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Build your own fullfledged Raspberry Pi hardware and install the Raspbian OS

Configure the Raspberry Pi development environment and get acquainted with OS configuration and tools

Build a camerabased project using PiCam and USB cameras

Build and configure a stereo audio system using VLC

Explore the Raspberry Pi GPIO to connect to the outside world

Utilize and explore extensive I2C interface support built into the Raspberry Pi to enhance your system

Configure remote access and battery power for a mobile Raspberry Pi

Build a fully functional Raspberry Pi linefollowing robot using PiCam

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Stareagle Oct 08, 2015

The Raspberry Pi Esentials book is a great resource for those starting to dabble in this area. It has clear and concise information to get you up and running quickly.It even goes into some detail on various electronic projects that can be completed using the Raspberry PI which is easy to follow and understand.To avoid clutter a lot of the code files are available for download in a single zip file. This also aleviates the error factor of trying to type in the code from the pages of the book and can simply be imported when needed.Although it is a beginners kind of book, I would say the user would need at lease some experience of the Raspberry Pi and an awarenes of electronics in general.Overall a great book and I would recommend it to others.

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Jaume Aragay Badia Oct 11, 2015

Great introduction level book to the Raspberry Pi but not for newbies. If you know linux and electronics and want to get a first contact with the Raspberry Pi, this is your book; if not, you can find other RasPi books specifically for newbies with step by step instructions.The book is full of little gold nuggets in the comments for real life situations. Some code is not listed on the book pages but is referenced for downloading. This has a good side: no typing errors; but also a bad one, at least for me, I can't see everything in one place to follow the whole thing, that's why I did not give it the fifth star.The chapters cover these topics:- The unboxing and first time booting of the RasPi and it's configuration.- The use of cameras with the RasPi and video resources including motion detection procedures.- The RasPi audio input and output.- The real world interaction through the input and output pins of the RasPi.- The use of different peripherals including I2C ones to run PWM on servos (if you don't understand what I say here, this may not be your book).- What's needed to make a RasPi mobile (autonomous).- A final project: A RasPi line-following robot.All the chapters have their own (very well crafted and interesting) projects and some of them are merged in the robot project at the end of the book.

Gopinath Palaniappan Oct 09, 2015

Raspberry Pi Essentials"Get up and running with the Raspberry Pi to develop captivating projects"Author: Jack CreaseyAs the name suggests, its a book to teach you the basics of Raspberry Pi hardware. Its also supplemented with a number of examples and mini projects to keep you occupied for days.* C1 : Includes basic setup of Raspberry Pi, Booting into Rasbian* C2 : Is all about configuration of desktop, networking/wifi and a talking clock* C3 : Helps you setup a webcam or PiCam to capture video. 3 mini projects for security camera application* C4 : Deals with Audio input and output. Includes 2 mini projects to create your own internet radio* C5 : I/O ports* C6 : Interfacing I2C peripherals* C7 : Making it portable* C8 : Building a line follower robotThere is a lot covered in the book. Initial chapters does not require anything but the Raspberry Pi. Later chapters do require additional peripherals and kits. I loved the last chapter that teaches you to assemble a line follower robot.Link to the books:http://www.amazon.com/dp/1784396397 [$14.59 kindle/$29.99 print]https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/raspberry-pi-essentials [$23.99 ebook/$29.99 print+ebook]

Dustin Marx Jun 12, 2015

"Raspberry Pi Essentials" packs much detailed information into its pages. Many of the code listings used in the numerous projects are not fully contained in the book, but are instead available via download. This allows the pages to focus on text, graphics, and images. The book covers diverse topics such as selecting and configuring a Raspberry Pi, connecting cameras to the Raspberry Pi, working with audio input and output, making the Raspberry Pi mobile, and building a Raspberry Pi-based robot to follow a line."Raspberry Pi Essentials" features clear graphics and screen snapshots that illustrate the concepts being discussed. Some code samples need to be downloaded rather than being present in the pages of the book. This works with the author's approach to minimize knowledge of coding and keep the focus on the Raspberry Pi. The code samples can be easily downloaded in a single ZIP file."Raspberry Pi Essentials," as its title suggests, covers Raspberry Pi essentials, but covers them in a highly detailed manner that is not always the case with "essentials" books. "Raspberry Pi Essentials" is probably best suited for someone with at least minimal experience with Raspberry Pi and readers of the book should definitely have access to a Raspberry Pi and other described components to work with as the book is read. The book is project-heavy and likely to be most useful to those who implement the projects.I reviewed a PDF version of this book provided by Packt Publishing.

MRL Oct 09, 2015

“Raspberry Essentials” aims to illustrate the basics of Raspberry Pi, from installation to advanced use. The book is meant for both experienced DIY and first time amateurs.In the first part of the book, it wouldn’t have hurt to include more details for first time users.As an example, at page 14:“Ctrl + Alt + Backspace: Use this key combination to log out of the current Xsession user (use Xsession to login).Ctrl + Alt + F1: Use this key combination to switch to a command session on tty1 (type exit to close)Ctrl + Alt + F7: Use this key combination to switch back to the graphical desktopCtrl + Alt + F2 through F6: Use this key combination to switch to a command session on tty2-tty6.”The passage above works for an experienced user -- meaning someone who knows developer tools and has a basic knowledge of administrative tasks of a Linux OS -- but I’m afraid that a first time user who has never seen a Linux OS wouldn’t understand what is a Xsession, an tty1, tty2 and so on!If you are a Linux guy, this book will prove to be very useful, thanks to plenty of tips and hands-on tutorial that will help you to achieve various tasks, from network configuration to appropriate monitor customization. In addition to that, readers will learn, step by step, to keep the development environment up to date.Some complex tasks and configuration files can be downloaded from a web site.Unfortunately some bash scripts (or python scripts) are presented in their final form, without a good explanation about all their functions. This way, programmers can use them as a “recipe” or should put in a lot of work on their own to try to fully understand them.Chapter 5, "Port Input and Output on the Raspberry Pi", and Chapter 6, "Driving I2C Peripherals on the Raspberry Pi", are much more useful and well developed but, in my opinion, the scripts could have used a deeper explanation; it would have tremendously improved the whole presentation.Chapter 7, "Going Mobile with Raspberry Pi", and 8, "Creating a Raspberry Pi Line-following Robot", are great reading materials for DIY aficionados. They pick up some ideas from previous chapters (like using a camera) and they add great advice for someone who needs only a few tips to achieve his goals. Maybe this is the real target of the book: a DIY fan with a lot of time to try something new and an outstanding ability to learn in autonomy.I would have liked the book more if the author had developed the topics in a way that could have been easier to understand. Maybe the author could have focused on less topics. I would recommend to revise the book paying more attention to every single subject from the beginning to end.

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