Banana Pro Blueprints: Leverage the capability of Banana Pi with exciting real-world projects

Ruediger Follmann

Tony Zhang

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5 (3 Ratings)

Paperback Dec 2015 366 pages 1st Edition

Ruediger Follmann

Tony Zhang

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Paperback Dec 2015 366 pages 1st Edition

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Key benefits

• Delve into the expanse of Banana Pi’s self-managing functionalities and develop real-world projects
• Gain hands-on experience of developing various wireless, multimedia, robotic, and sensor-based applications with Banana Pi
• Develop your applications using Banana Pi through a project-based approach

Description

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.

Who is this book for?

This book is designed for those who are interested in exploring the capabilities of Banana Pro. Basic know-how of Linux and embedded systems would be an added advantage.

What you will learn

• Remotely connect to Banana Pro and program the embedded board
• Use Banana Pro as a hotspot or provide an AirPlay server for wireless audio transmission
• Find out about the different programming languages that can be used with Banana Pro
• Build and program your own multimedia centre in order to watch television and movies
• Connect peripherals such as a camera, LCD, or hard disk to Banana Pro
• Manage and regulate your Linux system with Banana Pro
• Stream music wirelessly from your mobile phone to Banana Pro

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Gregg Marshall Jan 09, 2016

I have to admit I wasn't paying attention when I bought this book during the Packt sale. I had gotten a Chinese clone of a Raspberry Pi called an Orange Pi. It's close enough to the Raspberry that many/most things work the same way. I figured this would be like that. The Banana Pro is pretty different with built in WiFi and better hardware interfaces for hacking. That being said, I figured I'd at least flip through the book. I was really impressed with the clarity of the explanations. After 3 or 4 introductory chapters about the hardware and tools to be using, the remaining chapters are projects from start to finish, including packaging. Some were clearly not interesting, a retro gaming console isn't my thing, but the rest were valuable and the explanations were sufficient to adapt for the hardware I have. Then I got to chapter 7 and floored. It is all about building a laser cutter. I just got a Chinese cutter that is amazing and disappointing at the same time. The hardware is amazing, the documentation, software and most of all the support sucks. So finding there might be alternatives could turn that lemon into lemonade. Just seeing how they approach the project would make this book invaluable. Each of the chapters is pretty comprehensive given that probably each of the chapters could be a whole book on its own.

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matthew williams Feb 10, 2016

I was given a copy of this book for review purposes. What follows are my personal thoughts on this book.From start to finish this book is really useful to someone new to Linux and SBC's, if you are an experienced Linux the initial chapters won't be as useful but still a good refresher.What really set this book apart from others is the projects in this book. From purely software based projects to a combination of software and hardware this book will help guide new users to getting a project running from start to finish. It does a great job of walking through an entire project.The chapter I was most surprised by was chapter 7 a laser engraver. PacktPub has once again gone above and beyond my expectations by including this chapter and doing a fantastic job helping to navigate threw the process of setting this up.

GreenBeanieGuy Jan 06, 2016

The Banana Pro is an outstanding fork of the Raspberry Pi. Sort of an RPi on steroids. It's more geared toward those who are familiar with an Arduino-type board, in that it more extensive hardware interface capabilities (SATA, three types of video output, TTL headers, an IR receiver, an electret microphone, USB 2.0 OTG, et al.) beyond the 40-pin GPIO (with all the usual embedded systems protocols) the Raspberry Pi has. There's also an on-board WiPi for 802.11 connectivity.This board is better for those with experience in hardware interfacing. While the book meticulously documents and illustrates projects many of the projects will use techniques more familiar to an engineer than a hobbyist. One of the strengths of this book is that it does go into detail on how to use the interfaces, as well as a pretty complete set of specs. I'm an engineer, and I still appreciate guidelines on how to power up a new system without letting the magic smoke out.

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