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Python Programming with Raspberry Pi

You're reading from Python Programming with Raspberry Pi Build small yet powerful robots and automation systems with Raspberry Pi Zero

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786467577

Length 312 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Single Board Computers

Authors (2):

Sai Yamanoor

Srihari Yamanoor

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Python and the Raspberry Pi Zero FREE CHAPTER

2. Arithmetic Operations, Loops, and Blinky Lights

3. Conditional Statements, Functions, and Lists

4. Communication Interfaces

5. Data Types and Object-Oriented Programming in Python

6. File I/O and Python Utilities

7. Requests and Web Frameworks

8. Awesome Things You Could Develop Using Python

9. Lets Build a Robot!

10. Home Automation Using the Raspberry Pi Zero

11. Tips and Tricks

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed conditional statements and the applications of conditional statements in Python. We also discussed functions in Python, passing arguments to a function, returning values from a function and scope of variables in a Python program. We discussed callback functions and motor control in Python.

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Authors (2)

Sai Yamanoor

Sai Yamanoor

Sai Yamanoor is an embedded systems engineer working for a private startup school in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he builds devices that help students achieve their full potential. He completed his undergraduate work in mechatronics engineering from Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India and his graduate studies in mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. His interests, deeply rooted in DIY and open software and hardware cultures, include developing gadgets and apps that improve the quality of life, Internet of Things, crowdfunding, education, and new technologies. In his spare time, he plays with various devices and architectures, such as the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Galileo, Android devices and others. Sai has earlier published a book titled Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects.

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Srihari Yamanoor

Srihari Yamanoor

Srihari Yamanoor is a mechanical engineer, working on medical devices, sustainability, and robotics in the San Francisco Bay Area. He completed his undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India and graduate studies in mechanical engineering at Stanford University. He is certified in SolidWorks, simulation, sustainable design, PDM as well as in quality and reliability engineering and auditing. His has a wide range of interests, from DIY, crowdfunding, AI, travelling, photography to gardening and ecology.

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