About the Author

Edward Snajder takes on the challenges of performance, optimization, scalability, and portability for PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL DB engines for the databases behind the Jive platform. He's got hands-on experience with system design, HA, virtualization, and distributed systems, and has had the opportunity to interface with quality engineering, support, technical operations, and professional services when not building things in engineering. In his spare time, he is an Internet of Things enthusiast and has spoken on the wonders of the Raspberry Pi at conferences and user groups. He loves his Raspberry Pis. He has also built his own 3D printer and has several 75%-complete Arduino projects.

First, I would like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me my first chance to write a book. It has always been one of those things I’ve thought about, but until someone asks you to do it, you can put it off indefinitely. I’d also like to thank the author of Raspberry Pi Sensors, Rushi Gajjar, for putting together a fantastic outline. It covers such a broad scope of popular and applicable projects, I don’t think I would have put together such a comprehensive list together myself.

This book also wouldn’t have been possible without the Raspberry Pi Foundation and community, which has grown so much over the years. Without the docs, forums, and discussions, I would find myself still trying to figure out some of these recipes.

To my parents, who always enabled and encouraged me to play with technology and take things apart. My brothers continue to be a source of inspiration.

Finally, to Lindsay, and our Shih-Tzus, Gizmo and Obi-wan, for giving me the love, time, space, and encouragement to take this on, while taking occasional walk breaks.