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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

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Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook

Overview of this book

The Raspberry Pi Zero, one of the most inexpensive, fully-functional computers available, is a powerful and revolutionary product developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi Zero opens up a new world for the makers out there. This book will give you expertise with the Raspberry Pi Zero, providing all the necessary recipes that will get you up and running. In this book, you will learn how to prepare your own circuits rather than buying the expensive add–ons available in the market. We start by showing you how to set up and manage the Pi Zero and then move on to configuring the hardware, running it with Linux, and programming it with Python scripts. Later, we integrate the Raspberry Pi Zero with sensors, motors, and other hardware. You will also get hands-on with interesting projects in media centers, IoT, and more.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Zero Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Making the RPZ a media center


We've been using the Raspian operating system throughout the book, but the Raspberry Pi Zero is hardly limited to that distribution. There are several distributions of Linux available that are all great at doing different things. The Kodi project (formerly XBMC) is one such distribution, which is designed to turn your computer into a full-function media center. OpenELEC has a great distro running Kodi that will work fine on the Raspberry Pi Zero.

Note

Even though the Raspberry Pi Zero will work fine as the most inexpensive media center ever, the newer multiple-core models of the Raspberry Pi will bring you a better overall experience, the increased memory and additional cores reducing lag and video choppiness. This recipe would be almost identical on a newer Raspberry Pi, but there is a different download that is tuned for newer models.

Getting ready

I would recommend a new SD card for this recipe, especially if you have become attached to your Raspbian build. OpenELEC...