Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux

by Derek Molloy

Overview

Expand Raspberry Pi capabilities with fundamental engineering principles

Exploring Raspberry Pi is the innovators guide to bringing Raspberry Pi to life. This book favors engineering principles over a 'recipe' approach to give you the skills you need to design and build your own projects. You'll understand the fundamental principles in a way that transfers to any type of electronics, electronic modules, or external peripherals, using a "learning by doing" approach that caters to both beginners and experts. The book begins with basic Linux and programming skills, and helps you stock your inventory with common parts and supplies. Next, you'll learn how to make parts work together to achieve the goals of your project, no matter what type of components you use. The companion website provides a full repository that structures all of the code and scripts, along with links to video tutorials and supplementary content that takes you deeper into your project.

The Raspberry Pi's most famous feature is its adaptability. It can be used for thousands of electronic applications, and using the Linux OS expands the functionality even more. This book helps you get the most from your Raspberry Pi, but it also gives you the fundamental engineering skills you need to incorporate any electronics into any project.

• Develop the Linux and programming skills you need to build basic applications
• Build your inventory of parts so you can always "make it work"
• Understand interfacing, controlling, and communicating with almost any component
• Explore advanced applications with video, audio, real-world interactions, and more

Be free to adapt and create with Exploring Raspberry Pi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781119188698
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/13/2016
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	720
File size:	33 MB
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About the Author

DR. DEREK MOLLOY is a senior lecturer at the School of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Dublin City University, Ireland. He is also the author of the hugely popular book on the BeagleBone platform titled Exploring BeagleBone, also published by Wiley. His popular YouTube video series has introduced millions of people to embedded Linux and digital electronics topics. He has received several awards for teaching and learning, including the 2012 Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) national award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. The same year, he was also awarded the Dublin City University President's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

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Table of Contents

Introduction xix

Part I Raspberry Pi Basics 1

Chapter 1 Raspberry Pi Hardware 3

Chapter 2 Raspberry Pi Software 23

Chapter 3 Exploring Embedded Linux Systems 55

Chapter 4 Interfacing Electronics 113

Chapter 5 Programming on the Raspberry Pi 159

Part II Interfacing, Controlling, and Communicating 217

Chapter 6 Interfacing to the Raspberry Pi Input/Outputs 219

Chapter 7 Cross-Compilation and the Eclipse IDE 275

Chapter 8 Interfacing to the Raspberry Pi Buses 309

Chapter 9 Enhancing the Input/Output Interfaces on the RPi 363

Chapter 10 Interacting with the Physical Environment 405

Chapter 11 Real-Time Interfacing Using the Arduino 453

Part III Advanced Interfacing and Interaction 481

Chapter 12 The Internet of Things 483

Chapter 13 Wireless Communication and Control 535

Chapter 14 Raspberry Pi with a Rich User Interface 577

Chapter 15 Images, Video, and Audio 615

Chapter 16 Kernel Programming 647

Index 677