Raspberry Pi Hacks – Tips & Tools for Linux Computer – E – book

E-Book description:

The inspiration for the Raspberry Pi was born when Eben Upton was working with
computer science students at Cambridge University (see the Foreword for his own
account). He saw a need for incoming students to have greater opportunities to obtain
programming experience before they got to the university level. The first concept de-
signs for what would become the Pi we know now were born in 2006. Alpha boards
were demonstrated in late 2011, and the first 10 boards were auctioned off at the
beginning of 2012, raising Ā£16,000.
The first batch of 10,000 Raspberry Pis went on sale February 29, 2012. Toward the
end of 2011, the SD card image for it had already been downloaded more than 50,000
times, hinting at its impending popularity. The two UK sellers at the time, Premier
Farnell and RS Components, sold out within minutes, with the latter reporting more
than 100,000 orders that day. Upton designed them for educationā€”specifically
Python, hence the ā€œPiā€ part of the name. But the tiny board caught the eye of already-
experienced programmers and electronics hackers. As of this writing, a year and a
half after that first day of sale, more than two million have been sold.
And then roughly 1.95 million of them got stuck in an office drawer while their owners
gathered with hackerspace friends over beer and collectively lamented, ā€œYeah, I
bought a Pi, but I havenā€™t figured out what to do with it yet. I was thinking I might use
it to build a time machine and try to study the K-Pg event in person, but Iā€™ll probably
just put XBMC on it.ā€
We wrote this book for you, the ones who havenā€™t decided what to do with your lan-
guishing Pis yet. Of course, if you do just want to install XBMC, you can refer toĀ  Hack
#54 and then read the rest of the book to see the fun youā€™re missing. Alas, we havenā€™t
perfected the time machine hack yet, but follow @suehle and @spotrh on Twitter, and
weā€™ll let you know if we find a good source for flux capacitors.
Weā€™re in what we hope is still the early stages of a return to a DIY culture. Those of you
deeply embroiled in it already, who have been to every Maker Faire and joined your
local hackerspace the day it opened, might insist that, on the contrary, we are deep
in the midst of said return. But it hasnā€™t gone far enough yet. Beyond our little maker/
hacker/builder/doer niche is still a wide world of disposable goods and electronics
consumption and dump-tion. Our devices are increasingly designed to do what the
designer intended without the flexibility to do what the owner intends, needs, or wants.
Further, they often are sealed up boxes, keeping prying fingers from ripping them apart
and rebuilding them to suit new visions.
The acceptance of closed, unhackable, unfixable goods is relatively new in the course
of human culture. Itā€™s not so long agoā€”perhaps even your own childhood if youā€™re over
30 or soā€”in which we were happily building our computers from kits and taking the
TV to the repair shop instead of buying a new one. Devices like the Raspberry Pi help
bring us back to that better time when we knew (or could find out) what was happening
inside the things that we owned, when we could change them for the better and give
them new life when they broke down.
The first chapter of this book is for everyone with a Raspberry Pi; it gives you a basis
on which to build all of the hacks. From there, we move on to the larger projects that
implement all of those smaller hack needs. And in the spirit of the Piā€™s original purpose, we hope you learn a lot.

E-Book Author:

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E-Book Table of Contents:

Forewordā€¦..ix
Prefaceā€¦..xi
1 .Configuration Hacks 1
Hack 01 .Choose and Format the Right SD Cardā€¦..1
Hack 02 .Mount the SD Cardā€¦..3
Hack 03 .Decode the LEDsā€¦..7
Hack 04 .Update the Firmwareā€¦..8
Hack 05 .Monitor the Raspberry Pi Hardwareā€¦..13
Hack 06 .Overclock Your Piā€¦..17
Hack 07 .Overvolt for Higher Performanceā€¦..20
Hack 08 .Get More USB Portsā€¦..22
Hack 09 .Troubleshoot Power Problemsā€¦..24
Hack 10 .Unbreak Your Raspberry Piā€¦..29
Hack 11 .Go Headless 31
Hack 12 .Connect with SSHā€¦..32
Hack 13 .Give Your Pi a Static IP Addressā€¦..34
Hack 14 .Learn to Speak GPIO 36
Hack 15 .Connect GPIO Pins to a Breadboardā€¦..39
Hack 16 .Add a USB Serial Consoleā€¦..47
Hack 17 .Add a Reset Buttonā€¦..54
Hack 18 .Get Power to the Pi on the Moveā€¦..56
Hack 19 .Test Your Might (in Volts)ā€¦..57
Hack 20 .Add Additional Memory with Swapā€¦..61
2 .Hacking Linux for the Raspberry Piā€¦.. 63
Hack 21 .Build a Cross-Compiler Toolchainā€¦..63
Hack 22 .Build a Custom Kernelā€¦..76
Hack 23 .Update to the Latest Prebuilt Kernelā€¦..87
Hack 24 .Split Memory Between the GPU and Linux Userspaceā€¦..91

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About The Author

Ibrar Ayyub

I am an experienced technical writer holding a Master's degree in computer science from BZU Multan, Pakistan University. With a background spanning various industries, particularly in home automation and engineering, I have honed my skills in crafting clear and concise content. Proficient in leveraging infographics and diagrams, I strive to simplify complex concepts for readers. My strength lies in thorough research and presenting information in a structured and logical format.

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