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Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects

By : Vasilis Tzivaras
Book Image

Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects

By: Vasilis Tzivaras

Overview of this book

The Raspberry Pi has always been the go–to, lightweight ARM-based computer. The recent launch of the Pi Zero W has not disappointed its audience with its $10 release. "W" here stands for Wireless, denoting that the Raspberry Pi is solely focused on the recent trends for wireless tools and the relevant use cases. This is where our book—Raspberry Pi Zero W Wireless Projects—comes into its own. Each chapter will help you design and build a few DIY projects using the Raspberry Pi Zero W board. First, you will learn how to create a wireless decentralized chat service (client-client) using the Raspberry Pi's features?. Then you will make a simple two-wheel mobile robot and control it via your Android device over your local Wi-Fi network. Further, you will use the board to design a home bot that can be connected to plenty of devices in your home. The next two projects build a simple web streaming security layer using a web camera and portable speakers that will adjust the playlist according to your mood. You will also build a home server to host files and websites using the board. Towards the end, you will create free Alexa voice recognition software and an FPV Pi Camera, which can be used to monitor a system, watch a movie, spy on something, remotely control a drone, and more. By the end of this book, you will have developed the skills required to build exciting and complex projects with Raspberry Pi Zero W.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Software setup

Before we start connecting all the things together in our Raspberry Pi Zero W board, we have to burn a new SD card with the appropriate image. So, download the Pi Music Box zip from the official website in the following link: http://www.pimusicbox.com/. Now, you need to install this software in your SD card so use dd tool or anything else that you are familiar with depending on your operating system and perform the following steps:

  1. Insert the SD card in your Raspberry Pi Zero W board. In case you are using an external Wi-Fi Dongle (for any reason), you might consider to edit the config settings.ini file. The location of the file is in the SD card that you just wrote. Assuming that your board is equipped with Wi-Fi and bluetooth, you will skip the previous step, but for anyone out there that prefers the hard way or has Raspberry Pi Zero board (which is quite similar...