Build Your Own Super Computer with Raspberry Pis

Build Your Own Super Computer with Raspberry Pis, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.25, with 51 lectures, based on 509 reviews, and has 41506 subscribers.

You will learn about Build a super computer using multiple Raspberry Pi 2 B+ computers with Raspbian Create a working Raspberry Pi from a basic Raspbian installation and customize it to your needs Create and spool up slave Raspberry Pi nodes in a fraction of the time it takes to set up each one Manage the Raspberry Pi computer cluster entirely using the Linux command line interface with comfort and ease Install OpenMPI, compile and run multi-processor programs from the ground up Learn the fundamentals for writing a multi-threaded program in C Create a computer network using your home router, or expand to a production-level network with a managed switch Export and mount drives and communicate between your Raspberry Pis all on the command line This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is designed for anyone with a zeal for learning how computers work – especially with an interest in creating your own computer cluster or You should be comfortable using a Linux command line, but you don't have to be knowledgeable – every single step of the way is recorded and documented to follow along easily or If you love Raspberry Pis and own more than one, building a computer cluster is a fun way to learn how to get them to interact together and use all of their computer processing power combined It is particularly useful for This course is designed for anyone with a zeal for learning how computers work – especially with an interest in creating your own computer cluster or You should be comfortable using a Linux command line, but you don't have to be knowledgeable – every single step of the way is recorded and documented to follow along easily or If you love Raspberry Pis and own more than one, building a computer cluster is a fun way to learn how to get them to interact together and use all of their computer processing power combined.

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Summary

Title: Build Your Own Super Computer with Raspberry Pis

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.25

Number of Lectures: 51

Number of Published Lectures: 51

Number of Curriculum Items: 51

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 51

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Build a super computer using multiple Raspberry Pi 2 B+ computers with Raspbian
Create a working Raspberry Pi from a basic Raspbian installation and customize it to your needs
Create and spool up slave Raspberry Pi nodes in a fraction of the time it takes to set up each one
Manage the Raspberry Pi computer cluster entirely using the Linux command line interface with comfort and ease
Install OpenMPI, compile and run multi-processor programs from the ground up
Learn the fundamentals for writing a multi-threaded program in C
Create a computer network using your home router, or expand to a production-level network with a managed switch
Export and mount drives and communicate between your Raspberry Pis all on the command line

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for anyone with a zeal for learning how computers work – especially with an interest in creating your own computer cluster
You should be comfortable using a Linux command line, but you don't have to be knowledgeable – every single step of the way is recorded and documented to follow along easily
If you love Raspberry Pis and own more than one, building a computer cluster is a fun way to learn how to get them to interact together and use all of their computer processing power combined

Target Audiences

This course is designed for anyone with a zeal for learning how computers work – especially with an interest in creating your own computer cluster
You should be comfortable using a Linux command line, but you don't have to be knowledgeable – every single step of the way is recorded and documented to follow along easily
If you love Raspberry Pis and own more than one, building a computer cluster is a fun way to learn how to get them to interact together and use all of their computer processing power combined

Have you ever wanted to build your own super computer? Do you want to write programs that can run simultaneously on as many computing nodes as you wish? Do you want to learn what it takes to combine the processing powers of two, four, eight or more Raspberry Pis and run simulations at a fraction of the time and cost of running on a mainframe or even a high-end desktop computer?

If you've answered yes to any of these questions, then this course is for you. In this step-by-step series of video lectures, you'll learn how to set up your own computer cluster using cheap, affordable computers – and it doesn't get any more affordable than the Raspberry Pi.

Whether you're a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, a scientific researcher in need of cheap, expandable processing power, a programmer looking to expand their horizons with multithreaded algorithms, or a student looking to learn more about using Linux to build computing clusters, then you'll find plenty of value in this class as you build your own Raspberry Pi super computer.

These lectures are specially tailored to the Raspberry Pi 2 B+ board using Raspbian (a distribution based on Debian), which is a good place to start if you're unfamiliar with the Linux command line or building computer networks. If you are comfortable with the various flavors of Linux, you can use this course as a guideline for what it takes to build your own cluster using a different distribution.

