Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Configuration Hacks
Hack 1. Choose and Format the Right SD Card
Hack 2. Mount the SD Card
Hack 3. Decode the LEDs
Hack 4. Update the Firmware
Hack 5. Monitor the Raspberry Pi Hardware
Hack 6. Overclock Your Pi
Hack 7. Overvolt for Higher Performance
Hack 8. Get More USB Ports
Hack 9. Troubleshoot Power Problems
Hack 10. Unbreak Your Raspberry Pi
Hack 11. Go Headless
Hack 12. Connect with SSH
Hack 13. Give Your Pi a Static IP Address
Hack 14. Learn to Speak GPIO
Hack 15. Connect GPIO Pins to a Breadboard
Hack 16. Add a USB Serial Console
Hack 17. Add a Reset Button
Hack 18. Get Power to the Pi on the Move
Hack 19. Test Your Might (in Volts)
Hack 20. Add Additional Memory with Swap
Chapter 2 Hacking Linux for the Raspberry Pi
Hack 21. Build a Cross-Compiler Toolchain
Hack 22. Build a Custom Kernel
Hack 23. Update to the Latest Prebuilt Kernel
Hack 24. Split Memory Between the GPU and Linux Userspace
Hack 25. Update the Firmware and Prebuilt Binary Kernel the Easy Way
Hack 26. Emulate the Pi
Hack 27. Try Occidentalis: The Raspberry Pi Distro for (Advanced) Education
Hack 28. Monitor the Pi’s IP Address
Hack 29. Run Android on the Raspberry Pi
Chapter 3 Raspberry Pi Around the House
Hack 30. Share Files with Samba
Hack 31. Use Your Raspberry Pi as a Remote Print Server
Hack 32. Make Calls with a Raspberry Pi Asterisk Telephone System
Hack 33. Build Your Own Web Server
Hack 34. Control a LEGO Robot
Hack 35. (Appear to) Survive a Gaping Chest Wound
Hack 36. Look for Aliens
Chapter 4 Hacking the Outdoors
Hack 37. Tell the Temperature Outside (Without Going Out There)
Hack 38. Check on Your Plants
Hack 39. Make Your Pi Water-Resistant (with a Case)
Hack 40. Make Your Pi Water-Resistant (Without a Case)
Hack 41. Find Geocaches from Your Car
Hack 42. See the Light
Hack 43. Listen to Aircraft Transponders
Hack 44. Control Aerial Photography
Hack 45. Have the Best Holiday Lights Display
Chapter 5 Multimedia Hacks
Hack 46. Play Video Files
Hack 47. Enable Additional Video Codecs
Hack 48. Build a Pi MusicBox
Hack 49. Turn Your Pi into a Radio
Hack 50. Control the Pi via Touchscreen
Hack 51. Emulate Classic Video Game Consoles
Hack 52. Connect a DSLR
Hack 53. Set Up a Photobooth
Hack 54. Turn Your Pi into a Tiny Media Center
Hack 55. Watch Movies in the Backseat of Your Car
Chapter 6 Extend Your Pi
Hack 56. Control GPIO from a Web Browser
Hack 57. Add a Tiny Screen
Hack 58. Connect Arduino Shields to Your Raspberry Pi
Hack 59. Control a 3D Printer
Hack 60. Add a Numeric Keypad
Hack 61. Add a Heat Sink
Hack 62. Enable the Raspberry Pi Camera on Pidora
Hack 63. Build a Solar-Powered Lab
Hack 64. Build a MIDI Controller (on the Cheap!)
Hack 65. Build a Raspberry Pi Supercomputer