Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT
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Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT

Sai Yamanoor, Srihari Yamanoor

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Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT

Sai Yamanoor, Srihari Yamanoor

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About This Book

About This Book

  • Design mechatronic systems using Raspberry Pi as the "brain"
  • Impress your friends by building cool robots and interactive tools with the Raspberry Pi
  • Project-based, practical approach to design and develop your own applications

Who This Book Is For

This book is targeted towards beginners and intermediate designers of mechatronic systems and embedded system design. Some familiarity with the Raspberry Pi and Python programming is preferred but not required.

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Year
2015
ISBN
9781849696234

Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT


Table of Contents

Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Mission briefing
Why is it awesome?
Your Hotshot objectives
Mission checklist
Task 1
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Classified intel
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Downloading the color images of this book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Hello World
A quick introduction to the Raspberry Pi
Features of a Raspberry Pi
Where can I buy a Raspberry Pi?
Requirements to get started with the Raspberry Pi
Operating systems on the Raspberry Pi
Getting started with Raspbian
Downloading Raspbian
Flashing image on to the SD card
Windows
Linux
A command-line interface-based approach
Identifying the SD card mount point
Unmount the SD card
Flash the SD card
GUI-based approach
Setting up the Raspberry Pi
Mission briefing
Why is it awesome?
Your Hotshot objectives
Mission checklist
Hunting and gathering
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Setting up the GPIO
Engage thrusters
Installing GPIO libraries
Objective complete – mini debriefing
GPIO programming using Python
Engage thrusters
An alternative to quick2wire – RPi.GPIO
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Electrical output of our program
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Introduction to the Pi Crust – a prototyping platform for the Raspberry Pi
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenge
2. A Raspberry WebIDE Example
Mission briefing
Why is it awesome?
Your Hotshot objectives
Mission checklist
Installation, features, and usage of the Occidentalis operating system from Adafruit
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Setup of a remote login into the Raspberry Pi
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Installation of the Raspberry Pi WebIDE
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Python development on the WebIDE
Prepare for lift off
Quick introduction to the I2C interface
Configuring the I2C interface on the Raspberry Pi
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Test and debugging examples using the WebIDE
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenge
3. The Arduino Raspberry Pi Interface
Mission briefing
Why is it awesome?
Where can you buy an Arduino?
Your Hotshot objectives
Mission checklist
Installing the Arduino IDE
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Programming the Arduino using the Raspberry Pi
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Raspberry Pi AlaMode
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
The Weasley weather clock
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Controlling the stepper using the Arduino
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Counterclockwise rotation of the stepper motor
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Controlling the RGB LED Strip using the Arduino
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefing
I2C Communication using the Arduino (optional)
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
The 7-Segment display
8x8 LED matrix
BlinkM
Proximity sensor
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Serial port communication with the Raspberry Pi
Engage thrusters
Python program for the Weasley clock
Arduino acknowledgement to control signal
Control flow for the weather clock
Temperature data
Control of the RGB LED strip
Control of stepper via serial port
Programming the weather forecast position
8x8 matrix control
BlinkM control
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Mission accomplished
Hotshot challenge
4. Christmas Light Sequencer
Mission briefing
Why is it awesome?
Your objectives
Mission checklist
Interface the devices to the Raspberry Pi
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Connecting multiple appliances to the Raspberry Pi
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Setting up the digitally addressable RGB matrix
Prepare for lift off
Where can I buy them?
Engage thrusters
How does it work?
Lighting up the RGB LED strip
An Arduino-based control
Objective complete – mini debriefing
Interface of an audio device
Prepare for lift off
Engage thrusters
Objective complete – mini debriefi...

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