Raspbian OS Programming with the Raspberry Pi: IoT Projects with Wolfram, Mathematica, and Scratch

By Agus Kurniawan

Master the command line and Raspbian Linux as well as the physical connections of the Pi. With this book you’ll develop skills applicable to other real world applications in both hardware and software development all while working on simple and fun IoT projects that you can do yourself.
You'll learn to build programs on the top of Raspbian OS in Raspberry Pi boards. Start by using Raspbian shells to develop programs.Then follow projects and samples step-by-step to get new experiences in Raspbian OS development. You'll also learn the Wolfram Language and Mathematica, Scratch, IoT  programs and IoT middleware, Node-RED, Interactive Data Visualization with Jupyter Notebook, and more.
There are many features in Raspbian OS and on Raspberry Pi boards perfect for building an IoT program to suite various scenarios. The GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi allow it to scale further to accomplish all kinds of projects and tasks. Raspbian OS Programming with the Raspberry Pi is your pathway to exploring all of this.
What You'll Learn

• Discover the basics of programming in the Raspbian OS environment 
  
• Work with the Raspbian Commandline 
  
• Develop programs with the Wolfram Language and Mathematica
  

Who This Book Is For
Students and hobbyists interested in programming on Raspbian OS with Raspberry Pi boards.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Apress
• Release date: Nov 28, 2018
• ISBN: 9781484242124

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© Agus Kurniawan 2019

Agus KurniawanRaspbian OS Programming with the Raspberry Pihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4212-4_1

1. Introduction to Raspberry Pi

Agus Kurniawan¹ 

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Depok, Indonesia

Raspberry Pi is a development board that can be applied to build IoT applications. Various sensors and actuator devices can be attached to the board. In this chapter, we explore Raspberry Pi and cover its models. We also learn how to set up the board for the first time.

The following list of topics is covered in this chapter:

Learn about the Raspberry Pi

Review the Raspberry Pi models

Learn about the Raspbian OS

Set up Raspbian OS on a Raspberry Pi board

Perform headless Raspbian SSH network setup

Configure a WiFi network

Explore the Raspbian OS desktop

Configure the VNC server

Learn to power off the Raspbian

1.1 What Is Raspberry Pi?

Raspberry Pi is a mini computer that you can operate as a normal computer. This board was developed by Raspberry Pi Foundation in the UK. Currently, Raspberry Pi runs on the top of an ARM processor. Raspberry Pi is not a PC, so we couldn’t expect more in computation. Raspberry Pi is designed to be small in size to perform some processes. The small form size of the Raspberry Pi form has advantages. We can put sensor and actuator devices on the Raspberry Pi board and then perform measurement and sensing.

The first Raspberry Pi Model B board was released in February 2012. The latest model is the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ board and it was released in March 2018. You can see this board in Figure 1-1. This board can run an operating system to perform