About the Authors -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Programming Is Fun! -- A Bit of History -- So What Can You Do with the Raspberry Pi? -- Part I: Connecting the Board -- Chapter 1: Meet the Raspberry Pi -- A Trip Around the Board -- Model A -- Model B -- A History of Model B PCB Revisions -- A Bit of Background -- Chapter 2: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi -- Connecting a Display -- Connecting Audio -- Connecting a Keyboard and Mouse -- Installing NOOBS on an SD Card -- Connecting External Storage -- Connecting the Network -- Installing the Operating System -- Chapter 3: Linux System Administration -- Linux: An Overview -- Linux Basics -- Introducing Raspbian -- Using External Storage Devices -- Creating a New User Account -- File System Layout -- Installing and Uninstalling Software -- Shutting the Pi Down Safely -- Chapter 4: Troubleshooting -- Keyboard and Mouse Diagnostics -- Power Diagnostics -- Display Diagnostics -- Boot Diagnostics -- Network Diagnostics -- The Emergency Kernel -- Chapter 5: Network Configuration -- Wired Networking -- Wireless Networking -- Chapter 6: The Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool -- Running the Tool -- The Setup Options Screen -- Chapter 7: Advanced Raspberry Pi Configuration -- Editing Configuration Files via NOOBS -- Hardware Settings-config.txt -- Disabling L2 Cache -- Memory Partitioning -- Software Settings-cmdline.txt -- Part II: Building a Media Centre, Productivity Machine or Web Server -- Chapter 8: The Pi as a Home Theatre PC -- Playing Music at the Console -- Dedicated HTPC with Raspbmc -- Chapter 9: The Pi as a Productivity Machine -- Using Cloud-Based Apps -- Using LibreOffice -- Image Editing with The Gimp -- Chapter 10: The Pi as a Web Server -- Installing a LAMP Stack -- Installing WordPress -- Part III: Programming with the Raspberry Pi.

Chapter 11: An Introduction to Scratch -- Introducing Scratch -- Example 1: Hello World -- Example 2: Animation and Sound -- Example 3: A Simple Game -- Robotics and Sensors -- Further Reading -- Chapter 12: An Introduction to Python -- Introducing Python -- Example 1: Hello World -- Example 2: Comments, Inputs, Variables and Loops -- Example 3: Gaming with pygame -- Example 4: Python and Networking -- Further Reading -- Part IV: Hardware Hacking -- Chapter 13: Learning to Hack Hardware -- Electronic Equipment -- Reading Resistor Colour Codes -- Sourcing Components -- Moving Up From the Breadboard -- A Brief Guide to Soldering -- Chapter 14: The GPIO Port -- Identifying Your Board Revision -- GPIO Pinout Diagrams -- GPIO Features -- Using the GPIO Port in Python -- Chapter 15: The Raspberry Pi Camera Module -- Why Use the Camera Module? -- Installing the Camera Module -- Enabling Camera Mode -- Capturing Stills -- Recording Video -- Command-Line Time-Lapse Photography -- Chapter 16: Add-on Boards -- Ciseco Slice of Pi -- Adafruit Prototyping Pi Plate -- Fen Logic Gertboard -- Part V: Appendixes -- Appendix A: Python Recipes -- Raspberry Snake (Chapter 12, Example 3) -- IRC User List (Chapter 12, Example 4) -- GPIO Input and Output (Chapter 14) -- Appendix B: Raspberry Pi Camera Module Quick Reference -- Shared Options -- Raspistill Options -- Raspivid Options -- Raspiyuv Options -- Appendix C: HDMI Display Modes -- Index.