Raspberry Pi is taking off like a rocket! You can use this amazing, dirt-cheap, credit card-sized computers to learn powerful hardware hacking techniques as you build incredibly creative and useful projects! This complete, full-color guide requires absolutely no experience with either hardware hacking or computer programming. Colorful photos guide you through each project, and the step-by-step instructions are stunningly clear and easy.

1. Start with the absolute basics:

• Discover why millions of people are so passionate about the Pi!
• Tour the hardware, including storage, connections, and networking
• Install and run Raspbian, Raspberry Pi’s Linux-based operating system
• Manage devices and configuration files
• Network Raspberry Pi and add Wi-Fi
• Program Raspberry Pi using Python, Scratch, XHTML, PHP, and MySQL

2. Next, build all these great projects:

• Media Center
• Retro Console Video Game Station
• Minecraft Server
• Web Server
• Portable Webcam
• Security & Privacy Device

3. Then, become an expert on all these cutting-edge techniques:

• Overclock Raspberry Pi for better performance
• Link Raspberry Pi to the Arduino and Arduino clones, including the AlaMode and the Gertboard
• Use the Pi to build electronics prototypes using a breadboard