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Raspberry Pi Blueprints

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Raspberry Pi Blueprints

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Raspberry Pi Blueprints
Mar, 2015 | 284 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Blueprints
Raspberry Pi Blueprints
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Raspberry Pi Pirate Radio
Raspberry Pi Pirate Radio
What you will need
Setting up the Pi
Setting up the pirate radio
Scripting a media player
Summary
2
Portable Speaker System
Portable Speaker System
What you will need
Tools you will need
Setting up Logitech Media Server
Setting up the Pi as a Squeezebox client
Building the electronics
Building the enclosure for the speaker system
Running Logitech Media Server on the Pi
Summary
3
Mini Retro Arcade Cabinet
Mini Retro Arcade Cabinet
Requirements
Setting up the input electronics
Building the cabinet
Setting up PiPlay
Using the buttons and joystick with PiPlay
Summary
4
GPS-enabled Time-lapse Recorder
GPS-enabled Time-lapse Recorder
What you will need
Setting up the hardware
Setting up the capture software
Using the captures
Summary
5
Home Theater PC
Home Theater PC
What you will need
Setting up OpenELEC
Setting up the LCD
Setting up the switches
Final assembly
Summary
6
Outdoor Weather Station
Outdoor Weather Station
What you will need
Reverse engineering the Maplin sensors
Setting up the remaining sensors
The weather station web application
Taking readings from the sensors
Assembling the weather station
Using the web application
Summary
7
Home Security System
Home Security System
What you will need
The security system structure
Web applications
Interfacing sensors
The RF network
Troubleshooting
Summary
8
Remote-operated Robotic Arm
Remote-operated Robotic Arm
What you will need
Drive electronics
Setting up the camera
Deploying web applications
Calibration
Troubleshooting
Summary
9
Magic Mirror
Magic Mirror
What you will need
Tools you will need
Theory
The web application
The Pi setup
Enclosure construction
Configuration
Troubleshooting
Summary
10
Bottle Xylophone
Bottle Xylophone
What you will need
Assembling a note bottle
Electronics
The web application
Configuration
Tuning
Testing
Troubleshooting
Summary
Index
Index

Tools you will need

This is a list of tools that you will need for this chapter; they can all be purchased from either an electronics components store or a tool/hardware store:

  • Drill and drill bits ranging from 3 mm to 10 mm

  • A jigsaw

  • A try square (optional)

  • A soldering iron and solder

  • A multimeter

  • A small, flat screwdriver

  • A small Posidrive screwdriver

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