---
product_id: 29357042
title: "Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux"
price: "€ 48.78"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/29357042-exploring-raspberry-pi-interfacing-to-the-real-world-with-embedded
store_origin: AT
region: Austria
---

# Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux

**Price:** € 48.78
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux
- **How much does it cost?** € 48.78 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/29357042-exploring-raspberry-pi-interfacing-to-the-real-world-with-embedded)

## Best For

- Customers looking for quality international products

## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Description

Expand Raspberry Pi capabilities with fundamental engineering principles Exploring Raspberry Pi is the innovators guide to bringing Raspberry Pi to life. This book favors engineering principles over a 'recipe' approach to give you the skills you need to design and build your own projects. You'll understand the fundamental principles in a way that transfers to any type of electronics, electronic modules, or external peripherals, using a "learning by doing" approach that caters to both beginners and experts. The book begins with basic Linux and programming skills, and helps you stock your inventory with common parts and supplies. Next, you'll learn how to make parts work together to achieve the goals of your project, no matter what type of components you use. The companion website provides a full repository that structures all of the code and scripts, along with links to video tutorials and supplementary content that takes you deeper into your project. The Raspberry Pi's most famous feature is its adaptability. It can be used for thousands of electronic applications, and using the Linux OS expands the functionality even more. This book helps you get the most from your Raspberry Pi, but it also gives you the fundamental engineering skills you need to incorporate any electronics into any project. Develop the Linux and programming skills you need to build basic applications Build your inventory of parts so you can always "make it work" Understand interfacing, controlling, and communicating with almost any component Explore advanced applications with video, audio, real-world interactions, and more Be free to adapt and create with Exploring Raspberry Pi.

Review: An essential reference for Raspberry Pi "makers" - This is a superb piece of technical writing, truly a joy to read (speaking as a computer geek, of course!). Not only is the coverage of great breadth, but most topics are covered in great depth, too. The examples are clear and concise, and I have followed many of them on my Linux laptop with networked Raspberry Pi. The chapter on software cross-development was particularly useful, and be sure to watch the author's YouTube video on the same subject. Although the book is about the Raspberry Pi, I found that reading it greatly increased my knowledge of Linux-based software development, including clearing up many mysterious points that I haven't found well-explained until now. Although it is a masterful work, it is also quite technical, so this might not be the best book for people just starting out with programming and computers. But if you are a "maker" wanting to use a Raspberry Pi, I consider this book to be an essential gold mine of information and techniques. A slight shortcoming: many of the printed diagrams are quite small (no doubt to keep the page count down - it's already a big book), but the companion website for the book has large color versions of many of the diagrams.
Review: Superb guide to interfacing with RPi AND basic analog and digital electronic circuits! - I'm amazed at the amount of useful information in this one book, covering everything from the interfacing requirements for the Raspberry Pi GPIO (including analog, digital, I2C and SPL formats), to understanding how to control larger, heavier current workloads using the low voltage, low current RPi outputs to switch transistors, op amps, and other devices and isolate circuits to avoid loop back interference or damage/destroy your RPi. The author spends significant time and goes in depth to explain serial and parallel voltage and current, how to calculate resistor values to attain desired a low, safe current limit for your circuits, and the importance of pull-up and pull-down resistors for digital circuits. Even if you have prior experience with basic electronics, the chapters that cover the essential math for calculating voltage drops, current, and power dissipation are well worth taking the time to review. I also like the author's familiarity with many common electronic components and integrated circuits, and their emphasis on which ones are most commonly used for specific applications. You can go through this book and spend maybe $100 to stock up on most/all? of the components that they reference, and build any and all of the examples in this book. The explanations are very clear and as simple as necessary, and you *will* walk away from this book with enough knowledge to build real, working circuits to control and respond to external devices using any RPi. This book would make an ideal textbook for a 200 level college course on robotics, because it covers everything soup-to-nuts, from concept to design to implementation.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #823,135 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #42 in Linux Programming #143 in Single Board Computers (Books) #3,226 in Computer Science (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 475 Reviews |

