Programming the Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python - Brossura

Monk, Simon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0071807837 ISBN 13: 9780071807838

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 2012

Riassunto

Program your own Raspberry Pi projects

Create innovative programs and fun games on your tiny yet powerful Raspberry Pi. In this book, electronics guru Simon Monk explains the basics of Raspberry Pi application development, while providing hands-on examples and ready-to-use scripts. See how to set up hardware and software, write and debug applications, create user-friendly interfaces, and control external electronics. Do-it-yourself projects include a hangman game, an LED clock, and a software-controlled roving robot.

• Boot up and configure your Raspberry Pi
• Navigate files, folders, and menus
• Create Python programs using the IDLE editor
• Work with strings, lists, and functions
• Use and write your own libraries, modules, and classes
• Add Web features to your programs
• Develop interactive games with Pygame
• Interface with devices through the GPIO port
• Build a Raspberry Pi Robot and LED Clock
• Build professional-quality GUIs using Tkinter

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dr. Simon Monk has a degree in Cybernetics and Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. He spent several years as an academic before he returned to industry, co-founding the mobile software company Momote Ltd. Dr. Monk has been an active electronics hobbyist since his early teens and is a full-time writer on hobby electronics and open source hardware. He is the author of numerous electronics books, including 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius and Arduino + Android Projects for the Evil Genius, as well as co-author of Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition.

Contenuti:

Chapter 1. Introduction

What is the Raspberry Pi?
What can you do with a Raspberry Pi?
A Tour of the Raspberry Pi
Setting Up
Booting Up
Summary

Chapter 2. Getting Started

Linux
The Desktop
The Internet
Applications
Internet Resources
Summary

Chapter 3. Python Basics

What is a Programming Language?
IDLE
Numbers
Variables
For Loops
Simulating Dice
If
While
Summary

Chapter 4. Strings, Lists and Dictionaries

String Theory
Lists
Functions
Hangman
Dictionaries
Tuples
Exceptions
Summary of Functions
Summary

Chapter 5. Modules, Classes and Methods

Modules
Object-Orientation
Defining Classes
Inheritance
Summary

Chapter 6. Files and Internet

Files
Pickling
Internet
Summary

Chapter 7. Graphical User Interfaces

Tkinter
Hello World
Temperature Converter
Other GUI Widgets
Dialogs
Menus
The Canvas
Summary

Chapter 8. Games Programming

What is Pygame?
Hello Pygame
A Raspberry Game
Summary

Chapter 9. Interfacing Hardware

GPIO Pin Connections
Direct connection to GPIO Pins
Expansion Boards
Prototyping Boards
Arduino and Pi
Summary

Chapter 10. Prototyping Project (Clock)

What You Need
Hardware Assembly
Software
Phase Two
Summary

Chapter 11. The RaspiRobot

What You Need
Phase 1. A Basic Rover
Hardware Assembly
Phase 2. Adding a Rangefinder and Screen
Summary

Chapter 12. What Next?

Linux Resources
Python Resources
Raspberry Pi Specific Resources
Other Programming Languages
Applications and Projects
Summary

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education TAB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0071807837
• ISBN 13: 9780071807838
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 170