Learn Raspberry Pi Programming with Python

✍ Scribed by Wolfram Donat (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 244
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn Raspberry Pi Programming with Python will show you how to program your nifty new $35 computer to make a web spider, a weather station, a media server, and more. Youll learn how to program in Python on your Raspberry Pi with hands-on examples and fun projects.
Even if youre completely new to programming in general, youll figure out how to create a home security system, an underwater photography system, an RC plane with a camera, and even a near-space weather balloon with a camera.
Youll learn how to make a variety of fun and even useful projects, from a web bot to search and download files to a toy to drive your pets insane. Youll even learn how to use Pi with Arduino as well as Pi with Gertboard, an expansion board with an onboard ATmega microcontroller.
What you’ll learn
Raspberry Pi and electronics basics
Quick intro to Linux
Python basics to get you started on a set of projects
How to make a variety of Pi and Python projects, including servers and gadgets with cameras
How to use Pi with Arduino and Gertboard
Who this book is for
Readers who want to learn Python on a fun platform like the Pi and pick up some electronics skills along the way. No programming or Linux skill required, but a little experience with Linux will be helpful.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introducing the Raspberry Pi....Pages 1-14
Linux by the Seat of Your Pants....Pages 15-30
Introducing Python....Pages 31-50
Electronics at 100 MPH....Pages 51-66
The Web Bot....Pages 67-80
The Weather Station....Pages 81-100
The Media Server....Pages 101-110
The Home Security System....Pages 111-126
The Cat Toy....Pages 127-144
The Radio-Controlled Airplane....Pages 145-160
The Weather Balloon....Pages 161-172
The Submersible....Pages 173-200
The Gertboard....Pages 201-214
The Raspberry Pi and the Arduino....Pages 215-226
Back Matter....Pages 277-231

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general