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Raspberry Pi Essentials Get up and running with the Raspberry Pi to develop captivating projects Jack Creasey BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Raspberry Pi Essentials Copyright © 2015 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. 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ISBN 978-1-78439-639-8 www.packtpub.com Credits Author Project Coordinator Jack Creasey Nidhi Joshi Reviewers Proofreaders P Ashwin Safis Editing Scott Gibson Paul Hindle Yegor Yefremov Kevin McGowan Werner Ziegelwanger Dan McMahon Commissioning Editor Indexer Julian Ursell Tejal Soni Acquisition Editor Graphics Sonali Vernekar Sheetal Aute Content Development Editor Production Coordinator Siddhesh Salvi Aparna Bhagat Technical Editor Cover Work Rohith Rajan Aparna Bhagat Copy Editor Sarang Chari About the Author Jack Creasey has been in the technology industry for more than 30 years, the last 15 years as a Senior Program Manager in hardware and software design. His expertise includes designing, developing, and teaching IT courseware. He is an avid inventor and holds 13 patents in hardware and software design. After retiring early from the computing industry, Jack avidly participates in social network groups that share his passion for next generation technology solutions. About the Reviewers P Ashwin is a Bangalore-based engineer who wears many different hats depending on the occasion. He graduated from IIIT Hyderabad in 2012 as a Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. He has a total of 5 years of experience in the software industry where he worked in different domains, such as testing, data warehousing, replication, and automation. He is very well versed in DB concepts, SQL, and scripting with Bash and Python. He has earned professional certifications in products from Oracle, IBM, Informatica, and Teradata. He's also an ISTQB certified Tester. In his free time, he volunteers for different technical hackathons and social service activities. He was introduced to Raspberry Pi in one of the hackathons and he's been hooked on it ever since. He writes a lot of code in Python, C, C++, and Shell on his Raspberry Pi B+ cluster. He's currently working on creating his own Beowulf cluster of 64 Raspberry Pi 2s. Scott Gibson is an Electrical Engineer from Ottawa, Ontario Canada. He works as a software developer in the wireless telecommunications industry as well as a consultant specializing in embedded hardware and software development. Scott has a passion for all things technical with particular interest in projects that cross between software, hardware, and mechanical engineering. Scott runs the website www.thegreatgeekery.com documenting some of his personal projects as well as contributions to the open source community. Werner Ziegelwanger (MSc) has studied game engineering and simulation and got his master's degree in 2011. His master's thesis was published with the title Terrain Rendering with Geometry Clipmaps for Games by Diplomica Verlag. His hobbies are programming, games, and all kinds of technical gadgets. Werner worked as a self-employed programmer for many years and mainly did web projects. At that time, he started his own blog (http://developer-blog.net), which is about the Raspberry Pi, Linux, and open source technologies. Since 2013, Werner has been working as a Magento developer and head of programming at mStage GmbH, an e-commerce company focused on Magento. www.PacktPub.com Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more For support files and downloads related to your book, please visit www.PacktPub.com. Did you know that Packt offers eBook versions of every book published, with PDF and ePub files available? You can upgrade to the eBook version at www.PacktPub. com and as a print book customer, you are entitled to a discount on the eBook copy. Get in touch with us at [email protected] for more details. At www.PacktPub.com, you can also read a collection of free technical articles, sign up for a range of free newsletters and receive exclusive discounts and offers on Packt books and eBooks. 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