Lastly, this class is a "living course", which means as we receive feedback and requests for specialized tutorials or updates, we'll continually update and add more to improve the quality and content of the course.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: An Introduction to the Course

Chapter 2: Assembling Materials

Lecture 1: Materials for 2-Pi Cluster

Lecture 2: An Overview of the Materials to Build a 2-Pi Cluster

Lecture 3: Mac OS X – Downloading the NOOBS Package

Lecture 4: Mac OS X – Download and Run SD Formatter 4.0 to Format New SD Cards

Lecture 5: Windows – Download and Run SD Formatter to Format SD Cards

Lecture 6: Mac OS X – Install NOOBS to the Newly Formatted SD Card

Lecture 7: Windows – Download and Install NOOBS to SD Card

Chapter 3: Getting Started with the Master Raspberry Pi Node

Lecture 1: Plugging in a Raspberry Pi for the First Time

Lecture 2: Installing Raspbian with NOOBS

Lecture 3: First Boot after Raspbian OS Installation

Lecture 4: Raspi-Config – Raspberry Pi Starting Configuration

Lecture 5: Mac OS X – Using the Terminal to SSH into your Raspberry Pi

Lecture 6: Windows – SSH Into Your Raspberry Pi with Putty Terminal

Lecture 7: Updating & Upgrading Raspbian, and Installing the Necessary Packages

Lecture 8: Linux Command Sheet 1

Chapter 4: Running a Multithreaded Program Using OpenMPI

Lecture 1: C Program: Call Processes

Lecture 2: C Program: Calculate Pi

Lecture 3: First OpenMPI Test – Call Process Names

Lecture 4: Second OpenMPI Test – Calculate the value of Pi

Lecture 5: Linux Command Sheet 2

Chapter 5: Adding the Second Raspberry Pi to the Cluster

Lecture 1: Plugging in the Second Raspberry Pi to the Cluster

Lecture 2: Setting up the Configuration on the Second Pi (raspi-config)

Lecture 3: Setting Up and Testing the Packages on the Second Pi

Chapter 6: Setting Up the Network

Lecture 1: Setting Static IP Address on Raspberry Pi

Lecture 2: Setting Static IP Addresses with a Router

Lecture 3: SSH Between Raspberry Pi Nodes

Lecture 4: Set Up Hostnames

Lecture 5: Linux Command Sheet 3

Chapter 7: Creating the Common User for All Nodes

Lecture 1: Creating a Common User for All Nodes

Lecture 2: Generating SSH Keys for the Common User

Lecture 3: Linux Command Sheet 4

Chapter 8: Running a Multithreaded Program on Both Raspberry Pis

Lecture 1: Creating and Mounting Drives

Lecture 2: Running a Multithreaded Program Across Multiple Pis

Lecture 3: Automatically Mounting Drives on Boot-Up

Lecture 4: Linux Command Sheet 5

Chapter 9: Creating Our "Octo-Pi": Building an Eight Pi Super Computer

Lecture 1: Materials for 8-Pi Cluster

Lecture 2: An Overview of the 8-Pi Cluster Materials

Lecture 3: Set Up Hosts for All Nodes

Lecture 4: Backup Raspberry Pi SD Card Image to Computer – Mac

Chapter 10: Spooling Up a New Computing Node

Lecture 1: Create New Nodes: Write Raspberry Pi Image to New SD Card

Lecture 2: Create New Nodes: Update Hostname

Lecture 3: Setting Static IP Address on Additional Raspberry Pi Nodes

Lecture 4: Linux Command Sheet 6

Chapter 11: Constructing the Complete Raspberry Pi Cluster

Lecture 1: Overview of the Raspberry Pi Cluster Setup

Lecture 2: Testing Each Raspberry Pi in the Cluster

Chapter 12: Connecting the Raspberry Pis to a Network Switch

Lecture 1: Before Installing the Switch

Lecture 2: Plugging in the Switch for Installation

Lecture 3: Plugging in Raspberry Pis to the Switch

Chapter 13: Running the Complete Raspberry Pi Supercomputer

Lecture 1: Full Raspberry Pi Cluster Review

Lecture 2: Run OpenMPI Calculation for Pi on Full Cluster

Instructors

Ben Heidorn
Computer Science Graduate Student

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2 stars: 21 votes
3 stars: 75 votes
4 stars: 164 votes
5 stars: 236 votes

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