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Table of Contents About the Author .................................................................................ix About the Technical Reviewer .............................................................xi Acknowledgments .............................................................................xiii Introduction ........................................................................................xv Chapter 1: About Raspberry Pi .............................................................1 About Raspberry Pi ...............................................................................................1 The History of the Raspberry Pi .......................................................................2 About Raspberry Pi 4 .......................................................................................3 Raspberry Pi 4 Accessories .............................................................................5 Introduction to the Operating System .................................................................10 Raspbian ........................................................................................................10 Windows 10 IoT .............................................................................................11 About Windows 10 IoT Core ...........................................................................12 Installing the Raspbian Operating System ....................................................12 Using NOOBS to Install the OS .......................................................................17 Summary ............................................................................................................18 Chapter 2: Configuring Your Raspberry Pi ..........................................19 Enabling SSH ......................................................................................................19 Enabling Wi-Fi Configuration ...............................................................................22 Checking Whether the Pi Is Connected to Wi-Fi ..................................................23 v TABLE OF CONtENtS Connecting the Raspberry Pi via SSH .................................................................23 Summary ............................................................................................................28 Chapter 3: Setting Up the Prerequisites to Develop the Application ...................................................................................29 Developing the Application .................................................................................30 Using WSL ...........................................................................................................31 WSL vs. WSL2 ................................................................................................31 Installing WSL ................................................................................................32 Installing the Linux Distribution ..........................................................................34 Setting Up the Connection to Raspberry Pi .........................................................36 Installing .NET Core on Ubuntu ...........................................................................40 Summary ............................................................................................................42 Chapter 4: Creating and Deploying a .NET Core Application to Raspberry Pi .......................................................................................43 Creating a .NET Core Application ........................................................................43 Installing Visual Studio Code Remote WSL Extension .........................................48 Rewriting the Application ....................................................................................51 Deploying the App to Raspberry Pi ................................................................52 Variables in VSCode ............................................................................................56 Debugging the App from Raspberry Pi ................................................................58 Summary ............................................................................................................60 Chapter 5: Playing with Azure IoT Hub and Our Application ..............63 Using Azure IoT Hub ............................................................................................63 Creating an Azure IoT Hub .............................................................................64 Registering a Device in the IoT Hub ..............................................................74 vi TABLE OF CONtENtS Connecting Raspberry Pi to Azure IoT Hub .........................................................76 Monitoring the Device Data and IoT Hub .............................................................81 Adding Custom Event Message Properties .........................................................85 Summary ............................................................................................................86 Chapter 6: Finally, A Windows Terminal That You Can Customize ......87 Using Windows Terminal .....................................................................................87 Windows Terminal Key Features ...................................................................88 Configuring Windows Terminal ......................................................................89 Windows Terminal Preview Version ....................................................................91 Open Folders in Windows Terminal ...............................................................91 Font Weight Support ......................................................................................91 Support to Open a Profile as a Pane ..............................................................91 Change the Tab Color .....................................................................................92 Rename a Tab ................................................................................................93 Summary ............................................................................................................93