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Programming the Raspberry Pi, Third Edition: Getting Started with Python

English · Paperback / Softback

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An up-to-date guide to creating your own fun and useful Raspberry Pi(TM) programs

This fully updated guide shows how to create inventive programs and fun games on your powerful Raspberry Pi-with no programming experience required. Programming the Raspberry Pi(TM): Getting Started with Python, Third Edition addresses physical changes and new setup procedures as well as OS updates to the current version 4. You will discover how to configure hardware and software, write Python scripts, create user-friendly GUIs, and control external electronics. Step-by-step projects include a digital clock prototype and a fully functioning Raspberry Pi robot.

  • Configure your Raspberry Pi and explore its features
  • Start writing and debugging Python programs
  • Use strings, lists, functions, and dictionaries
  • Work with modules, classes, and methods
  • Apply object-oriented development methods
  • Create user-friendly games using Pygame
  • Build intuitive user interfaces with guizero
  • Interface with hardware using the gpiozero library
  • Attach external electronics through the GPIO port
  • Add powerful Web features to your projects




List of contents










Preface
Introduction
1 Introduction
   What Is the Raspberry Pi?
   What Can You Do with a Raspberry Pi?
   A Tour of the Raspberry Pi
   Setting Up Your Raspberry Pi
   Booting Up
   Summary
2 Getting Started
   Linux
   The Desktop
   The Command Line
   Applications
   Internet Resources
   Summary
3 Python Basics
   Mu
   Numbers
   Variables
   For Loops
   Simulating Dice
   If
   While
   The Python Shell from the Terminal
   Summary
4 Strings, Lists, and Dictionaries
   String Theory
   Lists
   Functions
   Hangman
   Dictionaries
   Tuples
   Exceptions
   Summary of Functions
   Summary
5 Modules, Classes, and Methods
   Modules
   Object Orientation
   Defining Classes
   Inheritance
   Summary
6 Files and the Internet
   Files
   Pickling
   JSON
   Internet
   Summary
7 Graphical User Interfaces
   guizero
   Hello World
   Temperature Converter
   Other GUI Widgets
   Pop-Ups
   Menus
   Summary
8 Games Programming
   What Is Pygame?
   Coordinates
   Hello Pygame
   A Raspberry Game
   Summary
9 Interfacing Hardware
   GPIO Pin Connections
   Breadboarding with Jumper Wires
   Digital Outputs
   Analog Outputs
   Digital Inputs
   Analog Inputs
   HATs
   Summary
10 LED Fader Project
   What You Need
   Hardware Assembly
   Software
   Summary
11 Prototyping Project (Clock)
   What You Need
   Hardware Assembly
   Software
   Phase Two
   Summary
12 Raspberry Pi Robot
   Set Up the Raspberry Pi Zero W
   Web-Controlled Rover
   Autonomous Rover
   Summary
13 What Next
   Linux Resources
   Python Resources
   Raspberry Pi Resources
   Programming Languages
   Other Languages
   Applications and Projects
   Summary
Index


About the author










Simon Monk has authored 25 titles on electronics and programming. His books have sold nearly a million copies worldwide and have been translated into nine languages. He also designs products for Monk Makes, the business he runs with his wife.

Product details

Authors Simon Monk, Monk Simon
Publisher McGraw-Hill
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.06.2021
 
EAN 9781264257355
ISBN 978-1-264-25735-5
Dimensions 150 mm x 227 mm x 3 mm
Weight 236 g
Illustrations Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
Subjects Guides
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering

NON-CLASSIFIABLE, computer hardware, Computer programming / software engineering, Computer Programming / Software Development

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