Raspberry Pi Electronics Projects for the Evil Genius PDF

Abstract:

10 brand new DIY projects for your Raspberry Pi! 

This fully illustrated TAB guide shows how to construct and program all kinds of fun and innovative gadgets with your Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi® Electronics Projects for the Evil Genius" features 10 complete projects that showcase cool RasPi applications in computing, communications, robotics, photography, and video. Each inexpensive Evil Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and clear, step-by-step assembly and programming instructions. This entertaining, easy-to-follow book gets you up-and-running quickly on C, Java, and Python, and covers all RasPi versions, including the latest A+, B+, and B gen 2 units. Learn how to:

• Explore the capabilities and features of your Raspberry Pi

• Display scrolling text and graphics on an RGB LED matrix screen

• Handle RasPi-to-RasPi communications using MQTT

• Incorporate interesting software-defined radio (SDR) features

• Build your own supercomputer from eight Model B+ RasPis

• Make a robotic car from Legos and control it with your RasPi

• Configure the RasPi to control a basic robotic arm through the I2C bus

• Assemble and program complex 3DOF and 6DOF robotic arms

• Construct systems that allow point-and-shoot and digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to take panoramic photos

• Engineer a complete infrared video surveillance system using the Pi Noir camera

Author:  Donald Norris