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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

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Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786463852

Length 422 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Author (1):

Edward Snajder

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Kick-Start Your Raspberry Pi Zero FREE CHAPTER

2. Setting Up Physical and Wireless Connections

3. Programming with Linux

4. Programming with Python

5. Getting Your Hands Dirty Using the GPIO Header

6. Controlling the LEDs and Displays

7. Controlling the Hardware

8. Taking Digital Inputs to the Raspberry Pi Zero

9. Interfacing Sensors with the Raspberry Pi Zero

10. Cooking up Projects to Amaze the World!

Making the RPZ a media center

We've been using the Raspian operating system throughout the book, but the Raspberry Pi Zero is hardly limited to that distribution. There are several distributions of Linux available that are all great at doing different things. The Kodi project (formerly XBMC) is one such distribution, which is designed to turn your computer into a full-function media center. OpenELEC has a great distro running Kodi that will work fine on the Raspberry Pi Zero.

Note

Even though the Raspberry Pi Zero will work fine as the most inexpensive media center ever, the newer multiple-core models of the Raspberry Pi will bring you a better overall experience, the increased memory and additional cores reducing lag and video choppiness. This recipe would be almost identical on a newer Raspberry Pi, but there is a different download that is tuned for newer models.

Getting ready

I would recommend a new SD card for this recipe, especially if you have become attached to your Raspbian build...

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Authors (1)

Edward Snajder

Edward Snajder

Edward Snajder takes on the challenges of performance, optimization, scalability, and portability for PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL DB engines for the databases behind the Jive platform. He's got hands-on experience with system design, HA, virtualization, and distributed systems, and has had the opportunity to interface with quality engineering, support, technical operations, and professional services when not building things in engineering. In his spare time, he is an Internet of Things enthusiast and has spoken on the wonders of the Raspberry Pi at conferences and user groups. He loves his Raspberry Pis. He has also built his own 3D printer and has several 75%-complete Arduino projects.

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