Banana Pi Cookbook : Over 25 Recipes to Build Projects and Applications for Multiple Platforms with Banana Pi

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionWhat you will learnDiscover how to configure and maintain your Banana Pi deviceInstall Android and a Linuxbased distribution onto Banana PiAttach external drives to your Banana Pi by using the USB or SATA interfacesShare files between your Banana Pi and other devices either in your internal network or over the InternetConnect remotely to your Banana Pi using SSH and VNCBuild simple electrical circuits and connect simple hardware elements such as LEDs, resistors, and buttons to the GPIO pinsConfigure a multimedia center that is able to play highdefinition contentWho this book is for Cover 1 Copyright 3 Credits 4 About the Author 5 About the Reviewers 6 www.PacktPub.com 8 Table of Contents 10 Preface 12 Chapter 1: Installation and Setup 18 Introduction 18 Downloading an operating system for the Banana Pi 22 Setting up the SD card on Windows 25 Setting up the SD card on Linux 29 Booting up and shutting down the Banana Pi 32 Chapter 2: Administration 36 Introduction 36 Determining the IP address and hostname 37 Connecting via SSH on Windows using PuTTY 39 Connecting via SSH on Unix-like systems 44 User maintenance 46 Searching, installing, and removing the software 50 Updating the operating system 54 Wireless network on the Banana Pro 58 Chapter 3: External Disks 66 Introduction 66 Mounting a USB drive 66 Mounting an SSD or HDD via SATA 71 Mounting via fstab 73 Booting from an external disk 76 Chapter 4: Networking 82 Introduction 82 Sharing files over the network via Samba 82 Setting up a web application 92 Securing the Nginx web server using SSL 104 Synchronizing files over the Internet 109 Controlling the desktop remotely using VNC 121 Securing SSH using SSH keys 126 Setting up a UPnP media server 132 Chapter 5: Using the GPIO Pins 136 Introduction 136 Lighting up an LED using the gpio command 137 Programming the LED 144 Using the GPIO input with a pushbutton 151 Chapter 6: Multimedia 158 Introduction 158 Configuring the audio device 159 Getting accelerated video playback 164 Setting up Kodi 177 Setting up an infrared remote control using LIRC 183 Index 192

About This Book

• Build OpenCV apps for the desktop, the Raspberry Pi, Android, and the Unity game engine
• Learn real-time techniques that can be used to classify images, detecting and recognizing any person or animal, and studying motion and distance with superhuman precision
• Design hands-free interfaces that are practical in home automation, in cars, and in discrete surveillance

Who This Book Is For

This book is for programmers who want to expand their skills by building fun, smart, and useful systems with OpenCV. The projects are ideal in helping you to think creatively about the uses of computer vision, natural user interfaces, and ubiquitous computers (in your home, car, and hand).

This book is intended for anybody who wants to learn how they can utilize the capabilities of the Banana Pi to its full potential. It's full of step-by-step guides and detailed descriptions for the whole range of possibilities in a language that is appropriate for computer enthusiasts and experts alike. It would be helpful to have a basic knowledge of Unix-like operating systems or programming, but no prior experience is required as every concept is explained in the appropriate sections