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# Raspberry Pi for Dummies

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Review: Ideal Balance of Hard and Soft, Tough and Easy... - I reverse engineer circuits from JTAG ports to check on proprietary algorithms, so am tearing apart electronics all day long. When you look at the skyrocketing Raspberry Pi sales stats, about 70% are from folks looking to "build an inexpensive PC" whereas the other 30 are hobbyists with a few pros thrown in to chain with Propeller and other heavy hitters for more advanced applications. A few of us use them to customize testing tools, but that's another topic for another day, and NOT in this book. This book covers ALL the big questions, especially for those just opening the package. It will save you a LOT of money by: 1. Showing you how to get the OS working without having to buy pre-packaged cards, which are themselves only downloads from the free sites anyway 2. Not having to buy the 12 other books either out or coming out that show you (with varying quality) piece-by-piece what either the hardware, software, assembly, Linux, OS, or other levels do one by one. I'd recommend this to anyone planning to use this as an inexpensive PC, or planning on more advanced hobby work, because after you get all the pins, access, media vs. primary OS, etc. done you can then move on to more advanced, specialized applications from home automation to games, robotics, and much more. Most of the younger, most advanced programmers on the planet (I work with a LOT of them) don't have a clue about some of the older assembly-level memory tricks, etc. and when you're using an SD card instead of a big drive, the discipline is a great eye opener even for old hacks like me. This beast is nearly 500 pages, compared to a lot of "specialty" Pi books at twice the price and 1/3 the page count, and every page is packed with great stuff for beginning and intermediate users. For reference and review, at this price, I'd also recommend it to seasoned old folks too if you really want to maximize your RP skill quickly, and save money re: above.
Review: Very readable and instructive - I purchased this as a Kindle book the day after I got my Pi. It starts off very basic, which is what I needed, and goes on the describe more complicated subjects. The focus is getting your Pi up and running and then discussing many possible applications. I'd highly recommend it for those with little background in computer hardware.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 1118554213 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,039,612 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #625 in Computer Hardware Design & Architecture #774 in Single Board Computers (Books) #25,256 in Computer Science (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (232) |
| Dimensions  | 7.38 x 0.98 x 9.25 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 9781118554210 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1118554210 |
| Item Weight  | 1.36 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 432 pages |
| Publication date  | March 22, 2013 |
| Publisher  | For Dummies |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ideal Balance of Hard and Soft, Tough and Easy...
*by P***Z on April 4, 2013*

I reverse engineer circuits from JTAG ports to check on proprietary algorithms, so am tearing apart electronics all day long. When you look at the skyrocketing Raspberry Pi sales stats, about 70% are from folks looking to "build an inexpensive PC" whereas the other 30 are hobbyists with a few pros thrown in to chain with Propeller and other heavy hitters for more advanced applications. A few of us use them to customize testing tools, but that's another topic for another day, and NOT in this book. This book covers ALL the big questions, especially for those just opening the package. It will save you a LOT of money by: 1. Showing you how to get the OS working without having to buy pre-packaged cards, which are themselves only downloads from the free sites anyway 2. Not having to buy the 12 other books either out or coming out that show you (with varying quality) piece-by-piece what either the hardware, software, assembly, Linux, OS, or other levels do one by one. I'd recommend this to anyone planning to use this as an inexpensive PC, or planning on more advanced hobby work, because after you get all the pins, access, media vs. primary OS, etc. done you can then move on to more advanced, specialized applications from home automation to games, robotics, and much more. Most of the younger, most advanced programmers on the planet (I work with a LOT of them) don't have a clue about some of the older assembly-level memory tricks, etc. and when you're using an SD card instead of a big drive, the discipline is a great eye opener even for old hacks like me. This beast is nearly 500 pages, compared to a lot of "specialty" Pi books at twice the price and 1/3 the page count, and every page is packed with great stuff for beginning and intermediate users. For reference and review, at this price, I'd also recommend it to seasoned old folks too if you really want to maximize your RP skill quickly, and save money re: above.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very readable and instructive
*by D***N on June 5, 2013*

I purchased this as a Kindle book the day after I got my Pi. It starts off very basic, which is what I needed, and goes on the describe more complicated subjects. The focus is getting your Pi up and running and then discussing many possible applications. I'd highly recommend it for those with little background in computer hardware.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Good Book for the Target Audience and to Help Introduce or Teach Others
*by A***R on May 21, 2013*

Coming into Raspberry Pi, I have an Electrical Engineering background, some programming experience, and a course or so using micro-controllers. However, outside of my personal interest as measurement tools, side projects, and robotics, this tool has a great opportunity: being able to introduce and teach others the basics of programming and engineering to get them interested in the field. Hence, before I wasted money on buying parts I may not need and to get an idea of how to approach this, this book was the perfect choice after reading both "tonygo" and "LIbrary Picks Reviews" reviews of the product. Though perhaps for not those who work with micro-controllers daily, this is a cheap and quite nicely laid out book to help you and others be able to learn what equipment to get, how to work with the Raspberry Pi, and even ideas for easy projects to keep their interest. I especially hope to interest girls into engineering and science with this, so the book was a wonderful inspiration point. For those of you wondering, it is useful for many smaller engineering firms as well. Though other resources are free, having at least 1 hard copy in the office is often helpful and the Raspberry Pi can easily be configured to a very affordable measurement tool for varying set-ups.

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