Chapter 1 title: Raspberry Pi System Anatomy
- Chapter Goal: Choosing the best Pi for your appetite
- Model overview
- CPU and RAM
- Ports - Board-level connectors
- Integrated network features
Chapter 2 title: The Distro Bunch
Chapter Goal: Choosing the right OS for your expansion purpose
- Raspbian
- Other Linux distros
- Windows 10 IoT Core
- Choosing the best distro for the task - Creating your media
Chapter 3 title: Adding Mass Storage
Chapter Goal: Connect, use, and manage flash memory cards, USB flash drives, and hard drives
- Hardware used in this chapter
- Adding and using an external hard drive
- Partitioning a flash memory card
- USB flash drive issues and solutions
- Installing apps to external storage - Troubleshooting
Chapter 4 title: Connecting to a Workgroup Network
Chapter Goal: How to connect to a SOHO network so that information can be shared between other network clients and the Raspberry Pi
- Hardware used in this chapter
- Distro and Raspberry Pi configuration
- Windows configuration - OS X configuration
- Android
- iOS
- File transfers
- Printing to a network printer
- Scanning with a network scanner
- Troubleshooting
Chapter 5 title: Sharing an Internet connection
Chapter Goal: Sharing the Raspberry Pi's Internet connection with mobile devices
- Hardware used in this chapter
- Configuring the Pi for sharing
- Connecting to the Pi with Android
- Connecting to the Pi with iOS
- Troubleshooting
Chapter 6 title: Setting up a print and scan server
Chapter Goal: How to use a Raspberry Pi as a print server
- Hardware used in this chapter
- Connecting via USB
- Configuring CUPS
- Configuring SANE (scanner) and SNAC (scanner for OS X)
- Setting up users
- Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 title: Imaging and Video
Chapter Goal: How to capture still images and video that can be used with other devices
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About the Author: Mark Edward Soper is an internationally-published expert on technical topics ranging from CompTIA A+ Certification to Microsoft Windows and an instructor who has taught thousands of students in industry seminars and employee training about computer and device troubleshooting and repair, digital imaging, Microsoft Windows, and networking. Mark has seen the industry change from an emphasis on understanding hardware and what makes it work to the computer as appliance. He's excited to see that devices such as the Raspberry Pi are not only useful for teaching how computers work but can also be put to work in home and business environments.
