Raspberry Pi User Guide -E-book

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“Children today are digital natives”, said a man I got talking to at a fireworks party last year. “I don’t understand why you’re making this thing. My kids know more about setting up our PC than I do.” I asked him if they could program, to which he replied: “Why would they want to? The computers do all the stuff they need for them already, don’t they? Isn’t that the point?” As it happens, plenty of kids today aren’t digital natives. We have yet to meet any of these imagined wild digital children, swinging from ropes of twisted-pair cable and chanting war songs in nicely parsed Python. In the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s educational outreach work, we do meet a lot of kids  whose entire interaction with technology is limited to closed platforms with graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that they use to play movies, do a spot of word-processed homework and play games. They can browse the web, upload pictures and video, and even design web pages. (They’re often better at setting the satellite TV box than Mum or Dad, too.) It’s a useful toolset, but it’s shockingly incomplete, and in a country where 20% of households still don’t have a computer in the home, even this toolset is not available to all children. Despite the most fervent wishes of my new acquaintance at the fireworks party, computers don’t program themselves. We need an industry full of skilled engineers to keep technology moving forward, and we need young people to be taking those jobs to fill the pipeline as older engineers retire and leave the industry. But there’s much more to teaching a skill like programmatic thinking than breeding a new generation of coders and hardware hackers. Being able to structure your creative thoughts and tasks in complex, non-linear ways is a learned talent, and one that has  huge benefits for everyone who acquires it, from historians to designers, lawyers and chemists.

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E-Book Table of Contents:

Introduction
Programming is fun!
A bit of history
So what can you do with the Raspberry Pi?
Part I: Connecting the Board
Chapter 1: Meet the Raspberry Pi
ARM vs. x86
Windows vs. Linux
Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi
Connecting a Display
Connecting Audio
Connecting a Keyboard and Mouse
Flashing the SD Card
Connecting External Storage
Connecting the Network
Connecting Power
Chapter 2: Linux System Administration
Linux: An Overview
Linux Basics
Introducing Debian
Using External Storage Devices
Creating a New User Account
File System Layout
Logical Layout
Physical Layout
Installing and Uninstalling Software
Finding Software
Installing Software
Uninstalling Software
Upgrading Software
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
Keyboard and Mouse Diagnostics
Power Diagnostics
Display Diagnostics
Boot Diagnostics
Network Diagnostics
The Emergency Kernel
Chapter 4: Network Configuration
Wired Networking
Wireless Networking
Chapter 5: Partition Management
Creating a New Partition
Resizing Existing Partitions
Automatic Resizing
Manual Resizing
Moving to a Bigger SD Card
Imaging from Linux
Imaging from OS X
Imaging from Windows
Chapter 6: Configuring the Raspberry Pi
Hardware Settings—config.txt
Modifying the Display
Boot Options
Overclocking the Raspberry Pi
Disabling L2 Cache
Enabling Test Mode
Memory Partitioning—start.elf
Software Settings—cmdline.txt
Part II: Using the Pi as a Media Centre, Productivity Machine and Web Server
Chapter 7: The Pi as a Home Theatre PC
Playing Music at the Console
Dedicated HTPC with Rasbmc
Streaming Internet Media
Streaming Local Network Media
Configuring Rasbmc
Chapter 8: The Pi as a Productivity Machine
Using Cloud-Based Apps
Using OpenOffice.org
Image Editing with The Gimp
Chapter 9: The Pi as a Web Server
Installing a LAMP Stack
Installing WordPress
Part III: Programming and Hacking
Chapter 10: An Introduction to Scratch
Introducing Scratch
Example 1: Hello World
Example 2: Animation and Sound
Example 3: A Simple Game
Robotics and Sensors
Sensing with the PicoBoard
Robotics with LEGO
Further Reading
Chapter 11: An Introduction to Python
Introducing Python
Example 1: Hello World
Example 2: Comments, Inputs, Variables and Loops
Example 3: Gaming with pygame
Example 4: Python and Networking
Further Reading
Chapter 12: Hardware Hacking
Electronic Equipment
Reading Resistor Colour Codes
Sourcing Components
Online Sources
Offline Sources
Hobby Specialists
The GPIO Port
UART Serial Bus
I²C Bus
SPI Bus
Using the GPIO Port in Python
Installing the GPIO Python Library
GPIO Output: Flashing an LED
GPIO Input: Reading a Button
Moving Up From the Breadboard
A Brief Guide to Soldering
Chapter 13: Add-on Boards
Ciseco Slice of Pi
Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate
Fen Logic Gertboard
Part IV: Appendixes
Appendix A: Python Recipes
Appendix B: HDMI Display Modes

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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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