Chapter 8. DJ Raspi

In this chapter, you’ll be

  • Giving your Pi the ability to respond to input signals by making it interact with you in response to button presses
  • Learning about electronic buttons and how to build circuits on a breadboard with them
  • Running Raspbian operating system commands so your programs can play music, show videos, and more
  • Using Python to store sets of information called lists
  • Exploring how you can play sounds on your Pi and make your Pi into a music machine

We don’t think about our five senses (taste, smell, touch, hearing, and sight), but without them we wouldn’t be able to feel, know, and interact with the world around us. Think of your Pi as a person who, until now, has had a limited set of senses. So far, your ...

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