Learn electronics with Raspberry Pi : physical computing with circuits, sensors, outputs, and projects /: physical computing with circuits, sensors, outputs, and projects. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stewart Watkiss.
• Authors: Watkiss, Stewart
• Contents: At a Glance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Electronic Circuits; Voltage, Current, and Resistance; Ohm's Law; Electrical Safety; Breadboard; A First Breadboard Circuit; Calculating the Resistor Value; Static-Sensitive Devices; More Circuits; Chapter 2: All About Raspberry Pi; Introduction to the Raspberry Pi; Raspberry Pi GPIO Ports; Serial Communications/UART; I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit; SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface Bus; PWM: Pulse Width Modulation; Getting Started with Raspbian Linux. Connecting to the Raspberry Pi Using the NetworkSecure Shell (ssh); Remote Desktop Using VNC (TightVNC); More Raspberry Pi; Chapter 3: Starting with the Basics: Programming with Scratch; Introduction to Scratch; Scratch with GPIO Support; Controlling an LED Using Scratch GPIO Server; Light Emitting Diode (LED); Resistor; Connecting the LED to the Raspberry Pi; Adding an Input to the Scratch GPIO Program; Using a Switch as a Digital Input; Adding the Switch to the Circuit; Robot Soccer; Playing Robot Soccer; Mars Lander Arcade Game; Making an Enclosure; Adding Joystick and Switches. Wiring the SwitchesCreating the Game; Playing the Game; More Games; Chapter 4: Using Python for Input and Output: GPIO Zero; Power Supplies; +5V from the Raspberry Pi GPIO; Another USB Power Supply; Other External Power Supplies; Main Power Supply; Batteries; Brighter LEDs with a Transistor; Transistor; Calculating the Resistor Sizes; Introduction to Python; Getting Started with Python GPIO Zero; Using a While Loop; Circuit Diagram and Schematics; Brighter LEDs with Darlington Transistors; Reading a Switch Input with Python GPIO Zero; Disco Lights with MOSFETs. Light Sequence Using a Python List (Array)Switching AC Lights Using a Thyristor and a TRIAC; More GPIO Zero; Chapter 5: More Input and Output: Infrared Sensors and LCD Displays; PIR Sensor and Pi Camera; Controlling a Raspberry Pi Camera with picamera; Using a PIR Sensor as a Motion Sensor; Using the PIR Motion Sensor to Trigger the Camera; Infrared Transmitter and Receiver; Infrared Receiver; Infrared Transmitter; Infrared Transmitter and Receiver Circuit; Configuring the Infrared Transmitter and Receiver Using LIRC; Receiving Infrared Commands Using python-lirc. Sending an Infrared Code Using PythonMore Infrared Devices; Changing Voltage with a Level Shifter; Voltage Divider Circuit to Reduce Input Voltage; Unidirectional Level-Shift Buffer; Bidirectional Level-Shifter; I2C LCD Display: True or False Game; LCD Character Display; I2C; I2C Backpack for the LCD Character Display; True or False Game Circuit; Setting Up the I2C Connection and Adding the Code; SPI Analog to Digital Input; Creating an Analog Value Using a Potentiometer; Analog-to-Digital Conversion; SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface Bus); Potentiometer SPI Circuit.
• Publisher Details: Berkeley, CA : Apress
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 290 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 004.165; Computer science; Raspberry Pi (Computer); COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS -- Computer Science; COMPUTERS -- Data Processing; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory; COMPUTERS -- Reference; Raspberry Pi (Computer); Computers -- Systems Architecture -- General; Computers -- Information Technology; Computers -- Programming Languages -- General; Algorithms & data structures; Systems analysis & design; Programming & scripting languages: general; Microprogramming; Computer network architectures; Computer hardware; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484218983; 1484218981; 1484218973; 9781484218976
• Related ISBNs: 9781484218976
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Library Ideas, viewed June 29, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.