O Reilly Media: 1789 books
iOS Sensor Apps with Arduino
Wiring the iPhone and iPad into the Internet of Things
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Turn your iPhone or iPad into the hub of a distributed sensor network with the help of an Arduino microcontroller. With this concise guide, you’ll learn how to connect an external sensor to an iOS device and have them talk to each other through Arduino. You’ll also build an iOS application that...
Building Wireless Sensor Networks
with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino, and Processing
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Get ready to create distributed sensor systems and intelligent interactive devices using the ZigBee wireless networking protocol and Series 2 XBee radios. By the time you're halfway through this fast-paced, hands-on guide, you'll have built a series of useful projects, including a complete ZigBee...
Making Android Accessories with IOIO
Going Mobile with Sensors, Lights, Motors, and Robots
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
Create your own electronic devices with the popular IOIO ("yoyo") board, and control them with your Android phone or tablet. With this concise guide, you’ll get started by building four example projects—after that, the possibilities for making your own fun and creative accessories with...
Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer
Learn to Use This .NET Micro Framework-Powered Platform
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Learn how to quickly build cool electronic gadgets with .NET Gadgeteer. With the easy-to-follow instructions in this guide, you’ll tackle five fascinating projects, using Microsoft’s rapid prototyping Gadgeteer platform. There’s no soldering involved—you simply plug in modules that make gadget-building...
Electronics Cookbook
Practical Electronic Recipes with Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
If you’re among the many hobbyists and designers who came to electronics through Arduino and Raspberry Pi, this cookbook will help you learn and apply the basics of electrical engineering without the need for an EE degree. Through a series of practical recipes, you’ll learn how to solve specific...
Windows 7 Annoyances
Tips, Secrets, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Windows 7 may be faster and more stable than Vista, but it's a far cry from problem-free. David A. Karp comes to the rescue with the latest in his popular Windows Annoyances series. This thorough guide gives you the tools you need to fix the troublesome parts of this operating system, plus the solutions,...
Windows 8 Hacks
Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of Tablets and Desktops
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Windows 8 is quite different than previous Microsoft operating systems, but it’s still eminently hackable. With this book, you’ll learn how to make a variety of modifications, from speeding up boot time and disabling the Lock screen to hacking native apps and running Windows 8 on a Mac. And that’s...
by Scott Lowe
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Millions of computers around the world today are connected by the Internet, so why is it still so hard to hook up a few PCs in you own home? Whether you want to share an Internet connection, install WiFi, or maybe just cut down on the number of printers you own, home networks are supposed to help...
Home Networking Annoyances
How to Fix the Most Annoying Things About Your Home Network
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
The beauty of a home network is that it can make life so easy--what could be better than sharing an Internet connection so that everyone can be online at the same time? With home networking you can move files from one computer to another, share resources, print to a single printer or multiple printers...
Mac Hacks
Tips & Tools for unlocking the power of OS X
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Want to take real control of your Mac? The hacks in this book help you dig below the surface to tweak system preferences, mount drives and devices, and generally do things with your system that Apple doesn’t expect you to do. With a little effort, you can make your Mac and its applications perform...
Ubuntu: Up and Running
A Power User's Desktop Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Ubuntu for everyone! This popular Linux-based operating system is perfect for people with little technical background. It's simple to install, and easy to use -- with a strong focus on security. Ubuntu: Up and Running shows you the ins and outs of this system with a complete hands-on tour. You'll...
Hadoop: The Definitive Guide
Storage and Analysis at Internet Scale
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Get ready to unlock the power of your data. With the fourth edition of this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how to build and maintain reliable, scalable, distributed systems with Apache Hadoop. This book is ideal for programmers looking to analyze datasets of any size, and for administrators who...
Hadoop Operations
A Guide for Developers and Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
If you’ve been asked to maintain large and complex Hadoop clusters, this book is a must. Demand for operations-specific material has skyrocketed now that Hadoop is becoming the de facto standard for truly large-scale data processing in the data center. Eric Sammer, Principal Solution Architect at...
Managing Projects with GNU Make
The Power of GNU Make for Building Anything
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2004
The utility simply known as make is one of the most enduring features of both Unix and other operating systems. First invented in the 1970s, make still turns up to this day as the central engine in most programming projects; it even builds the Linux kernel. In the third edition of the classic Managing...