Raspberry Pi Hardware Projects 2 / / Robinson, Andrew Cook, Mike

• Autore: Robinson Andrew
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley & Sons, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 005.13; 005.133
• Soggetto topico: Raspberry Pi (Computer); Computer programming; Python (Computer program language)
• Altri autori: CookMike
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Computer-Controlled Slot Car Racing; Obtaining a Slot Car Racer; Hacking Your Slot Car Racer; Getting the Player Input; The Software; The Game; Over to You; Chapter 2: Facebook-Enabled Roto-Sketch; The Concept; Rotary Encoder Types; The Encoder Output; Posting to Facebook; The Final Roto-Sketch Program; Creating a Symmetrical Pattern; Over to You; Chapter 3: The Pendulum Pi, a Harmonograph; The Concept; The Hall Effect; Enter the Arduino; Putting It Together; Programming the Arduino; Programming the Pi; Using the Pendulum Pi; Over to You ; Appendix A: Getting Your Raspberry Pi Up and RunningThe Operating System; Linux; Linux Distributions; Filesystems; Images; Checksums; Linux Permissions and sudo; Connecting Your Raspberry Pi; Analogue and Digital; The Boot Process; Starting the Graphical Desktop; The X Server; Starting a Terminal under X; Troubleshooting; Let the Fun Begin!; Appendix B: Introductory Software Project: The Insult Generator; Running Your First Python Program; Saving Your Program; Generating an Insult; Structuring Your Programs; Insult Your Friends by Name!; Help with Functions; Create a Stream of Insults! ; Putting It All Together
• Sommario/riassunto: Raspberry Pi is a UK Non Profit with the goal of creating a new generation of computer programmers. Observing how the UK Tech Industry was kickstarted by the availability in the 1980s of relatively cheap, very programmable computers such as the ZX81, the Commodore and the BBC Micro, the Raspberry Pi Foundation designed a £15/25 computer which encourages the user to play and to learn. Although intended for schools, it has also been adopted by hackers and geeks, and a whole ecosystem of software and hardware is being built around the Pi. With a million boards now sold, the goal of the Founda
• Titolo autorizzato: Raspberry Pi Hardware Projects 2
• ISBN: 9781118588901; 1118588908; 9781118723906; 1118723902
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958517003321
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