While there are many operating systems (OS) available for the Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi Foundation (http://www.raspberrypi.org) offers Raspbian as the primary OS. Raspbian (http://www.raspbian.org) is based on yet another operating system called Debian, which is built on a Linux kernel for the Raspberry Pi.
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Free ChapterGetting Started with Raspberry Pi
- Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
- Let's get started
- Unboxing the Raspberry Pi
- Local display, keyboard, mouse, or remote headless access
- Selecting a screen
- Getting your SD Card ready
- Booting the Raspberry Pi for the first time
- A quick tour of the desktop
- Instructions for downloading all project files
- Summary
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Configuring the Raspberry Pi Desktop and Software
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Raspberry Pi and Cameras
- Raspberry Pi and Cameras
- Connecting cameras to the Raspberry Pi
- PiCam and PiNoIR
- Webcams
- Project architecture for the Raspberry Pi security camera
- Features and limitations of the cameras
- Project 1 – Running raspivid as a background service
- Project 1a – Creating a Bash script to drive raspivid
- Project 1b – Creating a movement detector with a USB camera
- Project 2 – Combining the webcam movement detector and the PiCam camera
- Project 3 – Creating a simple Python GUI for the security application
- Summary
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Raspberry Pi Audio Input and Output
- Raspberry Pi Audio Input and Output
- Audio quality and bandwidth
- Audio capability on the Raspberry Pi
- Understanding the ALSA configuration
- Configuring the Raspberry Pi to support high-quality sound
- Project 1 – Installing an advanced audio playback application
- Building an Internet radio based on VLC and Raspberry Pi
- Project 2a – Running VLC in the background for the Internet radio
- Project 2b – Designing a playlist file for the Internet radio
- Project 2c – Parsing the playlist file for the Internet radio
- Project 2d – Implementing a Python text interface to VLC
- Project 3 – Implementing a TKinter GUI for the Internet radio
- Recording sound files on the Pi
- Summary
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Port Input and Output on the Raspberry Pi
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Driving I2C Peripherals on the Raspberry Pi
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Going Mobile with Raspberry Pi
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Creating a Raspberry Pi Line-following Robot
About this book
- Publication date:
- April 2015
- Publisher
- Packt
- Pages
- 212
- ISBN
- 9781784396398