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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

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Raspberry Pi Embedded Projects Hotshot

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Raspberry Pi Mechatronics Projects HOTSHOT
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Mission briefing


We will learn to build a fountain and control it using a Raspberry Pi. We will build a web page based on the Flask framework and try to control the lighting arrangement on the fountain. We will demonstrate how a decorative piece, such as a tabletop fountain, can be used to receive e-mail or tweet alerts.

Following is an image that shows a fountain controlled by the Raspberry Pi:

Why is it awesome?

Tabletop fountains are soothing in effect and play a great role in relieving stress. It is fun to have a Raspberry Pi play a great role in controlling our behavior. It also enables us to remind ourselves to check our e-mails / Twitter feeds on a regular basis.

Your objectives

In this project, we will build the tabletop fountain in the following steps:

  • Assembling the fountain

  • Installation of the Flask framework and interfacing the fountain

  • Controlling RGB LEDs from the web page

  • Setting up e-mail alerts for the fountain

Mission checklist

A tabletop fountain can be built in several ways, and...