What can you do with the Raspberry Pi, the inexpensive credit card-sized computer? All sorts of things! If you're learning how to program, or looking to build new electronic projects, this hands-on guide will show you just how valuable this flexible little platform can be.

This book takes you step-by-step through fun and educational possibilities. Write programs in Scratch and Python. Use the Raspberry Pi with Arduino. Create Internet-connected projects. Play with multimedia. With Raspberry Pi, you can do all of this and more.

• Get acquainted with hardware features of the Raspberry Pi
• Learn enough Linux to move around the operating system
• Draw graphics, play sounds, and handle mouse events with the Pygame framework
• Use the input and output pins to do some hardware hacking
• Discover how Arduino and the Raspberry Pi complement each other
• Integrate webcams and the Raspberry Pi Camera Module into your projects
• Create your own Pi-based web server with Python