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U S E R G U I D E , 2 N D E D I T I O N
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breadboards
disadvantages, 210–211
GPIO input example, Python, 228–232, 270
GPIO output example, Python, 223–228, 270
overview, 204
quarter-size, 255
brick-and-mortar electronics stores, 209
bricking, 115
bricks, Scratch, 161
broadcast address, 70
broadcast
block, Scratch, 170
Broadcom BCM2835 system-on-chip (SoC)
multimedia processor
architecture, 19
buses, 222–223
memory partition, 103–104, 119–120
overclocking, 68, 100–101, 114–116
overview, 15
Broadcom VideoCore IV module, 126
buffers, Python, 196
buses, 222–223
business-to-business, defined, 208
business-to-consumer, defined, 209
C
cache, searching, 58–59
Calc, LibreOffice, 140
calculator.py
program, 182–184
Camera Module
CSI ports, 15
enabling, 99, 238–239
installing, 235–238
overview, 234
software options, 272–276
still photography, 239–242
time-lapse photography, 243–248
USB webcams, advantages over, 235
video photography, 242–243
Camera Serial Interface (CSI) ports, 15
capacitors, 206
cd
command, 44
Cellan-Jones, Rory (journalist), 5–6
central processing unit (CPU), 103–104,
119–120
changeDirection
variable, Python, 188
channel
variable, Python, 194
children
LEGO robotics kits, 171
programming opportunities, lack, 1–3
Scratch programming software, 158–172
chmod command, 179
chown command, 154
Chromium browser, 137–139
circuit building
breadboards, 204, 210–211, 225–232,
255, 270
equipment, 204–206
GPIO port, 204, 220–232
resistor colour codes, 206–208
soldering, 213–217
sourcing components, 208–210
stripboard, 211–213
CISC (complex instruction set computing), 19
Ciseco Slice of Pi, 250–254
Ciseco Slice of Pi (website), 254
Class 10 SD cards, 68
Clear To Send (CTS) handshaking, 87
cloud-based apps, 136–139
cmdline
option,
config.txt
file, 114
cmdline.txt
file
editing via NOOBS, 108
load emergency kernel, 72
software settings, 120–122
cold joints, 217
collisions, 70
collisions,
ifconfig
tool output, 70
colour codes, resistors, 206–208
comic strips, creating in Scratch, 164
comment lines, 245
comments, Python, 180
compatible devices
keyboards and mice, 65
SD cards, 27, 68
USB wireless adapters, 32, 92
complex instruction set computing (CISC), 19
components, sourcing, 208–210
composite video, 15, 22–23, 25
compression, data, 27
config_hdmi_boost setting, config.
txt file, 113