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Banana Pro Blueprints

By : Tony Zhang
Book Image

Banana Pro Blueprints

By: Tony Zhang

Overview of this book

This book follows a tactical plan that will guide you through the implementation of Banana Pro and its configurations. You will then learn the various programming languages used with Banana Pi with the help of examples. In no time at all, you’ll be working on a wireless project that implements AirPlay servers, hotspots, and so on. Following this, you’ll develop a retro-style arcade kiosk game. Then we’ll move on to explore the multimedia features of Banana Pro by designing and building an enclosure for it. After this, you’ll learn to build a remote-controlled smart car and we’ll examine how to control a robotic arm. The book will conclude with the creation of a home sensor system that has the ability to expand or shrink to suit any home.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Banana Pro Blueprints
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Python


"Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively."

- Python website (http://www.python.org)

It is true that nearly no other interpreter language is as popular as Python. Additionally, there are a bunch of add-ons for Python that are available, ranging from a simple web server to complex graphics libraries. In this section, the reader will learn some basics of Python. We will use Python in order to program GPIO pins. We will look at a more complex example that will deal with graphical output in a window.

The basics

Before Python can be used, Python itself and the associated developer packages need to be installed:

sudo apt-get install python python-dev

For my examples, I've used 2.7.x version of Python. Python 3.x is not needed in order to execute the examples.

Since Python is an interpreter, there are two possibilities of executing a Hello world! program. The first option is to invoke Python in a terminal by typing python.

This will start...