Cover; Title Page; Copyright and Credits; Packt Upsell; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi; A brief history of the Raspberry Pi; A look at operating systems for the Raspberry Pi; Project overview; Getting started; Installing the Raspbian OS; Formatting a microSD card for Raspbian; Copying the NOOBS files to the microSD RAM; Running the installer; A quick overview of the Raspbian OS; The Chromium web browser; The home folder; The Terminal; Mathematica; Sonic Pi; Scratch and Scratch 2.0; LibreOffice; Summary; Questions; Further reading
Chapter 2: Writing Python Programs Using Raspberry PiProject overview; Technical requirements; Python tools for Raspberry Pi; The Terminal; Integrated Development and Learning Environment; Thonny; Using the Python command line; Writing a simple Python program; Creating the class; Creating the object; Using the object inspector; Testing your class; Making the code flexible; Example one; Example two; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 3: Using the GPIO to Connect to the Outside World; Project overview; Technical requirements; Python libraries for the Raspberry Pi; picamera; Pillow
Sense-hat and sense-emu Accessing Raspberry Pi's GPIO; Pibrella; RPi. GPIO; GPIO zero; Setting up the circuit; Fritzing; Building our circuit; Hello LED; Blink LED using gpiozero; Morsecode weather data; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 4: Subscribing to Web Services; Prerequisites; Project overview; Getting started; Cloud services for IoT; Amazon Web Services IoT; IBM Watson platform; Google Cloud platform; Microsoft Azure; Weather Underground; A basic Python program to pull data from the cloud; Accessing the web service; Using the Sense HAT Emulator; Summary; Questions
Further reading Chapter 5: Controlling a Servo with Python; Knowledge required to complete this chapter; Project overview; Getting started; Wiring up a servo motor to the Raspberry Pi; Stepper motors; DC motors; Servo motors; Connecting the servo motor to our Raspberry Pi; Control the servo through the command line; Write a Python program to control the servo; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 6: Working with the Servo Control Code to Control an Analog Device; Knowledge required to complete this chapter; Project overview; Getting started; Accessing weather data from the cloud
Controlling the servo using weather data Correcting for servo range; Changing the position of the servo based on weather data; Enhancing our project; Printing out the main graphic; Adding the needle and LED; Summary; Questions; Further reading; Chapter 7: Setting Up a Raspberry Pi Web Server; Knowledge required to complete this chapter; Project overview; Getting started; Introducing CherryPy -- a minimalist Python web framework; What is CherryPy?; Who uses CherryPy?; Installing CherryPy; Creating a simple web page using CherryPy; Hello Raspberry Pi!; Say hello to myFriend
Summary
Taking a project-based approach this book will help you leverage sensors, actuators, Python programming and Raspberry Pi 3 to build connected things. Each chapter is an independent project where you will learn from connecting devices to building complex IoT projects. You will be well versed in every possible way to make your projects stand out
