Raspberry Pi Projects For Dummies

Mike Cook is a lifelong electronics buff, a former lecturer in physics at Manchester Metropolitan University, and the author of more than 300 articles on computing and electronics. You'll often find him monitoring technology forums under the moniker Grumpy Mike. Brock Craft is a lecturer in creative coding in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a senior tutor at the Royal College of Art. He is a specialist in physical computing, data visualization, and the Internet of Things. Jonathan Evans is a distinguished IT professional with more than 20 years of experience. He enjoys sharing his ideas at http://projects.privateeyepi.com, where he continues to explore the endless possibilities of this computing platform.

• Introduction 1Part I: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Projects 5Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Raspberry Pi 7Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Tools and Workbench 29Chapter 3: Focusing on Technique 47Chapter 4: The Raspberry Family 69Part II: Working with LEDs and Switches 79Chapter 5: The Sauce Bottle Game 81Chapter 6: Stomp! 93Chapter 7: The Light Fantastic 115Chapter 8: Games for the Light Fantastic 135Part III: Developing Advanced Interfaces 155Chapter 9: Advanced Interfaces 157Chapter 10: Raspberry Pi in the Sky 197Chapter 11: Webcam and Computer Vision 233Chapter 12: The Raspberry Jazz Glitter Trio 263Part IV: Making the Raspberry Pi Your LEGO’s Magic Brick 277Chapter 13: The Pi Meets LEGO 279Chapter 14: The LEGO Dice Game 307Chapter 15: LEGO Direct 335Part V: Exploring RISC OS 371Chapter 16: Introducing RISC OS 373Chapter 17: RISC OS Coding 391Chapter 18: Transistor Tester 417Chapter 19: The General‐Purpose Input/Output Port in RISC OS 441Part VI: The Part of Tens 451Chapter 20: Ten Great LEGO Pi Projects 453Chapter 21: Ten Suppliers of Components and Tools 457Index 461