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Raspberry Pi Computer Architecture Essentials

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2016
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781784397975
Pages 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Andrew K. Dennis Andrew K. Dennis
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Teemu O Pohjanlehto Teemu O Pohjanlehto
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Raspberry Pi Computer Architecture Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
1. Introduction to the Raspberry Pi's Architecture and Setup 2. Programming on Raspbian 3. Low-Level Development with Assembly Language 4. Multithreaded Applications with C/C++ 5. Expanding on Storage Options 6. Low-Level Graphics Programming 7. Exploring the Raspberry Pi's GPIO Pins 8. Exploring Sound with the Raspberry Pi 2 9. Building a Web Server 10. Integrating with Third-Party Microcontrollers 11. Final Project Index

Hardware choices


There are a multitude of options for connecting devices to the Raspberry Pi. We will touch on a few of these in the following sections. You can purchase these devices if you wish and expand the options that are available for you on the Raspberry Pi.

Regardless of whether you purchase a shield or not, you will need the components listed under the Connecting directly to the GPIO pins section if you wish to run the programs in this chapter.

First, we will look at prototyping shields.

Prototyping shields and boards

A number of prototyping shields are available on the market for the Raspberry Pi. A prototyping shield is an electronic component that sits on top of the Raspberry Pi and is connected to the GPIO pins.

Part of the device acts as a breadboard, which allows you to connect a variety of electronic components to it and control them via applications running on Raspbian.

Some examples of prototyping plates include:

  • Pi Cobbler

  • Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate Kit

  • RKPT Lucia

  • Humble Pi

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