## Images

![Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61OnZdaJxJL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An essential reference for Raspberry Pi "makers"
*by J***C on January 2, 2018*

This is a superb piece of technical writing, truly a joy to read (speaking as a computer geek, of course!). Not only is the coverage of great breadth, but most topics are covered in great depth, too. The examples are clear and concise, and I have followed many of them on my Linux laptop with networked Raspberry Pi. The chapter on software cross-development was particularly useful, and be sure to watch the author's YouTube video on the same subject. Although the book is about the Raspberry Pi, I found that reading it greatly increased my knowledge of Linux-based software development, including clearing up many mysterious points that I haven't found well-explained until now. Although it is a masterful work, it is also quite technical, so this might not be the best book for people just starting out with programming and computers. But if you are a "maker" wanting to use a Raspberry Pi, I consider this book to be an essential gold mine of information and techniques. A slight shortcoming: many of the printed diagrams are quite small (no doubt to keep the page count down - it's already a big book), but the companion website for the book has large color versions of many of the diagrams.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb guide to interfacing with RPi AND basic analog and digital electronic circuits!
*by J***N on June 2, 2022*

I'm amazed at the amount of useful information in this one book, covering everything from the interfacing requirements for the Raspberry Pi GPIO (including analog, digital, I2C and SPL formats), to understanding how to control larger, heavier current workloads using the low voltage, low current RPi outputs to switch transistors, op amps, and other devices and isolate circuits to avoid loop back interference or damage/destroy your RPi. The author spends significant time and goes in depth to explain serial and parallel voltage and current, how to calculate resistor values to attain desired a low, safe current limit for your circuits, and the importance of pull-up and pull-down resistors for digital circuits. Even if you have prior experience with basic electronics, the chapters that cover the essential math for calculating voltage drops, current, and power dissipation are well worth taking the time to review. I also like the author's familiarity with many common electronic components and integrated circuits, and their emphasis on which ones are most commonly used for specific applications. You can go through this book and spend maybe $100 to stock up on most/all? of the components that they reference, and build any and all of the examples in this book. The explanations are very clear and as simple as necessary, and you *will* walk away from this book with enough knowledge to build real, working circuits to control and respond to external devices using any RPi. This book would make an ideal textbook for a 200 level college course on robotics, because it covers everything soup-to-nuts, from concept to design to implementation.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Buy this book
*by J***Y on January 3, 2019*

Make no mistake, this is not for beginners. You need to know how to program already, or you will be totally lost. And as far as EE stuff, you have to be a quick learner, and pretty smart to be able to starting building circuits from this book. That said, the book provides enough information to both build the circuits and program the code without needing any other training. But coming in cold you will struggle a bit. This is an advanced book. I would still advise to get this book! Because you can supplement if you get stuck. But this book takes you through every part of the pi from the hardware to the custom linux kernel, and explains everything in gory detail. It teaches the fundamentals of every interface on the pi: gpio, spi, i2c, uart, wireless, you name it. And it teaches you the basic concepts so that you are empowered to hook ANY device to it. Its not just a cookbook for say, connecting a temperature sensor to i2c. It teaches the electrical interface, protocols, and linux code to hook up any i2c decive and write your own driver code. My background is a c# web developer with hobby level ee knowledge. I had no problems with hitting the ground running with everything in the book, even coding in c, which i have no really ever done professionally, and not for 20 years. Get this book.

---

## Why Shop on Desertcart?

- 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016
- 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories
- 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price
- 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members)
- 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection
- ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews

**Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/29357042-exploring-raspberry-pi-interfacing-to-the-real-world-with-embedded](https://www.desertcart.at/products/29357042-exploring-raspberry-pi-interfacing-to-the-real-world-with-embedded)

---

*Product available on Desertcart Austria*
*Store origin: AT*
*Last updated: 2026-06-03*