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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 (17) Chapters

Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

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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!

Chapter 2. Setting Up Physical and Wireless Connections

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Controlling the RPZ from the UART GPIO port using the console cable
Adding a Wi-Fi dongle over USB OTG
Hacking RPZ hardware to add a permanent Wi-Fi dongle
Setting up dynamic and static IP addresses for the RPZ
Pinging from another computer over same network
SSHing your RPZ from your desktop computer
Sharing a screen on your desktop computer
Copying different files to and from your home network
Adding USB functions to Raspbian Jessie
Using a virtual serial adapter on USB OTG
Programming over a virtual Ethernet modem on USB OTG
Making your RPZ a USB mass storage device

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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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