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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Quick answers to common problems |
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Quick answers to common problems
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with a Raspberry Pi Computer; Introduction; Connecting the Raspberry Pi; Using NOOBS to set up your Raspberry Pi SD card; Networking and connecting your Raspberry Pi to the Internet via the LAN connector; Configuring your network manually; Networking directly to a laptop or computer; Networking and connecting your Raspberry Pi to the Internet via a USB Wi-Fi dongle; Connecting to the Internet through a proxy server |
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Connecting remotely to the Raspberry Pi over the network using VNCConnecting remotely to the Raspberry Pi over the network using SSH (and X11 Forwarding); Sharing the home folder of the Raspberry Pi with SMB; Keeping the Raspberry Pi up to date; Chapter 2: Starting with Python Strings, Files, and Menus; Introduction; Working with text and strings; Using files and handling errors; Creating a boot-up menu; Creating a self-defining menu; Chapter 3: Using Python for Automation and Productivity; Introduction; Using Tkinter to create graphical user interfaces |
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Creating a graphical application Start menuDisplaying photo information in an application; Organizing your photos automatically; Chapter 4: Creating Games and Graphics; Introduction; Using IDLE3 to debug your programs; Drawing lines using a mouse on Tkinter Canvas; Creating a bat and ball game; Creating an overhead scrolling game; Chapter 5: Creating 3D Graphics; Introduction; Starting with 3D coordinates and vertices; Creating and importing 3D models; Creating a 3D world to roam in; Building 3D maps and mazes; Chapter 6: Using Python to Drive Hardware; Introduction; Controlling an LED |
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Responding to a buttonA controlled shutdown button; The GPIO keypad input; Multiplexed color LEDs; Chapter 7: Sense and Display Real-world Data; Introduction; Using devices with the I2C bus; Reading analog data using an analog-to-digital converter; Logging and plotting data; Extending the Raspberry Pi GPIO with an I/O expander; Sensing and sending data to online services; Chapter 8: Creating Projects with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module; Introduction; Getting started with the Raspberry Pi camera module; Using the camera with Python; Generating a time-lapse video |
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Creating a stop frame animationMaking a QR code reader; Chapter 9: Building Robots; Introduction; Building a Rover-Pi robot with forward driving motors; Using advanced motor control; Building a six-legged Pi-Bug robot; Avoiding objects and obstacles; Getting a sense of direction; Chapter 10: Interfacing with Technology; Introduction; Automating your home with remote sockets; Using SPI to control an LED matrix; Communicating using a serial interface; Controlling the Raspberry Pi over Bluetooth; Controlling USB devices; Appendix: The Hardware and Software List; Introduction |
| Summary |
""Raspberry Pi Cookbook for Python Programmers"" is written in a Cookbook format, presenting examples in the style of recipes. This allows you to go directly to your topic of interest, or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain a thorough in-depth knowledge. The aim of this book is to bring you a broad range of Python 3 examples and practical ideas which you can develop to suit your own requirements. By modifying and combining the examples to create your own projects you learn far more effectively with a much greater understanding. Each chapter is designed to become a foundation for further e |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed May 6, 2014) |
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Raspberry Pi (Computer) -- Programming
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Python (Computer program language)
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COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy.
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COMPUTERS -- Computer Science.
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COMPUTERS -- Data Processing.
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COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General.
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COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
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COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory.
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COMPUTERS -- Reference.
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Python (Computer program language)
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849696630 |
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1849696632 |
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