Adventures in Raspberry Pi®, Third Edition by Philbin, Carrie Anne -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page About the Author Table of Contents Introduction

What Is the Raspberry Pi and What Can You Do With It? Who Should Read This Book? What You Will Learn What You Need for the Projects How This Book Is Organised The Companion Website Conventions Reaching Out

Adventure 1: You Have a Raspberry Pi. Now What?

What Hardware Do You Need? What Other Equipment Is Helpful? Setting Up the Raspberry Pi Exploring the Desktop in Raspbian Shutting Down Your Raspberry Pi Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network Backing Up an SD Card Image

Adventure 2: Taking Command of Your Raspberry Pi

Exploring the Terminal Commands for Navigating Through Your File System Understanding sudo Launching Programs from the Command Line Managing Files and Directories Installing and Updating Applications Editing Files Using Shutdown and Restart Commands Continuing Your Text Adventure

Adventure 3: Creating Stories and Games with Scratch

Getting Started with Scratch Setting the Stage Creating Costumes and Original Sprites Animating a Crazy Monkey Creating an Adventure Role-Playing Game

Adventure 4: Programming Shapes with Turtle Graphics

Scratch Turtle Graphics Python Turtle Graphics Some Super Spirals Further Adventures with Python Turtle

Adventure 5: Programming with Python

Getting Set Up for Python Using a Text Editor to Create a Code File Using the Python time and random Modules Python Text Adventure Game Continuing Your Python Adventure

Adventure 6: Programming Minecraft Worlds on the Raspberry Pi

Getting Started with Minecraft Pi Your First Minecraft Pi Python Program Using Coordinates in Minecraft Pi Creating a TNT Chain Reaction Creating a Diamond Transporter Sharing and Cloning Minecraft Pi Programs Further Adventures with Minecraft Pi

Adventure 7: Coding Music with Sonic Pi

Getting Started with Sonic Pi The Sonic Pi Interface Creating Your First Sounds with Sonic Pi First Electronic Track Further Adventures with Sonic Pi

Adventure 8: Using the GPIO Pins on the Raspberry Pi

Using a Raspberry Pi GPIO Pin Layout Diagram Electronics Basics Using a Python Library to Control GPIO Making an LED Blink Using a Button to Turn on an LED Using a PIR Motion Sensor to Trigger a Sound The Marshmallow Challenge Further Adventures with GPIO Pins

Adventure 9: Experimenting with Cameras and HATs

Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Camera Creating a Time-Lapse Photography Program Getting Started with the Explorer HAT Pro Creating an Explorer HAT Pro Disco Trigger Trap Getting Started with the Sense HAT Creating a Sense HAT Desk Thermometer Further Adventures with Cameras and HATs

Adventure 10: The Big Adventure: Building a Raspberry Pi Jukebox

An Overview of the Jukebox Project What You Will Need Part One: Creating the LCD Screen Part Two: Downloading and Playing MP3s Part Three: Controlling the Jukebox with Buttons Part Four: Displaying Jukebox Information on the LCD Screen Finishing Up

Appendix: Where to Go from Here

Websites Clubs Inspiring Projects and Tutorials Videos Books and Magazines

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