Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids.

This tutorial contains all-important information about how to use your Raspberry Pi to develop any application you like. It is broken down into several action-packed projects, each containing easy-to-follow steps, just to show you how easy and fun computer programming can be!If you are someone with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bates, Daniel (Computer science researcher)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2014.
Series:Community experience distilled.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi; You will need ... ; Power supply; Storage; Input; Video; Network; Preparing the SD card; Starting up the Raspberry Pi; Using your Raspberry Pi; The command line; Updating and installing new software; Other uses for Raspberry Pi; Troubleshooting; Summary; Chapter 2: Making Your Own Angry Birds Game; Scratch; Hello world!; Code tour; Creating a character; Creating a level; Moving the character; Initialization; Moving with the keyboard
  • Launch! Flight; Adding physics; Gravity; Bouncing; Ending the game; Scoring; Extensions; Summary; Chapter 3: Testing Your Speed; Materials needed; Creating the game controller; The controller base; Adding buttons; Connecting to the Raspberry Pi; Python; Coding the game; Random behavior; Using the controller; Adding a time limit; Bringing it all together; Complete code listing; The keyboard version; What's next?; Summary; Chapter 4: Making an Interactive Map of Your City; Hello world!; Tkinter; Writing the program; Getting a map; No Internet? No problem!; Google Maps; Generating the address
  • Downloading the image Using the image; Adding markers; Detecting mouse clicks; Reacting to mouse clicks; Adding labels; Basic labels; Pop-up windows; Code listing; Extensions; Layout; Additional widgets; Checkbutton; Frame and LabelFrame; Listbox; Menu; Menu button; Message; Option Menu; Radio button; Scale; Spinbox; Summary; Index