Advanced Raspberry Pi (APress)

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.

This book is fully updated for the latest Pi boards with three chapters dedicated to GPIO so that all aspects of the Raspberry Pi are mastered.You'll work with Linux driver information interfacing to 1-Wire, I2C and SPI devices.

Learn about the different Raspberry Pi models, including the Pi Zero, Pi Zero W, Pi 2, Pi3 B and Pi3 B+. Use the 1-Wire driver interface and learn how to configure and use a serial Linux console and cross-compile code, including the Linux kernel.

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 to Advanced 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. What You'll Learn Master I2C and SPI communications from Raspbian Linux in CProgram USB peripherals, such as a 5-inch LCD panel with touch control and the Pi cameraStudy GPIO hardware, the sysfs driver interface and direct access from C programsUse and program the UART serial device.

Who This Book Is For Advanced Raspberry Pi users who have experience doing basic projects and want to take their projects further.