be able to remotely access the thermostat via the Web to change its settings and download temperature log files, you should consider using the Raspberry Pi.

Choosing between one or the other will depend on your projects requirements, and in fact, you dont necessarily have to choose between the two. In , well show you how to use the Raspberry Pi to program the Arduino and get them communicating with each other.

As you read this book, youll gain a better understanding of the strengths of the Raspberry Pi and how it can become another useful tool in the makers toolbox.

But WaitTheres More!

Theres so much you can do with the Raspberry Pi, we couldnt fit it all into one book. Here are several other ways you can use this computer:

Media center

Because the Raspberry Pi has both HDMI and composite video outputs, its easy to connect to televisions. It also has enough processing power to play fullscreen video in high definition. To leverage these capabilities, you can install set-top media player operating systems like OpenELEC and OSMC on Raspberry Pi. These systems can play many different media formats, and their interfaces are designed with large buttons and text so that they can be easily controlled from the couch. They make the Raspberry Pi a fully customizable home entertainment center component.

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