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Raspberry Pi Cookbook for Python Programmers. The Raspberry Pi Cookbook has over 50 tailor-made recipes for programmers to get the most out of Raspberry Pi using Python to unleash its huge potential

Timothy Cox, Tim Cox

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Raspberry Pi Cookbook for Python Programmers
- Table of Contents
- Raspberry Pi Cookbook for Python Programmers
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
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    - Why Subscribe?
    - Free Access for Packt account holders
- Preface
  - What this book covers
  - What you need for this book
  - Who this book is for
  - Safety and using electronics
  - Conventions
  - Reader feedback
  - Customer support
    - Downloading the example code
    - Downloading the color images of this book
    - Errata
    - Piracy
    - Questions
- 1. Getting Started with a Raspberry Pi Computer
  - Introduction
    - Introducing the Raspberry Pi
    - What is with the name?
    - Why Python?
    - Python 2 and Python 3
    - Which version of Python should you use?
  - Connecting the Raspberry Pi
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - Theres more
      - Secondary hardware connections
  - Using NOOBS to set up your Raspberry Pi SD card
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Changing the default user password
      - Ensuring that you shut down safely
      - Preparing an SD card manually
      - Expanding the system to fit in your SD card
      - Accessing the Data/RECOVERY/BOOT partition
      - Using the tools to backup your SD card in case of failure
  - Networking and connecting your Raspberry Pi to the Internet via the LAN connector
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - There's more
  - Configuring your network manually
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - There's more
  - Networking directly to a laptop or computer
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Direct network link
    - See also
  - Networking and connecting your Raspberry Pi to the Internet via a USB Wi-Fi dongle
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - There's more
      - Using USB wired network adapters
  - Connecting to the Internet through a proxy server
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
  - Connecting remotely to the Raspberry Pi over the network using VNC
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - There's more
  - Connecting remotely to the Raspberry Pi over the network using SSH (and X11 Forwarding)
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Running multiple programs with X11 Forwarding
      - Running as a desktop with X11 Forwarding
      - Running PyGame and Tkinter with X11 Forwarding
  - Sharing the home folder of the Raspberry Pi with SMB
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
  - Keeping the Raspberry Pi up to date
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
- 2. Starting with Python Strings, Files, and Menus
  - Introduction
  - Working with text and strings
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
  - Using files and handling errors
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Creating a boot-up menu
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
  - Creating a self-defining menu
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Alternative script locations
      - Adding scripts to PATH
- 3. Using Python for Automation and Productivity
  - Introduction
  - Using Tkinter to create graphical user interfaces
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Creating a graphical application Start menu
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
  - Displaying photo information in an application
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
  - Organizing your photos automatically
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
- 4. Creating Games and Graphics
  - Introduction
  - Using IDLE3 to debug your programs
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Drawing lines using a mouse on Tkinter Canvas
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Creating a bat and ball game
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Creating an overhead scrolling game
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
- 5. Creating 3D Graphics
  - Introduction
  - Starting with 3D coordinates and vertices
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Camera
      - Shaders
      - Lights
      - Textures
  - Creating and importing 3D models
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more
      - Creating or loading your own objects
      - Changing the object's textures and .mtl files
      - Taking screenshots
  - Creating a 3D world to roam in
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Building 3D maps and mazes
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - The Building module
      - Using SolidObjects to detect collisions
- 6. Using Python to Drive Hardware
  - Introduction
  - Controlling an LED
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Controlling the GPIO current
  - Responding to a button
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Safe voltages
      - Pull-up and pull-down resistor circuits
      - Protection resistors
  - A controlled shutdown button
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Resetting and rebooting Raspberry Pi
      - Adding extra functions
      - Relocating to the P5 header
  - The GPIO keypad input
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Generating other key combinations
      - Emulating mouse events
  - Multiplexed color LEDs
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Hardware multiplexing
      - Displaying random patterns
      - Mixing multiple colors
- 7. Sense and Display Real-world Data
  - Introduction
  - Using devices with the I2C bus
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Using multiple I2C devices
      - I2C bus and level shifting
      - Using just the PCF8591 chip or adding alternative sensors
  - Reading analog data using an analog-to-digital converter
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Gathering analog data without hardware
  - Logging and plotting data
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Plotting live data
      - Scaling and calibrating data
  - Extending the Raspberry Pi GPIO with an I/O expander
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more
      - I/O expander voltages and limits
      - Using your own I/O expander module
      - Directly controlling an LCD alphanumeric display
  - Sensing and sending data to online services
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - See also
- 8. Creating Projects with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module
  - Introduction
  - Getting started with the Raspberry Pi camera module
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
  - Using the camera with Python
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Class member and static functions
      - Using a USB webcam instead
      - Additional drivers for the Raspberry Pi camera
    - See also
  - Generating a time-lapse video
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Class inheritance and function overriding
      - Disabling the camera LED
      - Pi NoIR taking night shots
  - Creating a stop frame animation
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Improving the focus
      - Creating a hardware shutter
  - Making a QR code reader
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Generating QR codes
    - See also
- 9. Building Robots
  - Introduction
  - Building a Rover-Pi robot with forward driving motors
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Darlington array circuits
      - Transistor and relay circuits
      - Tethered or untethered robots
      - Rover kits
  - Using advanced motor control
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Motor speed control using PWM control
      - Using I/O expanders
  - Building a six-legged Pi-Bug robot
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
      - Controlling the servos
      - The servo class
      - Learning to walk
      - The Pi-Bug code for walking
  - Avoiding objects and obstacles
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Ultrasonic reversing sensors
  - Getting a sense of direction
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works
    - There's more
      - Calibrating the compass
      - Calculating the compass bearing
      - Saving the calibration
      - Driving the robot using the compass
- 10. Interfacing with Technology
  - Introduction
  - Automating your home with remote sockets
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Sending RF control signals directly
  - Using SPI to control an LED matrix
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Daisy-chain SPI configuration
  - Communicating using a serial interface
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Configuring a USB to RS232 device for the Raspberry Pi
      - RS232 signals and connections
      - Using the GPIO built-in serial pins
      - The RS232 loopback
  - Controlling the Raspberry Pi over Bluetooth
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Configuring Bluetooth module settings
  - Controlling USB devices
    - Getting ready
    - How to do it...
    - How it works...
    - There's more...
      - Controlling similar missile-type devices
      - Robot arm
      - Taking USB control further
- A. Hardware and Software List
  - Introduction
  - General component sources
  - Hardware list
  - Software list
    - PC software utilities
    - Raspberry Pi packages
    - There's more...
      - APT commands
      - Pip Python package manager commands
- Index

Title: Raspberry Pi Cookbook for Python Programmers. The Raspberry Pi Cookbook has over 50 tailor-made recipes for programmers to get the most out of Raspberry Pi using Python to unleash its huge potential
Author: Timothy Cox, Tim Cox
Original title: Raspberry Pi Cookbook for Python Programmers. The Raspberry Pi Cookbook has over 50 tailor-made recipes for programmers to get the most out of Raspberry Pi using Python to unleash its huge potential.
ISBN: 9781849696630, 9781849696630
Date of issue: 2014-04-16
Format: Ebook
Item ID: e_3bo5
Publisher: Packt Publishing

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