Raspberry Pi: Amazing Beginners Guide on How to Start Using Raspberry Pi

By Irma Lyons

Education is the foundation for everything that we do in life.  The more education that we have the more prepared we are for the future.  This has never been a more true statement when it comes to technology.  At our present development in technology our kids know more now than we did twenty or thirty years ago.  But the problem is that they know more about how things work more than why they work.

This is where the Raspberry pi comes into play.  It is the first computer that fits in the palm of your hand and costs less than $40.00.  Designed as a teaching tool the raspberry pi has taken on a life of its own.  Transforming from an educational tool for children to a technology device that has taken on a life of its own.

In this book we will explore the raspberry pi and what it can do.  We will talk about all the different features and why you need to get yourself one.  Then finally we will give you real world examples of what others are doing with the raspberry pi and give you the tools, tips and techniques to go out there and build your own.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JVzon Studio
• Release date: Mar 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386288169

Book preview

Introduction

The world of computing has taken a Quantum Leap forward in the past 20 years. When I was starting to learn about this new technology I didn’t have all of the resources like the Internet, Google, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia.  No all we had were ugly grey boxes that required floppy disk after floppy disk in order to even turn on.

Now 15 years after the Y2K Bug was supposed to wipe out everything that we knew and drive us back into the Stone Age we stand before you stronger than ever with newer technology and concepts that weren’t even dreamed of in Star Trek.

In this book I will be exploring a new piece of technology that has been released to give children and adults a fundamental grasp of technology.  Developed as a non-profit project this little device has the power of a computer but fits in the palm of your hand. 

What is this piece of technology?  The Raspberry Pi. 

In the pages that follow I will give you the story of how the Raspberry Pi came about, what it is, how you get one, what it can do and what people are using it for.  At the end of this book you will know everything you need to know in order to get started using it as well as a head filled with ideas on what to do when you get one.

So without any more delay, dive right in and enjoy your Raspberry Pi.

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Raspberry Pi

One day around Christmas a young boy approaches his father and asks him for a Raspberry pie for Christmas. The father looked at the boy in puzzlement and smiled.  Turning his head towards his wife his eyes widened, returned to normal and then with a smile replied to his son, No problem  The father then patted his son on the head and sent him off to