This guide, co-authored by Eben Upton the designer of the Raspberry Pi, helps you understand the components of this innovative and widely used computer, showing how it works and how to access all of its hardware and software capabilities. It explains what each and every hardware component does, how they relate to one another, and how they correspond to the components of other computing systems.

It also explains how programming works and how the operating system relates to the Raspberry Pi′s physical components.

Accessible both economically and technically, the Raspberry Pi is the ideal vehicle for learning how computers work, and this book provides guidance for the journey, as well as being a coach for developing a knowledge base that translates well beyond the Pi itself, through to the technology behind all computers, based on the mechanics behind the credit card–sized computer.

Authors: Eben Upton, Jeffrey Duntemann, Ralph Roberts, Tim Mamtora, and Ben Everard
Publisher: Wiley
Date: September 2016

Pages: 558

Print: 1119183936

ISBN: 978-1119183938

Kindle: B01KW9E28Y
Audience: Enthusiasts
Level: Intermediate

Category: Hardware platforms

• Co–authored by Eben Upton, one of the creators of the Raspberry Pi, this is a companion volume to the Raspberry Pi User Guide
• An affordable solution for learning about computer system design considerations and experimenting with low–level programming
• Understandable descriptions of the functions of memory storage, Ethernet, cameras, processors, and more
• Gain knowledge of computer design and operation in general by exploring the basic structure of the Raspberry Pi

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