Raspberry Pi for secret agents : turn your Raspberry Pi into your very own secret agent toolbox with this set of exciting projects / Stefan Sjogelid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sjogelid, Stefan, author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Raspberry Pi (Computer)--Programming.

Raspberry Pi (Computer).

Computer programming.

Python (Computer program language).

Practical jokes.

Surveillance detection.

Electronic surveillance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an easy-to-follow guide with practical examples in each chapter. Suitable for the novice and expert alike, each topic provides a fast and easy way to get started with exciting applications and also guides you through setting up the Raspberry Pi as a secret agent toolbox.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Up to No Good; A brief history lesson on the Pi; The ins and outs of the Raspberry Pi; GPIO headers; The RCA video jack; The Audio jack; Status LEDs; USB; The Ethernet network; The CSI Camera connector; HDMI; Power; SD card; Installing the Raspbian OS on the SD card; Getting NOOBS; Formatting the SD card; Starting NOOBS; Booting up and configuring Raspbian; Basic commands to explore your Pi; Getting help with commands; Accessing the Pi over the network using SSH

Wired network setupWi-Fi network setup; Connecting to the Pi from Windows; Connecting to the Pi from Mac OS X or Linux; The importance of a sneaky headless setup; Keeping your system up-to-date; Backing up your SD card; Complete SD card backup in Windows; Complete SD card backup in MAC OS X; Complete SD card backup in Linux; Summary; Chapter 2: Audio Antics; Configuring your audio gadgets; Introducing the ALSA sound system; Controlling the volume; Switching between HDMI and analog audio output; Testing the speakers; Preparing to record; Testing the microphone

Clipping, feedback distortion, and improving sound qualityRecording conversations for later retrieval; Writing to a WAV file; Writing to an MP3 or OGG file; Creating command shortcuts with aliases; Keep your recordings running safely with tmux; Listening in on conversations from a distance; Listening in Windows; Listening in Mac OS X or Linux; Talking to people from a distance; Talking in Windows; Talking in Mac OS X or Linux; Distorting your voice in weird and wonderful ways; Make your computer do the talking; Scheduling your audio actions; Start on power up; Scheduled start

Controlling recording lengthStart recording with noise detection; Phoning your fellow agents; Setting up SIP Witch; Connecting the softphones; Windows (MicroSIP); Mac OS X (Telephone); Linux (SFLphone); Android (CSipSimple); iPhone/iPad (Linphone); Running a softphone on the Pi; Encrypting SIP Witch passwords; Setting up Linphone; Playing files with Linphone; Bonus one line sampler; Summary; Chapter 3: Webcam and Video Wizardry; Setting up your camera; Meet the USB Video Class drivers and Video4Linux; Knowing your camera module; Knowing your USB webcam; Finding out your webcam's capabilities

Capturing your target on filmViewing your camera in VLC media player; Viewing in Windows; Viewing in Mac OS X; Viewing in Linux; Recording the video stream; Recording in Windows; Recording in Mac OS X; Recording in Linux; Detecting an intruder and setting off an alarm; Creating an initial Motion configuration; Trying out Motion; Collecting the evidence; Viewing the evidence; Hooking up more cameras; Preparing a webcam stream in Windows; Preparing a webcam stream in Mac OS X; Configuring Motion for multiple input streams; Building a security monitoring wall

Watching your camera over the Internet

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 10, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78439-138-7