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About this book
Learn how to set up your Raspberry Pi, write code, and build projects with electronic components.
Raspberry Pi is a small, clever, British-built computer that's packed with potential. Made using a desktop-class, energy-efficient processor, Raspberry Pi is designed to help you learn coding, discover how computers work, and build your own amazing things. This book was written to show you just how easy it is to get started.
Learn how to:
- Set up your Raspberry Pi, install its operating system, and start using this fully functional computer.
- Start coding projects, with step-by-step guides using the Scratch 3, Python, and MicroPython programming languages.
- Experiment with connecting electronic components, and have fun creating amazing projects.
- Take photos with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module.
This revised edition is updated for the latest Raspberry Pi computers and software, including the Raspberry Pi 500+ and Raspberry Pi OS Trixie.
Whichever model you have, a standard Raspberry Pi board; a compact Raspberry Pi Zero; or a Raspberry Pi with integrated keyboard, this affordable computer can be used to learn coding, build robots, and create all kinds of weird and wonderful projects. If you want to make games, build robots, or hack a variety of amazing projects, then this book is here to help you get started.
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Table of contents
- The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide, 6th Edition
- Copyright Page
- Welcome
- About the author
- Colophon
- Chapter 1: Get to know your Raspberry Pi
- Chapter 2: Getting started with your Raspberry Pi
- Chapter 3: Using your Raspberry Pi
- Chapter 4: Programming with Scratch 3
- Chapter 5: Programming with Python
- Chapter 6: Physical computing with Scratch and Python
- Chapter 7: Physical computing with the Sense HAT
- Chapter 8: Raspberry Pi Camera Modules
- Chapter 9: Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W
- Appendix A: Install an operating system
- Appendix B: Installing and uninstalling software
- Appendix C: The command-line interface
- Appendix D: Further reading
- Appendix E: Control Centre
- Appendix F: Raspberry Pi specifications
- Assistive Content