Explore the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi in this beginner-friendly course, featuring communication protocols, practical projects, and a deeper understanding of its functions.
This course is all about exploring the Raspberry Pi! You'll learn how to use it for cool projects, understand communication protocols, and even turn it into a web server. It's perfect for beginners and a fun way to level up your Pi skills!
Dig a little deeper into the capabilities of this powerful little credit-card sized computer - UPDATED 2020!
It may have initially been designed as a teaching tool, but since its introduction, the Raspberry Pi has become an integral part of the hobbyist/maker culture around the world. Projects range from soil moisture detectors to dashboard cameras to Commodore 64 emulators. A Pi has even been sent up to the International Space Station!
Learn what makes your Raspberry Pi tick!
But one thing that seems to be missing in the sea of projects and books available is an easy-to-understand introduction to some of the communication protocols that the Pi sometimes uses, and how those protocols work. In addition, there are some basic projects that often get missed when someone picks up a Pi and starts tinkering. I designed this course explicitly to fill some of those gaps in general Pi-knowledge.
Contents of the course:
In this course, you'll learn:
How to install the optional Pi camera board
What the UART protocol is
How to interface with a GPS module using I2C
How to turn your Pi into a fully-functioning web server
Using the Pi as an NFS server
Putting Windows 10 on your Raspberry Pi
and much more!
If you've been interested in picking up a Raspberry Pi but are unsure where to start, or if you've already got one and would like to 'peek under the hood' and learn about some of the useful protocols it can use, then this course is for you! There are code samples included, as well as all lecture notes. I designed the course for beginners to the Pi, but intermediate Pi aficionados will likely learn something as well from the video lectures and code samples.
When you're done with this course, you'll have a better understanding of just what makes that little Raspberry Pi do what it does so well!
Install a virtual desktop on the Raspberry Pi
Install and use the Raspberry Pi camera board
Interface with UART devices using the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins
Hi, I'm Wolf. I'm a computer engineer who specializes in robotics, computer vision, and embedded systems. I am a huge fan of the Raspberry Pi minicomputer because of the versatility and power that it packs into an extremely inexpensive package, making it accessible to nearly everybody who wants to learn. I've worked with it as both a professional and a...
Very easy to follow and comes with excellent slides/resources
sound quality is awful , no close ups of screen on command line interface, and setting up vnc is vague and incomplete
Good, mostly clear explanations that helped me get out of the doldrums when the Pi manuals didn't quite work. One improvement I would like to suggest is to find a way to zoom the Pi screen to full screen when showing a typed console command or file edit. I found the ones in this course to be unreadable.
This is a very interesting course that will help point a user in the right direction on the use of the Raspberry Pi.
Been working with Raspberry Pi's for some time and the syllabus looked interesting for this course. The information is readily accessible if you want to spend the time to search for it. Wolf has done a nice job of bringing several topics together to give you a starting point to work from and save you time searching for it. The slides and samples are clear and concise. Well worth the time spent in the lecture. The big downside of the course is the audio quality. The varied volume and background hum distracts from the good stuff that is being presented.
There is a fair bit of relatively complex material discussed in this course that needs more than just a webcast of the Linux script - it could do with some actual demo videos of which the screencast is just a part. Also, the sound quality was very poor on this course throughout.
I've been pondering what to do with the pile of Raspberry Pis I have inherited and this course was exactly the informative and creative 101 that I was looking for.
I have a bit of a technical background, but I would consider myself a hobbyist that dabbles in all things electronic. The combination of clear instruction, broad scope, and yet explicit detail was just the header I needed. I think it would serve as a good feet-wetting exercise for those with a natural curiosity and haven't made the leap. It would do well for most any level user.
I'm hoping to use some of the spare components I have from project cannibalization, old electronics, and the wide array of components available online. On that note, I would also recommend this for anyone looking for some background for developing their own projects with their kids or instructing young people. I think the low cost to entry with the Pi would allow anyone to spur interest in technology.
I look forward to seeing this instructor do more. Perhaps some drone related material?
This is a great introduction to the Raspberry Pi, very clearly explained. Also covered are key changes in the Raspberry Pi 2. The lectures were detailed yet easy to follow.
The instructor has pulled together an excellent introductory course. The course not only gives the student a good overview of the capabilities of the Raspberry Pi, but also provides enough detail to getting up and running for a multitude of key uses. I thought the course was organized well. The instructor is very knowledgeable and communicates clearly.
Highly recommended!
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Barry P.
Very useful to me in getting started. Clear voice, good pace. Broken video in Lesson 12.