Description:

The Raspberry Pi single board computer has become immensely popular with nearly two million boards sold. Its diminutive size and the fact that it is a bare circuit board rather than a boxed computer creates some confusion as to what exactly it is for. A situation that is exacerbated by its GPIO port that allows external electronics either home made or a finished product, to be attached to it.

In this talk presented by Simon Monk author of Raspberry Pi Cookbook, he will clarify the various niches into which a Raspberry Pi can fit and also showcase some of the more interesting uses of the Raspberry Pi with examples from the Internet and his own projects.

This webcast will cover:

• What is a Raspberry Pi?
• Pi vs. Arduino
• Pi vs. BeagleBone Black
• Some Examples from the Internet
  • FM Transmitter
  • Home Automation
  • Internet Radio
  • Jukebox
  • Retro Games Console
• My Projects
  • A Simple Roving Robot
  • Interfacing with a Chronos Watch
• Books
  • Raspberry Pi Cookbook
  • Programming the Raspberry Pi

About Simon Monk

Simon Monk is a writer on open source hardware and is author of the soon to be release 'Raspberry Pi Cookbook' as well as 'Programming Raspberry Pi: Getting Started with Python' and numerous books on hobby electronics and Arduino.