Make a variety of cool projects using the Pi with programming languages like Scratch and Python, with no experience necessary. You'll learn how the Pi works, how to work with Raspbian Linux on the Pi, and how to design and create electronic circuits.

Raspberry Pi is everywhere, it’s inexpensive, and it's a wonderful tool for teaching about electronics and programming. This book shows you how to create projects like an arcade game, disco lights, and infrared transmitter, and an LCD display. You'll also learn how to control Minecraft's Steve with a joystick and how to build a Minecraft house with a Pi, and even how to control a LEGO train with a Pi. You'll even learn how to create your own robot, including how to solder and even design a printed circuit board!

Learning electronics can be tremendous fun — your first flashing LED circuit is a reason to celebrate! But where do you go from there, and how can you move into more challenging projects withoutspending a lot of money on proprietary kits? Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi shows you how to and a lot more.

What You'll Learn

Design and build electronic circuits
Make fun projects like an arcade game, a robot, and a Minecraft controller
Program the Pi with Scratch and Python

Who This Book Is For

Makers, students, and teachers who want to learn about electronics and programming with the fun and low-cost Raspberry Pi.

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Redditch, United Kingdom

Stewart Watkiss

About the author

Stewart Watkiss graduated from the University of Hull, United Kingdom, with a masters degree in electronic engineering. He has been a fan of Linux since first installing it on a home computer during the late 1990s. While working as a Linux system administrator, he was awarded Advanced Linux Certification (LPIC 2) in 2006, and created the Penguin Tutor website to help others learning Linux and working toward Linux certification.

Stewart is a big fan of the Raspberry Pi. He owns several Raspberry Pi computers that he uses to help to protect his home (Internet filter), provide entertainment (XBMC), and teach programming to his two children. He also volunteers as a STEM ambassador, going into local schools to help support teachers and teach programming to teachers and children.

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Book Title: Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi
Book Subtitle: Physical Computing with Circuits, Sensors, Outputs, and Projects
Authors: Stewart Watkiss
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1898-3
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-1898-3Published: 15 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 290
Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 153 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hardware and Maker, Control Structures and Microprogramming, Computer System Implementation, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

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