You probably already know that the Raspberry Pi is an excellent teaching tool. If you want to teach Linux basics or Python programming or basic electronics, it's a great place to start. But what if you are an electronics engineer or a Linux systems administrator or a very experienced maker? You want to know all of the details and inner working of the Raspberry Pi -- how to (figuratively or maybe even literally) make it get up and dance without wading through basics and introductory material.

If you want to get right into the pro-level guts of the Raspberry Pi, complete with schematics, detailed hardware explanations, messing around with runlevels, reporting voltages and temperatures, and recompiling the kernel, thenMastering the Raspberry Pi is just the book you need. Along with all of the thorough explanations of hardware and operating system, you'll also get a variety of project examples and explanations that you can tune for your own project ideas.

You'll find yourself turning toMastering the Raspberry Pi over and over again for both inspiration and reference. Whether you're an electronics professional, an entrepreneurial maker, or just looking for more detailed information on the Raspberry Pi, this is exactly the book for you.

Warren Gay has been an electronics enthusiast since childhood and often dragged discarded TV sets home after school. In high school he learned to program the IBM-1130 and then pursueda career in software development at Ryerson Polytechnical, in Toronto. Since then he has worked professionally for over 30 years, mainly in C/C++, under Unix and Linux. Meanwhile, the love of electronics has never faded since the early creation of his home-brewed Intel 8008 system in the 70's to the present day projects employing the Raspberry Pi. Warren also holds an advanced amateur radio license and was able to work the Mir space station (U2MIR) using packet radio in August 1991.He's authored other books including Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours, Linux Socket Programming by Example, and Advanced Unix Programming.

Part I: Introduction

Ch. 1 - Why This Book?

Ch. 2 - The Raspberry Pi

Ch. 3 Preparation: Hardware and Network

Part II: Hardware

Ch. 4 Figuring Out Power Requirements

Ch. 5 - Header Strips, LEDs, and Reset

Ch. 6 Working with Memory

Ch. 7 The CPU and Working with Threads

Ch. 8 USB Power and API Support

Ch. 9 Working with Wired and Wireless Ethernet

Ch. 10 - SD Card Storage

Ch. 11 Serial Communication

Ch. 12 GPIO: Your Interface to the Outside World

Ch. 13 - 1-Wire Driver

Ch. 14 - I2C Bus: The Two Wire Interface

Ch. 15 - SPI Bus: Signaling, API, and Testing

Part III: Software

Ch. 16 Booting ARM Linux

Ch. 17 Initialization: Working with Runlevels

Ch. 18 vcgencmd: Reporting Voltages and Temperatures

Ch. 19 - Linux Console

Ch. 20 Building a Cross-Compiler

Ch. 21 Cross-Compiling the Kernel

Part IV: Projects

Ch. 22 Humidity and Temperature Sensor

Ch. 23 - GPIO Extender

Ch. 24 - Nunchuk Mouse

Ch. 25 - Real-Time Clock

Ch. 26 - IR Receiver

Ch. 27 - Stepper Motor

Ch. 28 - The H-Bridge Driver

Ch. 29 - Remote Control Panel

Ch. 30 - Pulse Width Modulation: Driving an Analog Meter

Appendices:

A. Glossary

B. Power Standards

C. Electronics Reference

D. Raspbian apt Commands

E. ARM Compile Options

F. Mac OS X Tips

G. Bibliography