A summary of the hardware used in the chapters of this book is mentioned in this section.
A summary of the hardware used in the chapters of this book is mentioned in this section.
This chapter describes the Raspberry Pi setup; the items mentioned include the following:
- Raspberry Pi and its power supply
- An HDMI display and HDMI cable/analog TV and an analog video cable
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Network cable/Wi-Fi adaptor
No additional hardware has been used in these chapters, as they discuss purely software recipes.
The components used in this chapter are available at most electronic component retailers (such as those listed previously in the General electronic component retailers section). They are also available as a complete kit from Pi Hardware; where items are available from specific retailers, they are highlighted in the text.
The kit for controlling an LED includes the following equipment:
- Four Dupont Female-to-Male Patch Wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- A mini breadboard (170 tie-point) or a larger one (Pimoroni)
- An RGB LED (common-cathode) or 3 standard LEDs (ideally red/green/blue)
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
- Three 470-ohm resistors
The kit for responding to a button includes the following equipment:
- Two Dupont Female to Male Patch wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- A mini breadboard (170 tie-point) or a larger one (Pimoroni)
- A push button to make switch and momentary switch (or a wire connection to make/break the circuit)
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
- A 1K ohm resistor
The items used for the controlled shutdown button are as follows:
- Three Dupont Female-to-Male Patch Wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- A mini breadboard (170 tie-point) or larger (Pimoroni)
- A push-button switch (momentary close)
- A normal LED (red)
- Two 470-ohm resistors
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
The additional items used in the There's more... section of the recipe, A controlled shutdown button, are as follows:
- A push button
- A 470-ohm resistor
- A pin header and two pins with a jumper connector (or optionally a switch)
- A breadboarding wire (solid core)
- Two 4 pin headers
The items used for the GPIO keypad input are as follows:
- Breadboard: half-sized or larger (Pimoroni)
- Seven Dupont Female-to-Male Patch Wires (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
- Six push buttons
- Six 470-ohm resistors
- Alternatively, a self-solder DPad Kit (Pi Hardware)
The items used for multiplexed color LEDs are as follows:
- Five Common-Cathode RGB LEDs
- Three 470-ohm resistors
- Vero-prototype board or large breadboard (Tandy)
- A self-solder RGB-LED kit (Pi Hardware)
The items used for writing messages require the same items as the preceding recipe, plus the following:
- A mounting stick, rubber bands, USB Wi-Fi, portable USB battery, and so on
- A Tilt Switch (ball-bearing type is suitable) (4-Tronix)
This chapter uses the following hardware:
- A PCF8591 chip or module (DealExtreme SKU: 150190 or a Quick2Wire I2C Analogue Board Kit)
- Adafruit I2C Bidirectional logic-level translator (Adafruit ID: 757)
No additional hardware has been used in this chapter, as they discuss purely software recipes.
Pi-Rover requires the following hardware or a hardware similar to that:
- A giant paper clip (76 mm/3 inches) or a caster wheel
- Motor and geared wheels (ModMyPi or PiBorg)
- Battery/power source
- Chassis: push nightlight
- Motor driver/controller: Darlington Array Module ULN2003 (DealExtreme SKU - 153945)
- Small cable ties or wire ties
The following list is also mentioned in the There's more... section:
- PicoBorg Motor Controller (PiBorg PicoBorg)
- Magician Robot Chassis (Sparkfun ID: 10825)
- 4-Motor Smart Car Chassis (DealExtreme SKU: 151803)
- 2-Wheel Smart Car Model (DealExtreme SKU: 151803)
The advanced motor control example uses the following item:
- The H-Bridge motor controller (DealExtreme SKU: 120542 or GeekOnFire SKU: A2011100407)
The Hex Pod Pi-Bug requires the following hardware or similar:
- Adafruit I2C 16-Channel 12-bit PWM/Servo Driver (Adafruit ID: 815)
- MG90S 9g Metal Gear Servos (HobbyKing)
- Three giant paper clips (76mm/3 inches)
- Light gauge wire/cable ties
- A small section of plywood or a fiberboard
A basic servo-based robot arm is used for the ServoBlaster example (4-Tronix MeArm).
The Infrared remote control example uses the following component:
- TSOP38238 (Farnell 2251359)
The following hardware is used in the remaining sections to expand the available inputs/outputs, avoid obstacles, and determine the direction of the robot:
- MCP23017 I/O Expander (Ciseco SKU: K002)
- Micro switches
- HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor (DealExtreme SKU: 133696)
- The ultrasonic sensor uses a 2K ohm resistor and a 3K ohm resistor
- XLoBorg: MAG3110 Compass Module (PiBorg XLoBorg)
Optionally, four Female-to-Male Dupont wires can be used to connect to the XLoBorg (Pimoroni Jumper Jerky)
This chapter uses the following hardware:
- Remote-controlled mains sockets (Maplin/Amazon)
- Relay modules (Banggood 8-Way SKU075676)
- The alternative is to use the 433Mhz RF Transmitter/Receiver (Banggood SKU075671)
- LED 8x8 SPI Matrix Module MAX7219 (Banggood self-solder kit SKU072955)
- RS-232 to USB Cable (Amazon/general computer supplies)
- RS-232 null-modem cable/adaptor (Amazon/general computer supplies)
- RS-232 TTL USB console cable (Adafruit ID: 70)
- HC-05 Bluetooth master/slave module with PCB backplate (Banggood SKU078642)
- USB Tenx Technology SAM missile launcher
- OWI robotic arm with USB interface (Maplin/Amazon)