Python Programming for Raspberry Pi, Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours

modules (Hour 13, “Working with Modules”), object-oriented Python programming (Hour 14, “Exploring the World of Object-Oriented ...

By the Way By the Way boxes present asides that give you more information about the current topic. These tidbits provide extra i ...

Part I: The Raspberry Pi Programming Environment HOUR 1 Setting Up the Raspberry Pi HOUR 2 Understanding the Raspbian Linux Dist ...

Hour 1. Setting Up the Raspberry Pi What You’ll Learn in This Hour: What is the Raspberry Pi? How to get a Raspberry Pi. What pe ...

FIGURE 1.1 The Raspberry Pi, Model B. Note the paperclip for scale. Raspberry Pi History The Raspberry Pi is still a fairly youn ...

p=592). By the Way: Raspberry Pi Already Up and Running? If you are currently a Pi owner and have your Raspberry Pi up and runni ...

Two models of the Pi currently exist. While the two models are similar, you should review their different features, listed in Ta ...

The following sections provide more information on these necessary peripherals. Later in this hour, you’ll learn about some nice ...

If you have a phone charger with a micro B male connector, you may be in luck! Look on the plug end and see if the volts and mA ...

FIGURE 1.3 The Raspberry Pi power port and USB power plug. The power plug will allow you to plug into any wall socket for power. ...

Using modern display equipment is the easiest way to capture a Raspberry Pi’s video and audio output. To use this method, purcha ...

think about a few additional peripherals that will make your life with the Raspberry Pi easier. While not absolutely necessary, ...

Watch Out!: Bus-Powered USB Hubs Make sure you do not get a bus-powered USB hub. A bus-powered USB hub draws the power it needs ...

And many excellent resources can help. For example, the book Hacking Raspberry Pi will really help you have a pleasant Pi experi ...

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FIGURE 1.7 A properly seated SD card. Plug in the power cord to the Raspberry Pi. Do not attach the power cord to a power sourc ...

If you are using another display output connection other than HDMI, such as video composite or DVI, then hook it up to the Raspb ...

Check Your Peripheral Cords One of your peripheral cords may not be fully seated in its port. Being “fully seated” means the con ...

In the next hour, you will be learning about the Raspbian operating system, as well as how to navigate through its interface to ...

Hour 2. Understanding the Raspbian Linux Distribution What You’ll Learn in This Hour: What is Linux? How to use the Raspbian com ...