Amazon has a new book called the Raspberry Pi User Guide available for pre-order.
Raspberry Pi User Guide contains everything the reader needs to know to get up and running on the Raspberry Pi.
Written by Gareth Halfacree and Eben Upton, the creator of Raspberry Pi, the book shows how to:
*Connect the Raspberry Pi to other devices–keyboard, mouse, monitor
*Install the necessary software
*Learn basic Linux System Admin in order to understand files systems, etc.
*Configure the Raspberry Pi
*Set-up the Raspberry Pi as a simple Productivity computer *Write basic programmes in Python
*Connect to external devices such as servos and sensors
*Set up the Raspberry Pi to drive a multimedia centre or robotics unit Raspberry Pi User Guide will have the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s seal of approval, and will be the ideal companion when starting out using the Raspberry Pi board.
Amazon are showing the publication date as 19th October 2012 although according to Liz at Raspberry Pi the release date is actually in a couple of weeks time, and a pre-order price of £11.69.
Click here to pre-order your copy from Amazon right nowI have already ordered mine, have you?
As a fellow author, I know how excited Eben and Gareth must be feeling right now. Guys, just wait until the first time you see it on a shelf in WH Smiths!
Check out a Slice of Raspbery Pi at Sci Fi London Horizons